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ACTIVITY

ACCREDITED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

Activity of special and general social interest.

The Fruit Research Institute, Čačak is a state institution (founded by the Government of the Republic of Serbia) with the status of an accredited research and development institute and with the main activity which is of special and general social interest. The main activity of the Institute is scientific research in the field of biotechnical sciences, within the scientific disciplines of fruit growing, crop protection, plant product technology and food biotechnology, within the framework of programs and projects that include mostly applied and development research, and partly basic research as a basis for applied and development research. Thanks to many years of successful work and the results achieved, the Institute represents a unique scientific research institution, a leading institution in the field of fruit growing in the country and in the Balkans, known and recognized in Europe and worldwide.

SERVING SCIENCE

Improving fruit growing since 1946

ACREDITATION

RESEARCH
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

In carrying out its main activity, the Institute performs the following tasks:
- Biological and ecological studies of fruit trees;
- Genetic studies and the creation of new cultivars of fruit trees;
- The selection and introduction of fruit trees;
- Physiological and agro-technical studies of fruit trees;
- Studying the causes of diseases and pests of fruit trees and methods for their control;
- Technological study of fruits;
- Creation and maintenance the nuclear, pre-basic and basic planting material of fruit trees;
- VCU tests for analysis of Value for Cultivation and Use of fruit rootstocks and cultivars;
- DUS tests for the analysis of Distinction, Uniformity and Stability of fruit rootstocks and cultivars;
- Collection and research of domestic and introduced fruit cultivars for the purpose of gene bank;
- Transfer and implementation of scientific and technology solutions;
- Expert and health control of the production of fruit planting material.

77

YEARS

44

CULTIVARS

200

SEEDLINGS

PORTFOLIO

SELECTION AND FRUIT BREEDING

In the field of selection and breeding of fruit trees, the Institute has previously produced nearly 250,000 hybrid seedlings. From this, more than 200 promising hybrids have been singled out, of which the Commission for the recognition of cultivars and rootstocks recognized and introduced in the register 44 new cultivars, of which stands out 18 plum cultivars. Several Institute’s plum cultivars are listed on the national variety lists and successfully grown in many European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Romania and Slovakia). In addition to plum, other commercialized cultivars are: apple 'Čadel', sour cherry 'Šumadinka', blackberry 'Čačanska bestrna' and black currant 'Čačanska crna'.

RESOURCES

The Institute has all necessary means to carry out its activities: about 140 hectares of land, 4,500 m2 of office space, of which 450 m2 of laboratory space. The Institute own necessary laboratory equipment, library with reading room, a conference room and several ancillary facilities: collection orchards, glass-houses, screen-houses, cold storage, weather station and others.
The Institute has a collection orchards with about 1,000 different genotypes of temperate fruit species.

PhD and MsC THESIS

Forty four doctoral dissertations and 37 master's theses has been done and defended in the Institute.
Researchers of the Institute published more than 2,500 scientific papers and 78 monographs.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY

In addition to research work, Fruit Research Institute produces fruit planting material as a supplementary activity. The Institute produces standard and certified propagating and planting material, both for the purpose of its own nursery and research, as well as commercial use for other nurseries and fruit growers. The special attention is paid on the production of nuclear, pre-basic and basic material of temperate fruit species (mainly cultivars developed at the Institute) as a basis for building mother plantations for the production of certified material.

AWARDS

The Fruit Research Institute has received numerous awards for achievements. Especially interesting is the once prestigious award AVNOJ (the highest award in former Yugoslavia) as a special social recognition for creative work and the work of general interest in agriculture in 1974.
In recent years, the Institute has been awarded by:
- Diploma "Prof. Jovan Živanović" from the Union of Beekeeping Organizations of Serbia for its contribution to the improvement of beekeeping, 2023
- Sretenje Order of the third degree, 2017
- The December award of the City of Čačak, 2016
- The Charter of the Andrejević Foundation, for successful cooperation in achieving the founding objectives and contributing to the development of scientific creativity, 2014

OUR ACTIVITY

SCIENCE
60%

Scientific research

PRODUCTION
30%

Fruit planting material and fruits

SERVICES
10%

Expert and laboratory services

OTHER ABOUT US

I thank the breeders from Čačak
for giving their cultivars to the world.

Prof. Dr Helmut JACOB

Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim (Hochschule Geisenheim University), Germany
I enjoyed meeting the scientists at Čačak and learned a lot about current research studies at your Institute.

Dr. Richard H. CONVERSE

USDA, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
I am very impressed with the virus research and breeding work which is done in your Institute.

Dr. Barbara ZAWADZKA

Instytut Sadownictwa i Kwiaciarstwa, Skierniewice, Poland