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Volume 71 Number 2 Year 2014

49 articles in this issue 

Claudiu ACIU,Daniela Lucia MANEA

The manufacture of building materials and components, the construction, use and demolition of buildings contribute to the generation of environmental effects such as soil, water and air pollution. The paper defines and synthesizes the impact categories th... see more

Pags. 125 - 132  

Jose Ramon AREVALO,Silvia FERNANDEZ-LUGO,Virginia AFONSO,Federico GRILLO,Agustin NARANJO

Historically, fire has played a dominant role in shaping many forest plant communities. Mediterranean-type vegetation is one of the world’s major fire-prone biomes, with conifer forests among the most flammable ecosystems in the Mediterranean region. Pr... see more

Pags. 133 - 137  

Stefan BAKOS,Marilena MARGHITAS

The use of municipal sludge in agriculture on a longer period leads inevitably to changing of some physical, chemical and biological soil properties. The amount of sludge that can be administered is subjected to a number of factors like: land orography, m... see more

Pags. 138 - 143  

Stefan BAKOS,Marilena MARGHITAS

This paper refers to an area of ​​667,400 ha, of which 426,177 ha of agricultural land. This area is situated in the north western Romania, comprising 86 administrative territories from Cluj County. The authors present a brief description of pedologyc... see more

Pags. 144 - 148  

Giorgiana CATUNESCU,Ioan ROTAR,Roxana VIDICAN,Ancu?a M ROTAR,Florina BUNGHEZ

Post-harvest operations, handling and storage of fresh herbs may decrease the content of bioactive compounds and increase the microbial contaminants. Minimal processing can extend shelf-life and guarantee microbiological safety.The present study tested th... see more

Pags. 149 - 154  

Cornel CHETAN,Teodor RUSU,Ileana BOGDAN,Felicia CHETAN,Alina SIMON

The use of herbicides determine productivity growth, but the herbicides are produced by synthesis, out of ecosystem. Misused of herbicides, after a thorough knowledge, they can become dangerous for the environment through the introduction of toxic residue... see more

Pags. 155 - 162  

Felicia CHETAN,Teodor RUSU,Cornel CHETAN,Alina SIMON,Mircea IGNEA

Minimum tillage systems on soil chasing the conservation and efficient use of natural resources, biological and water. By surrendering to plowghing with moldboard plow  in whole or in part by streamlining periodic tillage and keep at the ground surf... see more

Pags. 163 - 169  

Mirela Felicia CIREBEA,Ioan ROTAR,Roxana Mirela VIDICAN,Florin Simion PACURAR

The mountains formed of the oldest times an environment inhabited by the humans. (All over the European mountains, mountain people have ensured that feed in the first place by agriculture focused on the animal husbandry especially ruminants. Increasing ca... see more

Pags. 170 - 175  

Ionela DAVID,Marilena MARGHITAS

Agriculture has a major contribution to the sustainable rural development and to the development of the economy of a country, thanks to the implementation of some agricultural technological systems which helps: to rise the organic matter content in soil, ... see more

Pags. 176 - 179  

Valeria DEAC,Ioan ROTAR,Roxana VIDICAN,Anamaria MĂLINAȘ

Long-term experiences with mineral fertilizers, have the role to evaluate and to study what happens to the soil from different areas of one country. Soybean long term experiences have the purpose to create an optimal system of fertilization and amendation... see more

Pags. 180 - 187  

Zamfira DINCA,Roxana VIDICAN,Ioan ROTAR,Eugen MURESANU

Our study aimed to underline the morphological characters of 25 soybean varieties of both Romanian and foreign origin in the ecopedological background of SCDA Turda in the presence of a nitrogen-fixing bacteria indigenous to the soil. Activities undertake... see more

Pags. 188 - 195  

Ioan DROCA?,Ovidiu MARIAN,Sorin STÄ‚NILÄ‚,Ovidiu RANTA,Adrian MOLNAR

Increased coverage when spraying, especially using contact substances, leads to higher efficiency and crops. Conventional nozzles, where the droplets move parallel to the stem of the plant ensures a good covering of the horizontal and inclined parts of pl... see more

Pags. 196 - 199  

Francisc Vasile DULF,Dan Cristian VODNAR,Monica Ioana TO?A

The agro-food wastes could be appropriate for use as immobilization carrier in the production of different metabolites with added commercial value by solid-state fermentation (SSF). The objective of this work was the evaluation of the potential of differe... see more

Pags. 200 - 204  

Daniel DUNEA,Stefania IORDACHE,Mihaela OPREA,Tom SAVU,Alin POHOATA,Emil LUNGU

Pollutants' data, meteorological data and medical data feeds the relational database with information from vulnerable urban areas (i.e., Targoviste and Ploiesti), which will help the running of algorithms between air quality, meteorology and health effect... see more

Pags. 205 - 213  

Adrian GLIGA,Ioan ROTAR,Mihai BUTA,Florin PÄ‚CURAR,Agnes BALAZSI

In this study we analyzed in terms of flora, ecological and pedological aspects three semi-natural hay meadows in Rodna Mountains. They are located in the north east of Bistrita-Nasaud county in the Valea Mare village area. The altitudes at which the mead... see more

Pags. 214 - 218  

Stefania IORDACHE,Daniel DUNEA,Cornel IANACHE,Laurentiu PREDESCU,Dumitru DUMITRU

Emissions of air pollutants derive from almost all economic and societal activities. Due to the concentration of crude oil processing activities around Ploiesti city, which is an urban agglomeration of Romania, this area was carefully monitored regarding ... see more

Pags. 219 - 225  

Erika Andrea LEVEI,Marin SENILA,Oana CADAR,Marius ROMAN,Claudiu TANASELIA

The paper presents the validation and the estimation of the measurement uncertainty for the determination of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil by Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy. For the method validation selectivity, limit of detection and limit of ... see more

Pags. 226 - 230  

Anamaria MALINAS,Ioan ROTAR,Roxana VIDICAN,Florin PÄ‚CURAR,Adrian GLIGA,Agnes BALAZSI,Miklós NAGY

Lately an increasingly importance is shown to complex forage mixture. In Transylvania Plain detailed studies are still required for highlighting the most suitable forage mixture for this area. These are needed also to support farmers, especially in the ac... see more

Pags. 231 - 235  

Dana MALSCHI,Felicia MURE?ANU,Rozalia KADAR,Adina Daniela Tarau,Ana Maria PÄ‚CURAR,Cornel CHEÅ¢AN,Nicolae TRITEAN

Based on the entomological research at the ARDS Turda, the paper presents new research on pest abundance in wheat crops in relation to the climate warming in Transylvania and the adequate integrated pest control methods under different cultural soil techn... see more

Pags. 236 - 246  

Mirela MICLEAN,Lacrimioara SENILA,Oana CADAR,Erika LEVEI,Marius ROMAN

A method based on pressurized hot water extraction (PHWE), followed by solid phase extraction (SPE) coupled with solid phase microextraction (SPME) and determination by gas chromatography-electron capture detection (GC-ECD) was developed for determination... see more

OCPs |  PHWE |  soil |  SPE |  SPME
Pags. 247 - 250  

Lucia MIHALESCU,Oana MARE RO?CA,Zorica VO?GAN,Monica MARIAN,Aurel MAXIM,Mirela CORDEA,Beatrice SZILAGYI

The current trend on the environment protection is to use some techniques of obtaining some efficient cultures using fertilizers in agriculture. Taking into account of these aspects, we considered necessary addressing some research on the influence of gro... see more

Pags. 251 - 255  

Paula Ioana MORARU,Teodor RUSU,Ileana BOGDAN,Adrian POP,Camelia COSTE,Bogdan DUDA,Tudor SÄ‚LÄ‚GEAN,Mara ?OPTEREAN,Ilarie IVAN

The aim of this paper is to establish the influence of the relief elements of versants in the Transylvania Plain and of climatic factors on the thermal regime of these soils and on the agricultural management measures. Through its components - precipitati... see more

Pags. 256 - 263  

Robert MOTICA

After the transition of agriculture to market economy the competition has become fierce, so it is very important to increase farm productivity. For a higher production with lower costs you need healthy and productive planting material. Potato producers in... see more

Pags. 264 - 268  

Leon MUNTEAN,Cornelia STAN,Nicolae TRITEAN,Ioan HAS,Voichita HAS

Taking into account the importance of root and coleoptile and mesocotyl length of maize young plants, we considered appropriate to analyse the variability of these traits in a set of maize local populations. The root system development, the mesocotyl and ... see more

Pags. 269 - 273  

Cecilia Violeta NEAGU

Due to human activity, there are some changes in the composition of surface waters, especially near the industrial plants and cities. Wastewater, insufficiently treated, affects negatively the quality of the emissary they reach. The discharge of poorly tr... see more

Pags. 274 - 281  

Anca Dorina PLE?A,Ioan ROTAR,Florin PÄ‚CURAR,Roxana VIDICAN,Agnes BALAZSI

Agriculture is an history of a real symbiosis which developed between crops and man; crops have made it possible to sustain an ever increasing human population. An key question nowadays is how the land can be cultivated and agricultural goods be produced ... see more

Pags. 282 - 285  

Adrian Ioan POP,Teodor RUSU,Ileana BOGDAN,Paula Ioana MORARU,Bogdan Matei DUDA,Camelia Liliana COSTE,Tudor SÄ‚LÄ‚GEAN

The results presented in this paper were obtained in the experimental fields of agrotechnics discipline from the Jucu region in Cluj, on an argic-stagnic Phaoezem soil, with a humus content of 3.8% and a pH  of 6.5. The soil tillage system  ma... see more

Pags. 286 - 294  

Ioan ROTAR,Florin PÄ‚CURAR,Anca PLE?A,Roxana VIDICAN,Miklós NAGY

Grasslands in Apuseni Mountains are used in a traditional system and several types and subtypes of grasslands were described. Because of the current grassland management and the site conditions appeared certain grassland subtypes which need to be deepen c... see more

Pags. 295 - 301  

Teodor RUSU,Cornel CHEÅ¢AN,Ileana BOGDAN,Felicia CHETAN,Mircea IGNEA,Bogdan DUDA,Ilarie IVAN

Soybean shows special sensitivity to weeding while in the early growth stages until the land is covered, but also in the mature stages after the leaves begin to fall. Once invaded by weeds, especially in the first phase of growth, the culture is no longer... see more

Pags. 302 - 306  

Tudor SÄ‚LÄ‚GEAN,Teodor RUSU,Lucian DRAGOMIR,Paula Ioana MORARU,Adrian Ioan POP,Bogdan DUDA

The area taken into study is located in the Transylvanian-Some? depression which is individualized compared to the surrounding regions from the morphological point of view, with hills and broad valleys accompanied by terraces. In lithological terms, there... see more

Pags. 307 - 315  

Susana SFECHIS,Roxana VIDICAN,Ioan ROTAR,Vlad STOIAN

Soybean is one of the most important oilseed crop production and forage feed, representing 58% of total production of oilseeds in the world and 69% of protein intake from forage. The experience aims assessing the effect of single and combined fertilizatio... see more

Pags. 316 - 321  

Nicusor Flavius SIMA,Doru CRISTE,Rodica SIMA

The negative impact of climatic changes is obviously in the forage production. Therefore the knowledge of biological characteristics, requirements and reactions at environmental conditions of different fodder species which compose complex mixtures becomes... see more

Pags. 322 - 327  

Sorin STÄ‚NILÄ‚

Introduction: The traction forces can be determined theoretically with different relations, or they can be measured in field with different implements. The collective of Technical Sciences and Soil Sciences, from the Faculty of Agriculture has developed a... see more

Pags. 328 - 332  

Vlad STOIAN,Roxana VIDICAN,Ioan ROTAR,Florin PÄ‚CURAR

Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizas act in the rhizosphere of plants as regulators of the processes of absorption and transfer of nutrients. High absorption potential show the involvement in nutrients cycle, reducing nutrient losses across the entire ecosyst... see more

Pags. 333 - 337  

Nineta Simona VARGA,Emil LUCA,Timea GABOR,Marilena ROZENBERG,Otilia MICU

Given the importance and special qualities of blueberries for the human diet, the goal is to extend and develop these cultivations in Romania. The goal of this research is to improve certain aspects of the cultivation technology and water consumption for ... see more

Pags. 338 - 346  

Roxana VIDICAN,Vlad STOIAN,Ioan ROTAR,Florin PÄ‚CURAR

involvement in the absorption and transfer, they have the ability to adjust the permanent and cyclical movement of nutrients in the entire ecosystem. Mycorrhizas have the ability to decrease inputs introduced into ecosystems, but allocation of ecosystem n... see more

Pags. 347 - 353  

Ana Maria VIRTEIU,Ioana GROZEA,Ramona STEF,Alin CARABET,Teodora FLORIAN,Snejana DAMIANOV

Bird's - foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) is an abundant Fabaceae species of grassland, which is also used as forage plants. Lotus corniculatus is an indeterminate flowering herbaceous perennial that, through the vegetative season, produces a great nu... see more

Pags. 354 - 359  

Ivan Zoltan VITOS,Gavrila MORAR,Liuza MIKE,Cristina MOLDOVAN

The partial results from the research carried out in 2013 at the Potato Research and Development Station Târgu Secuiesc on the size and shape of the ridges and the influence of planting density in the case of two varieties and two types of ridges (ridges... see more

Pags. 360 - 368  

Zorica VO?GAN,Roxana VIDICAN,Lucian MIHALESCU,Oana MARE ROSCA,Monica MARIAN,Beatrice SZILAGYI

The fodder production and the exploitation of pastures by grazing is an important activity in the livestock economy of the hilly regions of the Maramures County. Thus, the surfaces of the areas of the Surdesti village are alternatively used both by grazin... see more

Pags. 369 - 372  

Ioana Daniela BORCA,Carmen Emilia PUIA

The height and the leaf area of three potato varieties, in two sequences of vegetation (30 and 50 days after planting) were analysed in order to mark the effect of the additional mycorrhization on the potato plants. The development of the potato plants wa... see more

Pags. 373 - 374  

Ioana Daniela BORCA,Carmen Emilia PUIA

The achieved production of three varieties of potato, quantified by the tubers weight, in terms of an artificial infection with Fusarium sambucinum Fuckel were analysed in order to see the influence of the additional inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi. Th... see more

Pags. 375 - 376  

Giorgiana Mihaela CÄ‚TUNESCU,Ioan ROTAR,Roxana VIDICAN,Florina BUNGHEZ

Consumers choose herbs by their characteristic flavour although they perceive only a fraction of their volatiles aroma compounds. Few studies have focused on comparing aroma determined in sensory analysis and volatiles identified in instrumental analysis.... see more

Pags. 377 - 378  

Zamfira Maria DINCÄ‚,Roxana VIDICAN,Ioan ROTAR,Mignon SANDOR

tudy of the soil respiration and evaporation of ten soybean varieties in the field conditions from SCDA Turda Zamfira DINCÄ‚1, Roxana VIDICAN1* and Mignon ?andor2 1Department of Plant Crop, University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj Napoca,... see more

Pags. 379 - 380  

Ioan DROCA?,Ovidiu MARIAN,Ovidiu RANTA,Adrian MOLNAR,Mircea MUNTEAN

Changing the degree to which animals feed is grinded can be done for hammer mills in several ways, namely: the use of sieves with different diameters, different hammers, different engine speeds.Grain milling energy consumption is influenced by the type of... see more

Pags. 381 - 382  

Aurica SOARE,Gheorghe VOICU

Determine some quantitative and qualitative elements of the dry bulbs production in order to establish the suitability of the best cultivar, due to the fact that the soil characteristics influence for sure the success of the onion crop planted directed on... see more

Pags. 383 - 384  

Vlad STOIAN,Roxana VIDICAN,Ioan ROTAR,Florin PÄ‚CURAR

More accentuated intensification of management from areas with high biodiversity may act to reduce the level of mycorrhizal colonization, while producing a reduction in plant resistance to stress factors. In the context of current climate drought is an co... see more

Pags. 385 - 386  

Loredana SUCIU,Laura ?OPTEREAN,Felicia MURE?ANU,Adina IVA?,Ana Maria PÄ‚CURAR

In the climatic conditions in the Transylvanian Plain in corn usually occurs the following diseases and pests: cob rot strains (Gibberella zeae f.c. Fusarium graminearum) common smut (Ustilago maydis) and rust (Puccnia sorghi); Ostrinia nubilalis, Autogra... see more

Pags. 387 - 388  

Roxana VIDICAN,Vlad STOIAN,Ioan ROTAR,Florin PÄ‚CURAR

Vesicular-arbuscular fungi have a major contribution to the absorption of nutrients from the soil using extraradicular hyphae networks and exploring the soil areas inaccessible to plant roots. Studies on the role and benefits of mycorrhizal symbiosis show... see more

Pags. 389 - 390  

Zorica VO?GAN,Roxana VIDICAN,Lucia MIHALESCU,Oana MARE ROSCA,Beatrice SZILAGYI,Laura IGNAT,Roxana IGNAT

Assessing the economic importance of plants present on the mountain pastures, we can distinguish the potential vegetal resources in the context of improving their economic efficiency. In order to determine the vegetal potential in the mountainous region, ... see more

Pags. 391 - 392