Nutrition-Sensitive Breeding of Cucurbita Plants

Papers published within the Project

Papers published in scientific journals

• Kiprovski B, Brdar-Jokanović M. 2026. Effects of fertilization and irrigation on abiotic stress and antioxidants markers in leaves of field-grown Cucurbita maxima, C. moschata, and C. pepo. Plants 15(19), 2971. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants15192971 
• Matić M, Stupar A, Kebert M, Kiprovski B, Brdar-Jokanović M. 2026. The role of carotenoids in preventing oxidative stress: Exploring the antioxidant potential of pumpkin as a functional crop. Food and Feed Research 53(1), 79-91. https://doi.org/10.5937/ffr0-56562 
• Kiprovski B, Kantardžić M, Jevtić M. 2025. Efficient Freeze-Drying of Melon Fruits: Minimizing Time and Moisture Content While Maintaining Sugars and Pigments Contents. Alternative Crops and Cultivation Practices 7, 1-5. https://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/6060
• Brdar-Jokanović M, Kiprovski B. 2025. Heat Stress Effect on Cucurbita Species Nutritional Quality Parameters. Alternative Crops and Cultivation Practices 7, 6-10. https://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/6061

• Brdar-Jokanović M, Kiprovski B, Kebert M, Matić M, Sikora V. 2025. Nutritional quality and agronomic yield in Cucurbita moschata hybrid combinations. Savremena poljoprivreda 74(1-2), 117-122. https://doi.org/10.2478/contagri-2025-0014 

• Kiprovski B, Kebert M, Matić M. 2024. Phenolics in pumpkin leaves: biochemistry for sustainable production. Alternative Crops and Cultivation Practices 6, 3-9. https://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/5805

Papers published in conference proceedings

• Orlović S, Stupar A, Matić M, Marić B, Marić J, Kiprovski B, Brdar-Jokanović M. 2026. Green solvents for carotenoid extraction from muscat pumpkin: comparison of nades and conventional solvents. Proceedings of “Agrosym 2026”,  XVII International Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2026”, 06-09.10.2026, Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, P78.
• Stupar A, Matić M, Kiprovski B, Brdar-Jokanović M. 2026. Fertilization and irrigation impact on carotenoids profile of Cucurbita maxima, C. moschata and C. pepo fruits. Book of abstracts, 17th International Conference on Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Plants – POG 2026, 09-11.09.2026. Malaga, Spain, P-47. https://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/6414
• Matić M, Stupar A, Kebert M, Kiprovski B, Brdar-Jokanović M. 2025. Sequential dual-phase NADES extraction of bioactive compounds from pumpkin. Book of abstracts, 7th Edition of Euro-Global Conference on Food Science and Technology, 08-10.09.2025, Valencia, Spain, p. 91-92. https://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/5794

• Kiprovski B, Kebert M, Brdar-Jokanović M, Sikora V, Matić M. 2025. Pre-breeding of Cucurbita plants for tolerance to abiotic stress using metabolic stress markers. Book of abstracts, 24th Congress of FESPB – the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology/Plant Biology Europe 2025, 25-28.06.2025. Budapest, Hungary, p. A-208. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_fiver_5488

• Brdar-Jokanović M, Kiprovski B, Kebert M, Matić M, Sikora V. 2024. Quality parameters of ‘nugget’ type Cucurbita maxima fruits under high-temperature stress. Book of abstracts, XIII Eucarpia meeting on cucurbit genetics and breeding, 03-06.11.2024. Vico Equense (NA), Italy, p. 56. https://fiver.ifvcns.rs/handle/123456789/5259 

• Brdar-Jokanović M, Kiprovski B, Kebert M, Matić M, Sikora V. 2024. Environmental impacts on the nutritional quality of Cucurbita plants: Implications for selective breeding. Book of Abstracts of the VII Congress of the Serbian Genetic Society (Milašin J. et al., Eds.), 02-05.10, Zlatibor, Serbia, p. 235. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_fiver_4939