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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
DionÃs 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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