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Volume 72 Number 2 Year 2015

52 articles in this issue 

Maria Hurtado,Santiago Vilanova,Pietro Gramazio,Mariola Plazas,Isabel Andáºjar,Francisco Javier Herraiz,Jaime Prohens

The eggplant (Solanum melongena) semi-long black varietal type is the most important in most European markets. Although open pollinated, pure lines and F1 hybrid cultivars exist within this varietal group, the latter predominate in the commercial producti... see more

Pags. 281 - 287  

Dimitrios Bilalis,Anestis Karkanis,Foteini Angelopoulou,Ilias Travlos,Andreas Antoniadis,Georgia Ntatsi,Efstathia Lazaridi,Dimitrios Savvas

To evaluate the effects of organic and conventional fertlization on root and soil quality of four different pea varieties (Pisum sativum L.), a spilt-plot experiment with four replications was conducted in 2014-15 in central Greece. The experimental facto... see more

Pags. 288 - 294  

Anastasia Akoumianaki Ioannidou,Pantelis E. Barouchas,Artemis Kyramariou,Evrydiki Ilia,Nikolaos K. Moustakas

An experiment was conducted in pots under glasshouse conditions to study the effects of Vanadium (V) on dry matter and on V, Ca, K, Mg, P, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pd, and Zn concentration in leaves, stems and roots of pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.). A completely ran... see more

Pags. 295 - 298  

Victoria Artem,Arina Oana Antoce,Ioan Namolosanu,Aurora Ranca,Anamaria Petrescu

Abstract In viticulture, the control of the crop load is largely used as an important instrument for the regulation of yield and grape quality, which in turn leads to quality wines. One of the practices for the regulation of crop load, often used for tabl... see more

Pags. 299 - 304  

Valeriu Balan,Igor Ivanov

In the present paper we studied the cherry trees crown formation tracking natural improved low volume crown system. The orchard was established in 2010 with ‘Ferrovia’, ‘Adriana’ and ‘Skeena’ cultivars grafted on ‘Gisela 6’ rootstock (Prun... see more

Pags. 305 - 312  

Marian R.V. Bogoescu,Madalina Doltu

Soil fumigation has been an essential component of greenhouses crops since the 1960’s. Growing vegetables without soil fumigants has remained a challenge, partially because of the lack resistance to many soil borne plant pathogens of the commercially ac... see more

Pags. 313 - 317  

Marian Iancu R.V. Bogoescu,Madalina Doltu

  The grafting eggplants cultivars onto  rootstocks that are resistant to the soil-borne pathogens and nematodes is a method known for many years, but which have improved and spread quickly in the last years (Bletsos et.al.,2003). The objectiv... see more

Pags. 318 - 326  

Florin Dumitru Bora,Tiberia Ioana Pop,Anca Cristina Babes,Daniela Popescu,Maria Iliescu,Nastasia Pop

The wine quality is based on three factors which are globally referred to as theâ€quality triangleâ€: the climate and the soil (affect the quality of the grape); the type of grape (the varieties of vine-varietals); and the human factors, which include cul... see more

Pags. 327 - 334  

Mirela Irina Cordea,Doina Angela Pui

The present paper reveals the results of a study on the tulip collection in the environmental conditions of “Al. Borza†Botanical Garden Cluj-Napoca, concerning two characteristics: earliness of flowering and blooming time. Most tulip cultivars are ori... see more

Pags. 335 - 340  

Alexandru Fira,Manuela Simu,Bianca Vlaicu,Doina Clapa

Apple cultivar ‘Royal Gala’ was multiplied in vitro on starch-gelled MS media supplemented with 0.7 mg/l BAP, which provided intense proliferation of axillary shoots. In order to test the influence of gelling agents upon proliferation rate in this app... see more

Pags. 341 - 349  

Ciprian George Fora,Karl F. Lauer,Mihaela M. Moatar,Sorin Stanciu

Today, when somebody is talking about bark beetles management, there are two different approaches. The first one includes bark beetles in the category of pests and the second one includes bark beetles in the category of insects with important ecologic rol... see more

Pags. 350 - 355  

Laura Ruxandra Fotescu,Aurelia Tudorache,Elena Brinduse,Liliana Pircalabu

The polyphenolic potential of the harvest is defined by: polyphenol index, total anthocyanin potential, extractable anthocyanins and seed maturity. The reserches was conducted during 2012 - 2013 period, in the Appelation of Controlled Origin, Dealu Mare -... see more

Pags. 356 - 361  

Miro Govedarica,Aleksandar Ristic,Dušan Jovanovic,Mihai Valentin Herbei,Florin Sala

The study of vegetation cover, forests, orchards or vineyards and crops through satellite techniques is increasingly promoted as a result of facilities they offer. A number of methods and techniques for processing and analysis of satellite images are deve... see more

Pags. 362 - 370  

Ioana Grozea,Ana Maria Virteiu,Ramona Stef,Alin Carabet,Levente Molnar,Teodora Florian,Mihai Vlad

Nezara viridula L. (Hemiptera:Pentatomidae) is a relative a invasive species, highly poliphagous, species of solanaceous, legumes, cruciferous, malvaceous, grasses and other plants are affected. Considering that the insect which make the subject of this s... see more

Pags. 371 - 375  

Cornelia Hernea,Willhelm Hollerbach,Danut Trava,Mihaela Corneanu

The use of bioenergy are increasing in many European countries and an important role will be played by biomass produced in willow SRC. Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) willow was developed in Sweden in 1970 and it is cultivated for the production of wood chip... see more

Pags. 376 - 380  

Veronica Grigoreta Maxim,Danu? Nicolae Maniu?iu,Rodica Sima,Aurel Maxim,Ovidiu maxim

Within the trial was studied the behavior of 3 tomato landraces - SJ 370, SJ 373, AB 343 and a modern cultivar - Saint Pierre to the additional fertilization with two organic fertilizers - Vinasse and OPF. The highest early yields were found with AB 343 (... see more

Pags. 381 - 387  

Roxana Negrea,Lucia Draghia,Gheorghii Ciobotari

Vinca major L. is a Mediterranean species, hemicryptophyte, cultivated in Romania as ornamental plan on walls or cliff arrangements. Due to its biologic characteristics it can be easily cultivated on roofs and harmoniously associated with species Arabis c... see more

Pags. 388 - 394  

Ananie Pesteanu

Worldwide, the presence of russet on ‘Golden Delicious’ apples has been a concern to producers and marketers of fresh fruit for a long time due to the fact that it decresses the smoothness, perfomes an uniform finish of the fruit and results in econom... see more

Pags. 395 - 401  

Florin Sala,Alin Dobrei

Taking into account the ecobiology and the features of nutrition in grapevine, monitoring nutrition is a process with a very dynamic balance. Present research assessed the way in which supplementary foliar fertilization with calcium can have a positive im... see more

Pags. 402 - 410  

Magdalena Szpakowska,Roman Holubowicz

Organic seeds are the ones which are produced without any fertilizers and pesticides, except those based on copper or sulphur. Since many years, one has been observing in Poland an increase in the number of farms producing organic food. Their owners can a... see more

Pags. 411 - 417  

Alexandru Cătălin Tar?ian,Cintia Colibaba,Marius Niculaua,Bogdan Constantin Nechita,Catalin Zamfir,Ana Maria Morosanu,Valeriu V. Cotea

Busuioacă de Bohotin grapes were harvested at technological maturity in 2014, both biotypes (dark violet biotype and rose biotype) being from Hu?i vineyard. The wines were obtained by applying four types of maceration processes: maceration-fermenation, m... see more

Pags. 418 - 423  

Eliza Teodorescu

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is the most important crop in the group of leafy vegetables. Lately, the nutritionists recommend more often lettuce consumption because of its high content in vitamins, mineral salts, nutrient substances and low content in carb... see more

Pags. 424 - 432  

Mihaela Simona Varvara,Manfred Kohler,Mihai Voevod,Marcel Dirja

In the last years a lot of studies were focus on green roofs in different regions and zone on the continent. The study location is in Germany, at the University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg and lasted 2 weeks in summer of 2014. To determine temperat... see more

Pags. 433 - 437  

Anastasia Akoumianaki Ioannidou,R. P. Spentza,C. Fasseas

Limoniastrum monopetalum L. is an interesting small shrub native to Greece and other Mediterranean countries with an attractive foliage, and blooming in the summer with pink flowers. In this work an anatomical and hystochemical study of the species were c... see more

Pags. 438 - 440  

Mohamad Al Hassan,Enrico Daniso,Monica Boscaiu,Oscar Vicente

We have isolated full-length cDNA clones of the NHX1 gene - encoding the vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter - from three Plantago species (P. crassifolia, P. coronopus and P. major) differing in salt tolerance. A phylogenetic tree of their deduced protein sequenc... see more

Pags. 441 - 442  

Dimitrios Bilalis,Anestis Karkanis,Ilias Travlos,Andreas Antoniadis,Georgia Ntatsi,Penelope Bebeli,Dimitrios Savvas

A field experiment was carried out to determine the effects of cultural system and pea varieties on weed flora, under Mediterranean conditions. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design with four replicates having two main plots (conventional and... see more

Pags. 443 - 444  

Florin Dumitru Bora,Tiberia Ioana Pop,Caudiu Bunea,Daniela Popescu,Maria Iliescu,Nastasia Pop

Vines act as an indicator in relation with climate changes and they are particularly sensitive to temperature changes. The aim of this article is to present the climatic conditions and their interaction expressed by some viticultural indices and coefficie... see more

Pags. 445 - 447  

Dionís Borrá s,Mariola Plazas,Isabel Andáºjar,Pietro Gramazio,Francisco Javier Herraiz,Jaime Prohens,Santiago Vilanova

The common eggplant (Solanum melongena) is one of the most economical important cultivars. The relationship between eggplant and it the wild relatives has been controversial. The domestication of the cultivated species has resulted in a narrow genetic bas... see more

Pags. 448 - 449  

Orsolya Borsai,Mohamad Al Hassan,Monica Boscaiu,Oscar Vicente,Adriana Sestras,Radu Sestras

We have determined the relative tolerance to osmotic/ionic stress of three Portulaca species (P. halimoides, P. grandiflora and P. oleracea) at the seed germination and early seedling development stage. The three species are relatively resistant to stress... see more

Pags. 450 - 451  

Felicia Susana Butuza Bumb,Emil Luca,Eniko Laczi,Paunita Iuliana Boanca

Onion is one of the most profitable vegetable species, if all technological inputs within a modern technology (from the establishment of the culture to harvest) are taken into consideration. The experiment was located in Mihai Viteazu, Cluj County. In the... see more

Pags. 452 - 454  

Juliana Chaura,Mohamad Al Hassan,Enrico Daniso,Oscar Vicente,Monica Boscaiu

Salt stress, as well as other abiotic stresses, induces the activation of antioxidant systems in plants, since they cause oxidative stress as a secondary effect. We have analysed the antioxidant response to salt treatments of two related species, Inula cr... see more

Pags. 455 - 456  

Maria Dumitru,Gicu?a Sbîrciog,Iuliana Mandru,Alina Buzatu

Seven genotypes of Citrullus lanatus (‘De Dăbuleni’, ‘Dulce de Dăbuleni’, ‘Oltenia’, ‘Dochița’, ‘L-276’, ‘L-170’ and ‘Georgel’), in three technological variants (V1- irrigated according plant needs for normal growth and deve... see more

Pags. 457 - 458  

Maria Dumitru,Gicu?a Sbîrciog,Iuliana Mandru,Alina Buzatu

In order to establish heterosis the squash, advanced homozygous lines were created, on contrasting characters studied. The Cucurbits were among the first vegetable species whereat hybrid seed was commercially produced (Borghi, 1971). In Cucurbits it can b... see more

Pags. 459 - 460  

Ana Fita,Fabrizio Fioruci,Mariola Plazas,Adrián Rodrá­guez-Burruezo,Jaime Prohens

Adapting eggplant (Solanum melongena) cultivars to climate change requires the development of drought tolerant cultivars. In order to identify sources of variation for drought tolerance we have characterized nine accessions of eggplant and six of related ... see more

Pags. 461 - 462  

Ioana Grozea,Ramona Stef,Ana Maria Virteiu,Levente Molnar,Alin Carabet,Carmen Puia,Ionela Dobrin

Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae), is an invasive pest in corn crops, known as western corn rootworm. For this, serious measures were taken to limit the spread; however it continued to expand and adapt to new areas. One of... see more

Pags. 463 - 464  

Carla Guijarro-Real,Ana Maria Ribes-Moya,Ana Maria Fita,Jaime Prohens,Adrian Rodriguez-Burruezo

This work displays the preliminary results of a study of the volatile fraction of fool´s watercress (FW) (Apium nodiflorum), an underutilized vegetable species with potential use for salads and as spice. A comparative study of the volatile fraction of FW... see more

Pags. 465 - 467  

Denisa Andreea Hort,Maria Cantor,Adrian Zaharia,Erzsebet Buta

To determine the intensity of the relationship between two variables forming a normal dimensional distribution the correlation coefficient (r) was calculated. Using empirical data recorded from the field, direct correlations were performed between four ch... see more

Pags. 468 - 469  

Ana Maria Ribes-Moya,Ana Maria Fita,Maria Dolores Raigon,Adrian Rodriguez-Burruezo

Spain is one of the most important centres of diversity for Capsicum annuum peppers and the highest producer and exporter in Europe, and a plethora of ecotypes can be found throughout the country. Such genetic heritage offers the opportunity of selecting ... see more

Pags. 470 - 471  

Gicu?a Sbîrciog

During the 2013-2014 period in the frame of the experimental field of RDIVFG VIDRA, three green pepper varieties, created at the Plant Breeding Department of the Institute, were investigated under comparative plots for evaluation. Several observations and... see more

Pags. 472 - 473  

Brigitta Schmidt,Ionel Samfira

Soil salinization is one of the limiting factors in horticultural production. Microorganisms can confer tolerance to various stress factors, including salinity, and also improve mineral nutrition of host plants. Our researches aim to assess the effect of ... see more

Pags. 474 - 475  

Gabriela Ofelia Chiciudean,Felix Arion,Iulia Muresan

A strong marketing orientation within organizations is considered able to create a competitive edge and having a positive impact on the company’s performance. Its’ necessity is obvious especially in the last decades when companies face mature markets ... see more

Pags. 476 - 482  

Aristidis Konstantas,Dimitrios Bilalis,Andreas Karamanos,Nikolaos Mpeopoylos

Aim of our research was to compare the Critical Control Points (CCPs), between the three agricultural certification systems: Organic Agriculture (OA), Integrated Management (IM) and Conventional Agriculture (CA). For the collection of the information we u... see more

Pags. 483 - 486  

Cristina Bianca Pocol,Molly McDonough

Apiculture is often cited as a possible method of empowering rural women. Beekeeping generates a product with high market potential, while being more easily adapted to constraints of low credit and limited land access than other agricultural activities. B... see more

Pags. 487 - 492  

Viorela Ligia Vaidean,Marina Ferent-Pipas

In the context of Romania’s willingness to access the OECD and given the rising importance of the health status improvement, the present study evaluates the determinants of the infant mortality rate indicator, as a health proxy. Supporting the better he... see more

Pags. 493 - 502  

Dragić Živkovic,Zoran Rajic,Sreten Jelic,Zoran Milovancevic,Bojan Dimitrijević

The paper discusses the organizational, technological and economic aspects of the most important indicators of beef cattle production on family farms. Emphasis is placed on explaining the connections and relationships between organizational, economic, tec... see more

Pags. 503 - 507  

Izabella Margareta Kecskes

Unlike cognitive intelligence, which remains unchanged during our lifetime, emotional intelligence and its parts can be grown through education and exercises. Emotional intelligence allows for a better balance in dealing with children. Exercising emotiona... see more

Pags. 508 - 510  

Cristina Bianca Pocol,Laura Stan,Calin Moldovan Teselios

Smoked plums and pears are highly appreciated in Romanian food culture as traditional healthy dessert. Safety concerns about smoked fruits led to the application of slow dehydration at low temperatures (SDLT) as gentle method to prologue the product shelf... see more

Pags. 511 - 512  

Manuela Carmen Simu,Diana Elena Dumitras,Valentin Mihai,Ionel Mugurel Jitea

Romania joined the European Union (EU) with a farming structure dominated in terms of numbers by small subsistence and semi-subsistence farms (2007). Through the second Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) pillar they were supported by a special programme to ... see more

Pags. 513 - 515  

Constantin Cosarca,Aurel Saracin,Aurel Florentin Negrila,Adrian Savu

The monitoring of the behaviour of spatial structure of a building is a systematic activity of collecting and capitalizing of information derived from observation and measurements of some phenomena and sizes that characterizes the structure in the process... see more

Pags. 516 - 523  

Tudor Salagean,Paul Sestras,Mircea Ortelecan,Dumitru Onose,Adrian Savu,Raluca Farcas,Andra Porutiu

In many cases, the support network coordinate values determined at different era vary in the limit of measurement and calculation errors. In this case, the question arose is which of the support network points are fixed and which are displaced. The purpos... see more

Pags. 524 - 529  

Paul Sestras,Tudor Salagean,Marcel Dirja,Mircea Ortelecan,Dan Vele,Diana Ficior,Jutka Deak

Dragan Valley Dam is located in Cluj County near Ciucea and is built on plots and blades in double arc. With a height of 120 m and a canopy length of 424 m, the dam is considered the fifth largest in the country. Determining the horizontal displacements o... see more

Pags. 530 - 536  

Rodica Sobolu,Dana Pusta,Ioana Pop

Taking into account the advantages of Maximum Likelihood Method (most precise estimation), the statistical properties of MLEs (unbiasedness, consistency, efficiency, invariance, asymptotic normality) this paper aim is to present MLE in the context of esti... see more

Pags. 537 - 545