Mirko pl. Vidaković (October 29, 1924 – August 15, 2002) was a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and dendrologist and the expert for the

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinians, Augustinian ...

of the

forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...

Biography

Vidaković was born in Lemeš,

Bačka Bačka ( sr-Cyrl, Бачка, ) or Bácska (), is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east. It is divided between Serbia and Hungary. ...

. He attained a professional qualification of engineer of forestry before 1949, when he was first employed as a lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry of the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...

(). He was a full member of

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (; , HAZU) is the national academy of Croatia. HAZU was founded under the patronage of the Croatian bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer under the name Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (, JAZU) since its ...

(HAZU) since 1981. He was the head of the arboretum in Trsteno since 1970. He worked as

UNDP The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development. The UNDP emphasizes on developing local capacity towar ...

's and

FAO The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; . (FAO) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition ...

's expert in

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

and

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. Together with forestry of

Našice Našice (; , sr-Cyrl, Нашице, , ) is a town in eastern Croatia, located on the northern slopes of the Krndija mountain in eastern Slavonia, 51 km southwest of regional hub Osijek. Administratively it belongs to Osijek-Baranja County. ...

, in 1996 he founded first clone seminal

plantation Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tob ...

pedunculate oak ''Quercus robur'', the pedunculate oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native to most of Europe and western Asia, and is widely cultivated in other temperate regions. It grows on soi ...

in Croatia. He died in

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

at the age of 77.

Works

His works were published in various editions from international scientific gatherings, symposiums and consultations, mostly in area of ecological valorization of littoral carst, mechanization of

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

, adaptation of forests to

climate change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...

etc. He published his works in ''

Annales forestales Annals are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year. The equivalent word in Latin and French is ''annales'', which is used untranslated in English in various contexts. List of works with titles contai ...

''. *'' Golosjemenjače'', (co-author) 2004 *'' Obična bukva (Fagus sylvatica L.) u Hrvatskoj = Common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Croatia '', (co-author), 2003 *'' Obična jela (Abies alba Mill.) u Hrvatskoj = Silver fair (Abies alba Mill.) in Croatia'', (co-author), 2001 *''Estimation of genetic gain in a progeny trial of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.)'', (co-author) 2000 *''Hrast lužnjak (Quercus robur L.) u Hrvatskoj = Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) in Croatia'', (co-author), 1996 *''Experimental plots of some hard pine hybrid families in Croatia'', (co-author) 1995 *''Izravna sjetva da ili ne?'', (co-author), 1994 *''Tehnika za obradu tla, sjetvu i borbu protiv korova '', (co-author), 1994 *'' Zrinjevac : spomenica : priroda, vrtovi, perivoji i uresno raslinstvo u Zagrebu'', (co-author), 1995 *''Novosti u tehnici obrade tla'', (co-author), 1993 *''Hrvatski umjetnici za Trsteno = Kroatische Kuenstler fuer das Arboretum Trsteno = Croatian artist for the Arboretum of Trsteno'', (co-author) 1993 *''

Arboretum Brijuni An arboretum (: arboreta) is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees and shrubs of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, many modern arbor ...

'', (co-author), 1993 *''Radovi na podizanju klonske sjemenske plantaže hrasta lužnjaka na području Š. G. "Krndija" i Š. G. "Papuk"'', (co-author), 1992 *''Čuvanje genskih resursa šumskog i hortikulturnog drveća i grmlja u Hrvatskoj '', 1992 *''Doprinos OLT-a integralnoj tehnici biljne proizvodnje '', 1992 *''Svjedočanstva: razaranje Dubrovnika'', (co-author with few HAZU-members), 1992 *''Kako agregatirati traktor za oranje? '', 1991 *''Growth of some interspecific hybrid pine seedlings and their cuttings '', (co-author), 1991 *''Prilog sanaciji erozije na području izvorišta rijeke Une'', (co-author), 1991 *''Sjetva jednosjemenim pneumatskim sijačicama '', (co-author), 1990 *''Uspijevanje nekih vrsta i hibrida dvoigličavih borova na području Arboretuma Trsteno '', (co-author), 1990 *'' Arboretum Lisičine'', (co-author), 1986 *''Genetika i oplemenjivanje šumskog drveća '', (co-author) 1985 *''Zakorjenjivanje reznica ranog i kasnog hrasta lužnjaka = The rooting of cuttings of the early and late flushing Slavonian oak '', (co-author), 1983 *'' Četinjače : morfologija i varijabilnost'', 1982, 1991 (in English) i 1993 *''Genetics of

Pinus peuce ''Pinus peuce'' (Macedonian pine or Balkan pine) (Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian: молика, molika; Bulgarian: бяла мура, byala mura) is a species of pine native to the mountains of North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Montenegro, Kos ...

Gris = Genetik der Pinus peuce Gris = Genetika Pinus peuce Gris '', (co-author), 1978 *''Genetics of

European black pine ''Pinus nigra'', the Austrian pine or black pine, is a moderately variable species of pine, occurring across Southern Europe from the Iberian Peninsula and Lower Austria to the eastern Mediterranean, on the Anatolian peninsula of Turkey, Corsica ...

(Pinus nigra Arn.) '', 1974 *''Oplemenjivanje ekonomski važnijih vrsta šumskog drveća jugoistočne Slavonije '', 1974 *''Prilog proučavanju morfološke varijabilnosti spontanih križanaca između alepskog i brucijskog bora'', (co-author), 1974

Sources

Umro akademik Mirko Vidaković
''Vjesnik'', 17 August 2002

External links

Imenik hrvatskih šumara
Biography
In memoriam

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Mirko Vidaković
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(HAZU)
Klonska plantaža hrasta lužnjaka
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