Dr Miljana Jakovljević

Dr Miljana Jakovljević

Research associate

Department of plant pests

Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics and Laboratory for Applied Entomology

e-mail: miljka06@gmail.com, miljana.jakovljevic@izbis.bg.ac.rs

mob. 062 880 89 39

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5835-5352

https://scholar.google.com/citations

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miljana_Jakovljevic

https://https://publons.com/researcher/1961976/miljana-jakovljevic/

Research field

Research fields include the vector role of leafhoppers and planthoppers in the epidemiology of various diseases caused by phytoplasmas, the interaction of phytoplasmas and insect vectors as well as molecular systematics, population biology and insect phylogeny, including an integrative approach in identification and taxonomic characterization. Scientific interest is also the research of biology and distribution of quarantine and invasive insects in agricultural production, as well as the application of molecular methods in their identification.

The five most important scientific results

1. Jakovljević, M., Jović, J., Krstić, O., Mitrović, M., Marinković, S., Toševski, I., Cvrković, T. (2020): Diversity of phytoplasmas identified in polyphagous leafhopper Euscelis incisus (Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) in Serbia: pathogen inventory, epidemiological significance and vectoring potential. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 156, 201-221.

2. Jakovljević, M., Jović, J., Mitrović, M., Krstić, O., Kosovac, A., Toševski, I., Cvrković, T. (2015): Euscelis incisus (Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae), a natural vector of 16SrIII‐B phytoplasma causing multiple inflorescence disease of Cirsium arvense. Annals of Applied Biology, 167(3), 406-419.

3. Mitrović, M., Jakovljević, M., Jović, J., Krstić, O., Kosovac, A., Trivellone, V., Jermini M., Toševski I., Cvrković, T. (2016): ‘Candidatus phytoplasma solani’ genotypes associated with potato stolbur in Serbia and the role of Hyalesthes obsoletus and Reptalus panzeri (Hemiptera, Cixiidae) as natural vectors. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 144(3), 619-630.

4. Mitrović, M., Tomanović, Ž., Jakovljević, M., Radović, D., Havelka, J., Stary, P. (2016): Genetic differentiation of Liparus glabrirostris (Curculionidae: Molytinae) populations from the fragmented habitats of the Alps and Carpathian Mountains. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 106(5), 651-662.

5. Kosovac, A., Jakovljević, M., Krstić, O., Cvrković, T., Mitrović, M., Toševski, I., Jović, J. (2019): Role of plant-specialized Hyalesthes obsoletus associated with Convolvulus arvensis and Crepis foetida in the transmission of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’-inflicted bois noir disease of grapevine in Serbia. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 153(1), 183-195.

List of current projects

National projects

1. Project of the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia within the Program for excellent projects of young researchers (PROMIS) (2020-2022): A toolkit for risk assessment integration in modeling a management strategy for stolbur phytoplasma associated diseases in sustainable agriculture.

International projects

1. Bilateral project of scientific and technological cooperation between Ministry of Education, Science and Technological development of Republic of Serbia and Ministry of Science of Croatia, number 337-00-205/2019-09/38 (2019-2021): Epidemiology, genetic peculiarities and insect vectors of phytoplasma Flavescence dorée in vineyards of Croatia and Serbia.

Research interests for scientific collaboration and (co) mentoring master thesis and doctoral dissertations

• Investigation of the vector role of leafhoppers and planthoppers in epidemiological cycles of diseases caused by different groups and species of phytoplasmas;
• Population genetics and phylogeny of leafhoppers and planthoppers;
• Integrative approach in insects classification which implies the use of morphological and molecular characterization.