Mirko pl. Vidaković (October 29, 1924 - August 15, 2002) was Croatian botanist and dendrologist and the expert for the genetics of the forest trees.
Vidaković was born in Lemeš, Bačka, to a family of Bunjevci Croats. He attained a professional qualification of engineer of forestry before 1949, when he was first employed as a lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Zagreb (Croatian: Šumarski fakultet).
He was a member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) since 1981.
He was the predstojnik (chairman) of the arboretum in Trsteno since 1970.
He worked as UNDP's and FAO's expert in Pakistan, Vietnam and Hungary.
Together with forestry of Našice, in 1996 he founded first clone seminal plantation of pedunculate oak in Croatia.
He died in Zagreb at the age of 77.
His works were published in various editions from international scientific gatherings, symposiums and consultations, mostly in area of ecological valorization of littoral carst, mechanization of agriculture, adaptation of forests to climate change etc..
He published his works in Annales forestales.
Golosjemenjače , (co-author) 2004Obična bukva (Fagus sylvatica L.) u Hrvatskoj = Common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Croatia , (co-author), 2003Obična jela (Abies alba Mill.) u Hrvatskoj = Silver fair (Abies alba Mill.) in Croatia, (co-author), 2001Estimation of genetic gain in a progeny trial of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.), (co-author) 2000Hrast lužnjak (Quercus robur L.) u Hrvatskoj = Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) in Croatia, (co-author), 1996Experimental plots of some hard pine hybrid families in Croatia, (co-author) 1995Izravna sjetva da ili ne?, (co-author), 1994Tehnika za obradu tla, sjetvu i borbu protiv korova , (co-author), 1994Zrinjevac : spomenica : priroda, vrtovi, perivoji i uresno raslinstvo u Zagrebu, (co-author), 1995Novosti u tehnici obrade tla, (co-author), 1993Hrvatski umjetnici za Trsteno = Kroatische Kuenstler fuer das Arboretum Trsteno = Croatian artist for the Arboretum of Trsteno, (co-author) 1993Arboretum Brijuni, (co-author), 1993Radovi na podizanju klonske sjemenske plantaže hrasta lužnjaka na području Š. G. "Krndija" i Š. G. "Papuk", (co-author), 1992Čuvanje genskih resursa šumskog i hortikulturnog drveća i grmlja u Hrvatskoj , 1992Doprinos OLT-a integralnoj tehnici biljne proizvodnje , 1992Svjedočanstva: razaranje Dubrovnika, (co-author with few HAZU-members), 1992Kako agregatirati traktor za oranje? , 1991Growth of some interspecific hybrid pine seedlings and their cuttings , (co-author), 1991Prilog sanaciji erozije na području izvorišta rijeke Une, (co-author), 1991Sjetva jednosjemenim pneumatskim sijačicama , (co-author), 1990Uspijevanje nekih vrsta i hibrida dvoigličavih borova na području Arboretuma Trsteno , (co-author), 1990Arboretum Lisičine, (co-author), 1986Genetika i oplemenjivanje šumskog drveća , (co-author) 1985Zakorjenjivanje reznica ranog i kasnog hrasta lužnjaka = The rooting of cuttings of the early and late flushing Slavonian oak , (co-author), 1983Četinjače : morfologija i varijabilnost, 1982, 1991 (in English) i 1993Genetics of Pinus peuce Gris = Genetik der Pinus peuce Gris = Genetika Pinus peuce Gris , (co-author), 1978Genetics of European black pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) , 1974Oplemenjivanje ekonomski važnijih vrsta šumskog drveća jugoistočne Slavonije , 1974Prilog proučavanju morfološke varijabilnosti spontanih križanaca između alepskog i brucijskog bora, (co-author), 1974