BOTANICAL APPROACH IN PROBLEM SOLVING IN GROWING AND

BOTANICAL APPROACH IN PROBLEM SOLVING IN GROWING AND PROCESSING OF CAROB TREE (Ceratonia siliqua L. ) Siniša Srečec, Dario Kremer, Dubravka Dujmović Purgar, Ksenija Karlović, Nada Bezić, Valerija Dunkić, Renata Erhatić

Introduction �During the conduction of research project TEUCLIC (HRZZ-IP-11 -2013 -3304) some problems in carob growing and processing of carob pods and seeds were detected, as a consequence of insufficient botanical knowledge about morphology of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L) pods and seeds and also about physiology of anthesis.

Distribution of carob trees

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Conclusion �Achieved results are consequence of interdisciplinary and interactive approach of all stakeholders in research as well as final users of research results. �Communication skills of all stakeholders are very important tool in every research (previously used by Spiridon Brusina, Ivo Horvat, Fran Kušan, Sergej Forenbacher, et al. ) �It is not possible to solve some problems in growing and technology of processing of cultivated plants, without knowledge of basic botany.

Acknowledgment �The research is funded by Croatian Science Foundation. Grant number: IP-11 -2013 -3304, acronym: TEUCLIC.