1. 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

2. Introduction
During the conduction of research project TEUCLIC (HRZZ-IP ) 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.

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Fahn, A. 1990
Black et al. 2006

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von Haselberg, 2000

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12. 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.

13. Acknowledgment
The research is funded by Croatian Science Foundation. Grant number: IP , acronym: TEUCLIC.