Serbian-Italian Cooperation through researchers mobility within Erasmus Mundus Program

Mutual interests in agricultural research provide continuous opportunity for cooperation among Serbian and Italian institutions. Recently, bilateral cooperation between Serbia and Italy was implemented through the postdoctoral research of Dr. Katarina Gašic, research associate from the Institute for Plant Protection and Environment, Belgrade, Serbia. Dr. Gašic spent nine months on a postdoctoral scholarship (2014-2015), received from the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 - Join EU-SEE IV Program, at the University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Laboratory of Phytobacteriology, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Assunta Bertaccini. During her stay, Dr. Gašic also visited the Department of Life Sciences of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and participated to a research on the management of seed transmitted bacteria, that was part of the ongoing project: EU-FP7 Project „Development of seed testing methods for pests and pathogens of plant health concern (TESTA; www.seedtesta.eu)“, under the supervision of Prof. Emilio Stefani; and III46008 project “Development of integrated management of harmful organisms in plant production in order to overcome resistance and to improve food quality and safety”, coordinator Prof. Aleksa Obradovic, financed by Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia.