HERBOLOGIA - anubih

Herbologia Vol. 7, No.1, 2006.
A Jubilee
50 years of Prof. Taib Saric’s work in science and higher education
Professor Taib Saric, Editor of Herbologia, this spring
celebrates 50 years of his fruitful and devoted work in agricultural
science and university education. His contribution to agricultural
profession, science and education has been immense. Although
retired, as professor emeritus he continues to give his significant
contribution, particularly in guiding M.S. and Ph.D. candidates, and
in editting the International Journal for Weed Research and Control
Herbologia.
By this modest article we wish to thank our respectable and prominent
Professor for the tremendous work he has done during five decades and to wish
him good health, to stay further with us for many years on the benefit of agricultural
science and practice.
Short curriculum vitae
Profesor Taib Saric was born in Capljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in
1934. He took his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in agronomy from the University of
Sarajevo. He studied weed science and agroecology at post-master′s study at Kansas
State University, Manhattan, Ks. and Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
and post-doctoral study in weed science at the Wageningen Agricultural University
in the Netherlands. He joined the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New
Delhi for two years performing research on subtropical field crops.
From 1962 he has been working with the Faculty of Agriculture of the
University of Sarajevo as an assistant, assistant professor, associate professor, full
professor and professor emeritus in agroecology, soil management, weed science,
and environmental protection, participating in education of 44 generations of
students.
In the last 30 years he was Editor-in-Chief of three scientific journals, the
last of them being Herbologia. He published more than 100 research papers, about
600 professional articles, and 24 books (with updated editions a total of 44 books)
on soil management, agroecology, weed science, and environmental protection. His
book Soil Management (four editions) was the major textbook for students of
agronomy in Yugoslavia. His Weed Atlas (five editions), with nomenclature in nine
languages, has been used in about 30 countries all over the world.
He was one of the founders of the Weed Science Society of Yugoslavia (in
Sarajevo, 1973) and was its president. He was one of the founders of the European
Weed Research Society (EWRS, in Paris, 1975) and a member of its Scientific
Committee and Educational Committee. During 30 years he was National
Representative of Yugoslavia, and latter on of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the
EWRS. He led the foundation of the Weed Science Society of Bosnia and
Herzegovina.