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The history
of the Department
The production of vegetables has a long tradition in
this area. With the opening of the Agricultural studies
in 1905 within the existing Experimental station, vegetable
growing is treated as a special course. Since then the
education of producers and resarch work on introduction
and selection of new vegetables cultivars as well as
improvement of production technology have been conducted.
The Institute has played the important role in development
of floriculture sector in Croatia, basically by starting
the production of carnations and gerbera transplants.
Additionally, the intensive work on improvement of cut
flowers production has been done.
Research
The scientists conduct research in the open field and
greenhouses on vegetable and flower species of commercial
importance for the Medditeranean part of Croatia. The
main activities are introduction and evaluation of vegetale
and flower cultivars, as well as implementation and
improvement of growing technology. Besides the experiments
on Institute facilities, the research is conducted on
family farms as well.
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