Sanja Mikic

Faculty for business study and law · Economics

Heat stress represents a significant environmental challenge that adversely impacts the growth, physiology, and productivity of wheat. In order to determine the response to high temperatures of the wheat varieties developed mostly in the Pannonian environmental zone, as well as varietal differences, we subjected seven varieties from Serbia, one fro...

Diversity is one of the principal components in species adaptation to ever-changing environment. In comparison to natural ecosystems, agriculture imposes additional challenges by constantly increasing the desired yield objectives for cultivated crops. The conservation of biological diversity is thus of essence to secure materials needed in plant br...

To enhance wheat productivity through advancements in crop production technology and breeding methodology, it is necessary to improve our understanding of the physiological processes associated with biomass accumulation, nitrogen uptake and nitrogen use efficiency. Therefore, a field trial with six winter wheat cultivars grown under conditions of f...

Prethodne 2023. godine Institut za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo, Institut od nacionalnog značaja za Republiku Srbiju, proslavio je 85 godina od osnivanja. Tokom navedenog više decenijskog perioda, jedna od osnovnih aktivnosti bila je usmerena ka stvaranju novih sorti i hibrida glavnih ratarskih i povrtarskih useva i unapređenju poljoprivredne proizvodnj...

In order to meet milling industry and grain producers' requirements, wheat grain needs to possess good technological quality, and high and stable grain production. This study analyzed 30 varieties of winter wheat over four growing seasons (2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, and 2018/19) at the location Rimski Šančevi, Serbia. The studied traits were under...

Although wheat has been used for centuries in beer production, it has long been considered secondary to barley. However, in recent decades, wheat has begun to assert its significance within the brewing industry. Among the diverse array of beers, wheat beers occupy a distinctive position, esteemed for several distinct qualities, including characteri...

The rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.) is a primary pest of cereals, with growing importance. In the last few years, it represents a limiting factor in a post-harvest storage of small grains in Serbia. It has strong preference for wheat, but damages barley grains at certain extent as well. As differences in susceptibility of barley genotypes to th...

Breeding of malting barley at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad has a tradition spanning more than seventy years. During this period, a large number of winter and spring barley varieties have been developed and registered, which have stood out for their high genetic yield potential and good technological quality required for ma...

Changes in yield components and spike traits are associated with wheat grain yield genetic progress. The aim of this study was to determine variation in yield components, spike and individual grain traits, and their role in winter wheat grain yield genetic improvement under conditions of the Pannonian Plain. Therefore, two-year field trials were co...

Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) landraces, were the main cereals of Montenegro until the mid-20th century, where they were collectively recognized as Rogosija. After the Second World War, the introduction of common wheat cultivars threatened the survival of Rogosija landraces. Starting from 1955, sampling of durum wheat accessions in M...

The goal of this research is to test breeding material of different geographical origin, and material that is adapted to different agro-climatic regions. This research examines how different wheat genotypes behave in the climatic conditions of the Pannonian Plain, where environmental stress occur more and more frequently. Fifteen divergent wheat ge...

Citation: Velimirović, A.; Jovović, Z.; Perović, D.; Lehnert, H.; Mikić, S.; Mandić, D.; Pržulj, N.; Mangini, G.; Finetti-Sialer, M.M. SNP Diversity and Genetic Structure of "Rogosija", an Old Western Balkan Durum Wheat Collection. Plants 2023, 12, Abstract: Durum wheat landraces represent a genetic resource for the identification and isolation of...

Selection of the most suitable plants or germplasm to produce high quantity and quality of food has been ongoing since the domestication of the crops started almost 10,000 years ago. However, recent genome-based tools have opened opportunities that we could only dream about just 10 years ago. From the low-throughput molecular marker methods first e...

The deficiency of micronutrients in the human diet is widely recognised as a global problem. The objective of this study was to assess the content of two essential minerals, iron and zinc, in milling streams of old heritage wheat cultivars that have not been produced for more than a half-century to discover potential parent lines with high mineral...

In the past 40 years, the causal agent of yellow rust in barley, Psh (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. hordei Erikss), has been registered worldwide. However, it has caused the greatest damage in areas with cold and humid climates, where yield losses reached up to 70%. Races of P. striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), the causal agent of yellow rust in whea...

An increase in the production and consumption of spelt products can be associated with positive effects on human health, which are attributed to bioactive compounds present in the grain. The basic success of spelt wheat in organic farming might be explained by the fact that spelt wheat belongs to the group of hulled wheat where the presence of a hu...

Understanding the mechanism of dry matter and nitrogen partitioning and its translocation from different plant parts during post-anthesis period on different sowing dates may contribute to further improvement of winter barley productions in the Pannonian Plain. Therefore, a field trial with six two-rowed winter barley cultivars grown on four differ...

Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges facing human society. It has great impact on agricultural production, as a whole. It significantly influences biology, ecology, occurrence, and distribution of plant pests (insects, pathogens, and weeds), pest–host plant interactions, and activity of natural enemies. Indirectly, altered clima...

The aim of the study was to examine the variation and breeding effects on the stay-green traits, and to identify the relationship between the different growing seasons and grain yield of the Pannonian winter wheat. The experiment was carried out with a historical set of 25 winter wheat cultivars during four growing seasons, in a typical Pannonian l...

Early maturity is a highly important factor in the interrelations between yield, grain moisture, and plant density, contributing to cost-efficient maize production. Landraces conserved in gene banks present a promising basis for enriching the diversity of early maize breeding material. To start and speed up the mobilization of the maize genetic res...

The purpose of this research is to examine the variability in yields and yield components of wheat cultivars in Northern Serbia, examine and visualize their groupings and relationships, and determine the correlations between their traits using principal components analysis (PCA). A total of fifteen wheat genotypes (Triticum aestivum L.), developed...

The Pannonian Plain, as the most productive region of the South-East Europe, has a long tradition of agronomical production as well as agronomical research and plant breeding. Many research institutions from agri-food sector of this region have a significant impact on agriculture. Their well-developed and fruitful breeding programmes resulted in pr...

Winter wheat is the most important winter cereal crop in Serbia and in the Pannonian region. As the result of the changing climate, winter wheat showed high year to year variability among the growing seasons. Therefore, there is a constant need to release new cultivars with high yield potential and stability and good baking quality to maximaze grai...

This study aimed to quantify the changes in grain yield and main agronomic traits in winter wheat cultivars registered during the past 90 years . A field trial with 18 winter wheat cultivars registered from 1930 to 2016 was conducted at the experimental field Rimiski šančevi during two growing seasons . The following agronomic traits were measured:...

Introduction of new high-yielding wheat cultivars and intensification of high year-to-year variability require an additional update of information about environmental effects on main wheat quality parameters that is lacking for newly released cultivars in Serbia. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of growing seasons on the technologi...

Due to climate change, multiple heat events are expected to be an additional limiting factor that will adversely affect wheat production. The study aimed to analyze the physiological response to heat stress in four winter wheat cultivars at different physiological stages under greenhouse conditions during 2019. The net photosynthetic rate, stomatal...

Monitoring changes in the prevalence of Fusarium species and toxin production is an important tool for the integrated control of Fusarium head blight (FHB). However, methods for the high-throughput screening of Fusarium populations have been developed using isolates with limited geographic origins. In this study, we used species- and trichothecene-...

Photoperiod response (Ppd) genes are very important for adaptation of wheat to different agro-climatic conditions, but also have influence on crop yield. The aim of this study was to compare agronomic traits of 10 Serbian wheat cultivars and 54 NILs of cv. Paragon with single, double and triple doses of Ppd-1 alleles. The results showed that the NI...

High temperature decreases winter wheat grain yield by reducing the grain number and grain weight. The effect of heat stress on spike grain distribution and weight of individual grains within spike and spikelets was less studied. Our aim is to identify influence of high temperatures during different phenological stages on spike grain distribution a...

The unique rheological properties of bread wheat dough and the breadmaking quality of its flour are the main factors responsible for the global distribution and utilization of wheat. Recently, interest in the production and expansion of spelt wheat has been boosted due to its significance in the production of healthy food, mostly originated from or...

Determination of genetic diversity and population structure of breeding material is an important prerequisite for discovering novel and valuable alleles aimed at crop improvement. This study’s main objective was to characterize genetic diversity and population structure of a collection representing a 40-year long historical period of barley (Hordeu...

Plant height and heading time are important agronomic traits that significantly contribute to the improvement of wheat adaptability and yield. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of phenotypic variability of these two traits in a collection of wheat species originating from 20 countries, to analyse its molecular diversity based on the m...

Plant genetic resources are a link between agriculture, environment and trade, so their conservation requires cooperation from different sectors. The existing diversity in genetic resources is the foundation in breeding for new challenges or new markets in the future. The number of crop genetic resources in Serbia is obscure because there is no nat...

Studies on genetic gains in a historical set of wheat cultivars mostly refer to grain yield and the associated agronomical and physiological traits, while less attention is paid to the improvement of wheat quality. In order to analyze the breeding progress in grain yield and with an emphasis on the main grain and flour properties, twenty-five winte...

The objective of this study was to compare grain yield, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and stay-green traits in winter barley under low and high nitrogen (N) fertilization treatments. Field trials were conducted during two growing seasons in a southern Pannonian location (Novi Sad, Serbia) with fifteen six-rowed barley cultivars released between 197...

The aim of this study was to analyze traits of leaf appearance and phenological development related to grain yield gain in winter barley cultivars released over the past 50 years. Field trials with 15 six-rowed winter barley cultivars were conducted during two growing seasons. The main leaf appearance and developmental traits were studied. The dura...

The objectives of this study were to investigate: (1) the effects of genotype, environment, and their interactions on the oil content (OC), protein content (PC) and grain yield (GY) of 25 varieties of winter wheat, (2) the correlations among these traits in different environments, and (3) the effects of different climatic variables and their intera...

High grain yield potential and good baking properties are the two primary traits that plant producers consider when selecting new winter wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.). NS Igra is a modern winter wheat cultivar developed at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad and released in 2016. Cultivar NS Igra was selected from a cross...

Estimation of the level of durum wheat germplasm genetic diversity is important for its classification and efficient use in breeding programmes. The aim of this study was to assess genetic diversity of durum wheat genotypes developed at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad, Serbia, with 26 morphological characteristics based on th...

Knowledge about the comparative development and grain filling of winter cereals under different environmental conditions is important for stable and high yielding crop production. The objective of this work was to compare patterns of grain filling in bread wheat, barley and triticale grown in the Pannonian region, as well as to investigate relation...

Climate significantly affects cropping systems across Europe. Knowledge of the variability in grain number per unit area and grain weight across different growing seasons and its association with grain yield is important for further improving small grain crop production. The main aim of this study was to compare grain yield and its numerical compon...

Maize is arguably the most widely grown crop in the world, but it is often associated with one of its major insect pests, the European corn borer (ECB). The damage caused by this species to maize production is generally variable, but in many cases it is economically significant. This review paper provides an overview of the research findings on the...

Benzoxazinoids (1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one derivatives, BXs) are plant secondary metabolites that play a crucial role in plant resistance to insects, fungi, bacteria and nematodes, and in weed suppression during early plant life. These biochemicals are constitutive compounds found in some members of the family Poaceae and have been studied in detail...

Asocijativna analiza je metoda mapiranja lokusa za kvantitativne osobine medu nesrodnim individuama na osnovu velikog broja rekombinacija tokom domestikacije i selekcije gajenih vrsta. Ukoliko se u analizu uključi struktura populacije, koja nastaje usled adaptacije na lokalne uslove sredine ili selekcije, može se značajno smanjiti broj lažno poziti...

One of the most important phases in commercial maize breeding programs is the assessment of the value of newly-developed progeny by testing in hybrid combinations. In this study, non-parametric stability measures were applied to analyze the genotype × environment interaction and to assess phenotypic stability of two half-sib maize populations, each...

Maize (Zea mays L.) displays large genetic diversity created during the history of introduction from its Mexican centre of origin to other parts of the world and adaptation to a range of diverse environments. Despite such diversity, maize breeders use only a small portion of the available maize germplasm to develop modern hybrids. Broadening divers...

Drought is a severe threat to maize yield stability in Serbia and other temperate Southeast European countries occurring occasionally but with significant yield losses. The development of resilient genotypes that perform well under drought is one of the main focuses of maize breeding programmes. To test the tolerance of newly developed elite maize...

Association analysis is a relatively novel approach in quantitative traits studies that allows high resolution mapping and time efficient and direct application on breeding material. Since the markers, which are close to the quantitative trait loci stable across environments and genetic backgrounds, may be valuable for marker assisted selection, we...

2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (DIMBOA) is a secondary metabolite in plants that renders defense against phytopatogenic bacteria, fungi, insects and other pest organisms. The biosynthesis of DIMBOA is controlled by nine genes, the first bx1 gene governs the transcription of a key enzyme in DIMBOA biosynthesis. The aim of this study wa...

This study analysed polymorphism of 15 microsatellite loci in the col­lection comprising of 40 genotypes of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), 32 genotypes belonging to other species within Triticum genus and 3 genotypes from Aegilops genus. The results showed significant differences in the variability of the tested loci in bread wheat and related...

The identification of genomic regions that have retained a signature of selection during breeding of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) may indicate the positions of genes related to important agronomic traits or underlying adaptation to a specific environment. This can be achieved by analysing populations comprised of ancestral and elite varieties...

The microsatellites, as one of the most robust markers for identification of wheat varieties, were used for assessment of genetic diversity and population structure to promote effective use of genetic resources. In this study, the set of 284 wheat varieties were genotyped using 30 microsatellite markers. The chosen SSR markers were located among al...

The objective of this work was to assess the genetic diversity and population structure of wheat genotypes, to detect significant and stable genetic associations, as well as to evaluate the efficiency of statistical models to identify chromosome regions responsible for the expression of spike-related traits. Eight important spike characteristics we...

The identification of genomic regions affected by phenotypic selection during breeding is important for elucidating the genetic basis of complex traits underlying adaptation to a specific target environment. This study investigated the soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) adaptation in Central-East European environments by a hitchhiking mapping approac...

Published in Grain Legumes, 55, 22, 2011