55 articles in this issue
Mariola PLAZAS,Santiago VILANOVA,Isabel ANDášJAR,Pietro GRAMAZIO,F. Javier HERRAIZ,M. Dolores RAIGá“N,Salvador SOLER,Maria FIGá€S,Adrián RODRáGUEZ-BURRUEZO,Ana FITA,DionÃs BORRá€S,Jaime PROHENS
Vegetable crops contain significant amounts of many bioactive compounds which prevent and/or protect against chronic diseases. Consumers increasingly demand vegetables with improved bioactive properties and this is stimulating the development of new culti... see more
Monica HARTA,Doru PAMFIL
In recent years, the concerns of some research teams have focused in development an international strategy for the germplasm collections characterization of important horticultural species, as response to the European Union initiative for inventory and co... see more
Cristina Cerasela ARSENE,Lucia DRAGHIA
Various biosynthesised compounds from ornamental plants can be harmful to man, throughout a plant’s entire life cycle or only during certain moments, present in all of its organs or restricted only to some. Interdisciplinary research regarding plant tox... see more
Catalin Lulu ALEXANDRU,Liliana ROTARU,Doina DAMIAN,Ancu?a NECHITA
Environmental factors in a vineyard ecosystem form a complex of factors which are interdependent and can restrict, hinder or stimulate the growth and development of the vine. The singular or cumulative effects of climatic risks and identification of most ... see more
Fotini ANGELOPOULOU,Ioanna KAKABOUKI,Panagiota PAPASTYLIANOU,Yolanda PAPATHEOHARI,Aristidis KONSTANTAS,Anestis KARKANIS,Ilias TRAVLOS,Dimitrios BILALIS
Field experiment was conducted in western Greece to determine the effects of organic fertilization on root growth of medicinal plants oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) and milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn.). The experimental design was completely rand... see more
Alexandru Silviu APAHIDEAN,Grigore ARDELEAN,Alexandru Ioan APAHIDEAN,Aniela Brandusa RUSU
Cauliflower is grown for its hypertrophied inflorescences that are used in the preparation of various fresh cooked dishes as well as in pickling or canning industry. The inflorescences are rich in water (90%). The energy value of cauliflower inflorescence... see more
Dimitrios BILALIS,Ioanna KAKABOUKI,Fotini ANGELOPOULOU,Panagiota PAPASTYLIANOU,Anestis KARKANIS,Aristidis KONSTANTAS,Ilias TRAVLOS
Medicinal and aromatic plants are known to be used by a large portion of global population for their medicinal therapeutic effects. Water is among the most important factors for the development, yield and quality of medicinal plants since its deficiency m... see more
Florin Dumitru BORA,Tiberia Ioana POP,Claudiu Ioan BUNEA,Delia Elena URCAN,Anca BABE?,Leonard MIHALY-COZMUTA,Anca MIHALY-COZMUTA,Nastasia POP
Viticulture is one of the cultures occupying large proportions of the cultivated area on the Globe. It is practiced, in particular, to produce table grapes, juice and other derivatives, and especially (about 70% of the total) to obtain different categorie... see more
Erzsebet BUTA,Maria CANTOR,Denisa HOR?,Radu SESTRA?
Obtaining valuable genotypes in terms of ornamental purposes and the improvement of the decorative plants genetic fund are an ongoing concern to breeders across all regions of the world. Genotypes with particular features and trait characteristics for bre... see more
NURAY CICEK ATIKMEN,CIHAT KUTUK,GULAY KARAHAN
Chrysanthemum is one of the most popular perennial ornamental plants in Turkey. In this greenhouse study, fresh (unweathered) and exhausted (weathered 2 years) mushroom compost have been used as organic substrates for cultivation of Chrysanthemum (Chrysan... see more
Georgiana Diana DUMITRIU,Valeriu COTEA,Rafael Amores PEINADO,Nieves LOPEZ DE LERMA,Catalin ZAMFIR,Marius NICULAUA,Bogdan NECHITA,Cintia COLIBABA,Ioan MORARU,Maria CODREANU,Florin VARARU
The goal of this study is to evaluate the influence of toasted barrel on the red wines physical-chemical parameters and phenolic compounds. Experimental material used is Fetească neagră grapes. They were harvested from Şuletea wine region-Vaslui, in 20... see more
Vasile Razvan FILIMON,Roxana FILIMON,Liliana ROTARU
Chlorophyll content in leaves of 11 Vitis vinifera L. indigenous varieties (Iasi vineyard, Romania) was determined by two independent methods: spectrophotometry (extraction) and with an Opti-Sciences CCM-200 plus chlorophyll content meter (non-destructive... see more
Carla GUIJARRO-REAL,Rosa Victoria MOLINA,Teresa Pá‰REZ-DOMINGO,Ana Maria RIBES-MOYA,Adrian RODRáGUEZ-BURRUEZO,Ana Maria FITA
Drought is a limiting factor for plant survival and food production. Plants have developed various strategies in response to this stress. The immediate response to drought is the closure of the stomata. However, it prevents the transpiration and the photo... see more
Vasile LAZÄ‚R,Rodica SIMA,Tincuta GOCAN,Ilona ORBAN
The researches done between the years 2012-2013 at Horticultural products technology Department of Horticulture Faculty of UASVM Cluj-Napoca followed the influence of preservative solution on the decorative period in vase of four indigenous and four non-i... see more
Georgel Constantin MAZARE
Picea pungens Argentea could be obtained both by generative and vegetative way. Considering that the main important feature of this species, the needles’ colour, could lose in intensity by generative way, the vegetative remain the most important. One of... see more
Jaime MORENO-GARCáA,Florin VARARU,Juan MORENO,Carmen M MILLáN,Juan Carlos MAURICIO,Teresa GARCáA-MARTáNEZ
In the Sherry wine elaboration process carried out in specific regions around the world, Saccharomyces cerevisiae “flor†yeast develops a velum (biofilm) on the wine surface. This velum remains along several years during the so called “biological agi... see more
Ion OLTEAN,Alexandru BEXA,Teodora FLORIAN,Mircea Ioan VARGA
Pristiphora abietina Christ. is one of the most dangerous pests of coniferous forest stands, especially at those that are located outside their natural vegetation area. During four years this species was monitored in Lunca Bradului Forestry Department and... see more
Panagiota PAPASTYLIANOU,Ioanna KAKABOUKI,Eleni TSIPLAKOU,Ilias TRAVLOS,Dimitrios BILALIS,Dimitra HELA,Dimosthenis CHACHALIS,George ANOGIATIS,George ZERVAS
The effect of organic and inorganic fertilization on yield and biomass quality of two species: quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) and green amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus L.) was studied in this paper. The agronomic performance and nutritional value of ... see more
Daniela Maria POPESCU (HODOR),Maria ILIESCU,Cristian CRISTEA,Maria COM?A
The Research Station for Viticulture and Enology Blaj (SCDVV Blaj), white a long tradition on improving wine grape varieties, was performed intraspecific hybridization and clonal selection in order to obtain new varieties and clones with superior qualitie... see more
Florin SALA,Marius BOLDEA
The fractal geometry of bodies’ represents genuine bar codes of the fractal type which, once deciphered, offer stable and trustworthy information on the status and characteristics of the respective bodies. Bark Fractal Tree Age (BFTA) Method presents a ... see more
Rodica Maria SIMA,Danut MÄ‚NIUÈšIU,Alexandru Silviu APAHIDEAN,Maria APAHIDEAN,Vasile LAZÄ‚R,Nicusor SIMA
Cabbage is among the vegetables which can be found on the market throughout the year, greenhouse crop being a source of fresh cabbage in the cold season. The aim of this experiment was to study the influence of planting density/plant spacing and additiona... see more
Valentin SINGUREANU,Gelu MOLDOVAN,Rodica UNGUR,Ioan ONAC,Victoria SINGUREANU
The research illustrates use of starch polymeric substrate for vegetative propagation of medicinal plants vs. perlite substrate. The experimental plot was emplaced in a standard greenhouse located in Cluj-Napoca, during approximately two months (12.12.201... see more
Rodica SOARE,Ovidiu PĂNIȚĂ,Elena BONCIU,Marin SOARE
Development of organic farming has led to the production of new organic fertilizers. They can increase seedlings vigour and resistance to pathogens and pests attack as well as a good survival in less favourable conditions after crop establishment. In this... see more
Raluca TOMA,Dumitru ZAHARIA
The purpose of this study is to show the influence of built environment over plant development in urban areas. It is well known that environmental factors are influenced by the built environment and human activities within the cities. Built environment af... see more
Horia Dan VLASIN,Liviu HOLONEC
In order to establish the influence of species and land preparation manner on the maintenance of saplings planted on superficial erosion degraded lands in Frata amelioration perimeter (Cluj county, Romania) we used black locust (Robinia pseudacacia) and m... see more
Florin Dumitru BORA,Tiberia Ioana POP,Claudiu Ioan BUNEA,Anca PETER,Camelia NICULA,Delia Elena URCAN,Anca BABEȘ,Nastasia POP
The mechanical composition of the grapes is expressed by numerical ratio between the structural elements of the cluster (uvologic units): clusters, skins, pulp and seeds. The research in this paper aims the mechanical structure and uvologic values of thre... see more
Georgeta Mihaela BUCUR,Liviu DEJEU
Trends of climate variables were studied for the latest 41 years (1973-2013) and their effects on the quantity and quality of the grape production for Feteasca regala variety, clone 21 Bl, grafted on Kober 5 BB, in the plantation of the University of Agri... see more
Claudiu Ioan BUNEA
Yield and the main qualitative characteristics of the ‘Fetească albă’ cultivar from the Lechința vineyard are presented in this paper in comparison with other four cultivars: ‘Fetească regală’, ‘Chasselas doré’, ‘Riesling italian’ an... see more
Claudiu Ioan BUNEA,Nastasia POP,Florin BORA,Daniela POPESCU,Andrea BUNEA
The creation of varieties with high biological resistant to specific diseases of the vine but also to the extreme weather conditions (frost) represents a great advantage by being able to avoid phytosanitary products. But besides these goals, the breeder m... see more
Erzsebet BUTA,Maria CANTOR,Denisa HORÈš,Mihai BUTA
The growing demand for seasoning plants and aromatic herbs on the Romanian market led to the implementation of new research on the improvement of propagation technology. Mentha x piperita was chosen for the classical propagation, a plant used not only in ... see more
Maria COM?A,Liliana Lucia TOMOIAGÄ‚,Daniela Maria POPESCU,Cristea CRISTEA
The responses of vine to the eutipoze attack were analyzed, depending on the age of the plantation. Of the four varieties studied, regardless of the plantation age, the lowest degree of attack was registered at Fetească regala (7.0%) and Sauvignon blanc ... see more
Ioana GROZEA,Raluca TRUSCA,Ramona STEF,Levente MOLNAR,Mihaela FERICEAN,Silvia PRUNAR,Valentin MAZÄ‚RE,Ionela DOBRIN
Lately, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte adults (western corn rootworm) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) extended the range of host plants and also the spreading area in Romania. Though, until recently it was associatedonly with corn plant (it highlight... see more
Anestis KARKANIS,Dimitrios BILALIS,Aspasia EFTHIMIADOU
A field experiment was conducted to determine the effects of post-emergence herbicides applied at the recommended and reduced doses on weeds in durum wheat. A randomized complete block design was employed with 4 replications per treatment. Weed density di... see more
Mariola PLAZAS,Isabel ANDášJAR,Santiago VILANOVA,Pietro GRAMAZIO,Francisco Javier HERRAIZ,Jaime PROHENS
The vegetable crop gboma eggplant (Solanum macrocarpon) and its wild ancestor S. dasyphyllum are native to Africa. Although it is an important crop in certain areas, there are few studies on gboma eggplant diversity and breeding. We have studied the morph... see more
Daniela Maria POPESCU (HODOR),Maria ILIESCU,Maria COMSA,Danut Gheorghe CORBEAN
The implications of various vines practices (trellised or grown flat on the ground) influence the degree of canes maturations. In the present paper are analyzed the implications of various vines practices (using support systems-Romania, without means of s... see more
Raluca CICEVAN,Mohamad Al HASSAN,Oscar VICENTE,Monica Monica BOSCAIU,Adriana SESTRAS,Radu SESTRAS
Drought is the most important single environmental stress factor that reduces crop yields worldwide. In the context of global climate change, selection and/or development of drought-resistant varieties of cultivated plants is becoming an urgent need for a... see more
Ana Maria RIBES-MOYA,Leandro PEREIRA,Carla GUIJARRO-REAL,Maria D. RAIGON,Ana Maria FITA,Adrian RODRáGUEZ-BURRUEZO
Capsicum peppers are one of the most important vegetables and a plethora of cultivars can be found within common pepper, C. annuum. In this regard, Spain is a center of diversity for this crop. Many studies on bioactive compounds have been done in peppers... see more
Traian-Sorin ?CHIOP,Mohamad Al HASSAN,Monica BOSCAIU,Oscar VICENTE,Adriana SESTRAS,Radu SESTRAS
Due to global warming and anthropogenic activities, drought and salinity are becoming two of the major abiotic stresses affecting coniferous forests in Romania. Seedlings from several Romanian populations of Picea abies were subjected to drought and salt ... see more
Ilias TRAVLOS,Dimitrios BILALIS,Panayiota PAPASTYLIANOU,Demosthenis CHACHALIS,Ippokratis LYGIZOS,Ioannis ANNOUSAKIS,Yolanda PAPATHEOHARI
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is economically one of the most important annual crops in the world grown for edible oil and for bio-energy purposes. Due to the high cost and the environmental concern, fertilization is among the agronomic inputs that oug... see more
Andreea Flavia TRIPON,Viorel MITRE,Monica PAL
The removal of the excess fruit can be done in three stages: in the bud stage, by cuts, in the blossom stage, by chemical treatements and in the period when the fruit start to grow, through chemical treatements or through hand-thinning. In this study, che... see more
Andreea Flavia TRIPON,Viorel MITRE,Ioana MITRE,Dorin BADIU,Monica PAL,Mihai LAZAR
Chemical thinning consists in spraying the trees with different substances. The intensity of chemical thinning depends on the vigour of the tree, the phenophase in which it is done, the type of solution and its concentration. In this study for the chemica... see more
Cornelia ALBOIU
In recent years, the productivity of agri-food sector has become again a subject of interest due global challenges caused by increasing food demand in new emerging countries, non-food uses of agricultural production for biofuels, and the impact of technol... see more
Bogdan FLEACA,Elena FLEACA,Andreea DUMITRESCU
The paper aims to explore the entrepreneurship concept and gain deeper understanding of the social responsibility insights with respect to their implications into the business market. The methodological approach comprised a qualitative analysis of the con... see more
Elena FLEACA,Bogdan FLEACA,Andreea DUMITRESCU
Romania’s business environment has been through a series of changes, both politically and economically and therefore, the companies operating in this particular industry have been obliged to rapidly adapt to these new conditions in order to sustainably ... see more
Sreten JELIĆ,Mersida JANDRIĆ,Dragić ŽIVKOVIĆ,Zoran MILOVANČEVIĆ
In very short time big changes occurred in the agrarian structure, the structure of the population, territorial and socio-economical deployment. According to that, there is an obvious discontinuity in the development of rural areas. Pointing out the resou... see more
Milica MARČETA,Ljiljana KEČA,Sreten JELIĆ
Community living in the forest areas in and around them, often relies on non-wood forest products (NWFPs) for the purpose of personal existence. Although NWFPs are not fully involved in the economic development programs in most states, however, they provi... see more
Cristina Bianca POCOL,Calin MOLDOVAN-TESELIOS
The study aims to asses overall satisfaction of the initiative for becoming an entrepreneur among women in Romania. The research was conducted in the Regions of North East, North West and West, on a sample of 602 women entrepreneurs. The research method c... see more
Daniel CHICIUDEAN,Iulia MUREȘAN,Marioara ILEA,Gabriela CHICIUDEAN
In the case of food products, the concept of country of origin is frequently present because of the shorter time spend by the consumer during the evaluation of alternatives phase. The aim of this study is to determine the influence of country of origin at... see more
Cristina Bianca POCOL,Ioana Delia POP
Using information and communication technology in rural areas contributes to human development and to poverty reduction in these areas. The study aims to assess the access to ICT of the rural population in Romania between 2007-2013. The main parameters an... see more
Paunita Iuliana BOANCÄ‚,Emil LUCA,Adelina DUMITRA?,Marcel DáŽRJA,Laura LUCA,Razvan VASIU,Georgeta Minodora BURDUHOS
The knowledge of the rainwater runoff pollution sources and the flow pattern is essential in evaluation of storm water management options. The aim of the study was to identify the pollution sources, to establish the position of these sources and runoff pa... see more
Rodica Dorina CADAR,Mihai ILIESCU,Nicolae CIONT
The purpose of this paper is to comparatively study the design of a road structure, using parameters provided by standards and their practically measured counterparts. This aspect has multiple consequences, and we emphasised mainly the economical costs an... see more
Mircea ORTELECAN,Ioana POP,Tudor SÄ‚LÄ‚GEAN,Paul SESTRA?,Nicolae POP
Models for processing geodetic observations made in support networks related to hydropower objectives are the ones used in general geodetic networks. For geodetic observations processing, based on the type of measurements made, are used mathematical model... see more
Gabriel POPESCU
This paper describes the geometric geolocation accuracy of LiDAR footprint, utilizing an aircraft configuration that supports a sensor designed to scan the surface of the Earth, a DGPS and INS/IMU system. It is presented a review of LiDAR’s footprints a... see more
Tudor SALAGEAN,Teodor RUSU,Lucian DRAGOMIR,Mircea ORTELECAN,Ioana POP,Raluca MANEA,Paul SESTRA?
Irrigation systems are composed of a series of hydro-ameliorative works that provide water collection from the power source, adduction and distribution of water to the plants. These hydro-ameliorative works (irrigation, drainage) are extremely important f... see more
Voichita ROIB,Ilinca ROIB
Geographic Information System (GIS) represents a technology used in different domains of activity, being used for centralizing and accessing information. GIS system may be used in assessing real estate property. With regard to assessing real estate proper... see more