In memoriam Dr. Aleksandar Mikić

Abstract

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear colleague and fellow editor Dr. Aleksandar Mikić. He had excelled as a crop breeder at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops for 15 years developing substantial number of varieties before embarking on a new path of independent researcher. He found appreciation for grain legume crops which exceeded purely breeder’s interests. Researching and breeding pulse crops and brassicas, he immersed himself into linguistic, etymological, lexicological, historical, ethnobotanical, and archaeobotanical considerations of the crops.