56 articles in this issue
Andrei Apafaian,Vasile Boghian,Alexandru Bratu
A literature review on harvester and forwarder equipment was conducted using the open access international scientific databases. The aims of this study were to evaluate the main interests of different research topics elaborated in 28 countries around the ... see more
Jose Manuel álvarez-Pérez,Enrique Garzá³n-Jimeno,Juan José Rubio Coque
Many different studies about autochthonous yeast populations and their potential use as starters in the fermentation process have been conducted. However it is not clear enough which is the most suitable environment to sampling with the purpose of ... see more
Ioana Cristina Insuratelu,Lucia Draghia
The species from Zantedeschia genus are included in two major sections, Zantedeschia and Aestivae, differentiated by the type of underground organ, resting period, flowering and color of the spathe. Callas with colored spathe are part of Aestivae section.... see more
Dorin Emilian Badiu,Ioana Mitre,Andreea Flavia Tripon,Ioana Mitre,Viorel Mitre
The influence of two apple rootstocks (M9 and MM106) on growth and yielding of four apple cultivars (ʻPinovaʼ‚ ʻTopazʼ, ʻFlorinaʼ and ʻGolden Reindersʻ) in two culture system was studied. The experiment was placed in a commercial orchard ... see more
Maria CANTOR,Emese KRIZBAI,Erzsebet BUTA
Petunias are one of the most popular plants grown in pots or outdoors for summer design. The main goal of the present study was to introduce new Petunia varieties imported from Hungary that could improve the Romanian floral assortment. Lately many private... see more
Alexandru Dan CÇPRARIU,Maria Apahidean,Alexandru I. Apahidean
The paper presents the results obtained after performing studies in the north-west part of the country, at two varieties of onion one with yellow colour bulbs and other with red colour bulb, direct seeded in two epochs, in early spring and in late autumn ... see more
Alexandru CIOBOTA,Miroslava SLIACKA,Vladimir OBRADOVICI
This paper shows that a phenomenological analysis can be a holistic way of understanding the Genius loci of the cultural heritage, thus the premise for consciously intervening in such a context. For this reason we have chosen two case studies, two small C... see more
Oana Ciuzan,Simona Laura Lazar,Mihai Lucian Lung,Oana Lelia Pop,Doru Pamfil
The plant glycine-rich RNA-binding proteins (GRP) are a major class of proteins known to be implicated in plant response to abiotic and biotic stress. Recent studies regarding this type of proteins focused mostly on two of them, namely GRP2 and GRP7, whic... see more
Lidia FICIU,Elena BRINDUSE,Marian ION
In order to analyze the efficacy of the 4 types of fungus preparation based on the Beauveria bassiana spores on the adult populations of phylloxera gallicola an experiment arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications was organize... see more
Ioana Grozea,Alina Gogan,Mihai Vlad,Ana Maria Virteiu,Ramona Stef,Alin Carabet,Snejana Damianov,Teodora Florian
The cicada considered for this study is Metcalfa pruinosa (Say), called flatid plant hopper, a species that has recently caught the attention of experts in Romania. In year 2010, it was seen for the first time in the western part of country and it was ide... see more
Silvia Brindusa HAMBURDA,Neculai MUNTEANU,Gabriel Ciprian TELIBAN
This paper presents an overview of the specialized literature on the use of intercropping system for runner bean crop (Phaseolus coccineus L.). The aim of this paper is to present the state of knowledge on the use of the interrow or the intercropping syst... see more
Ramona Aurelia HOROTAN,Alexandru S. APAHIDEAN
By stimulating the plant defense system using acetylsalicylic acid, there were pursued various physiological parameters and productivity of tomato crop in the field, compared to a tomato crop treated with systemic fungicides and a sustainable culture trea... see more
Denisa Andreea Hort,Maria Cantor,Erzsebet Buta,Adrian Zaharia
Testing the performances of hybrids compared to their parents is an important operation justified by the purpose of the breeding work. The main goal of the breeding work is to obtain bigger flowers, nicer colours, higher plants, practically, the new plant... see more
Anca Mariana HUSTI,Ioana CONÅ¢IU,Malina RADU,Ioana NEAC?U,Maria CANTOR
In an urbanized context, the need for a thorough understanding of the relationship between plants and human well-being becomes more and more important. It is documented that plants in the work environment bring a number of benefits, not only aesthetic but... see more
Anca Mariana HUSTI,Jane THOMSEN,Renate MULLER,Maria CANTOR
Production of detailed information on the manner in which ornamental plants interfere with the features of the workplace, thus influencing the work environment and employee welfare is one of the purposes of this study. The research investigates how the in... see more
Szilvia Kisvarga,Péter Honfi,Andrea Tilly-Má¡ndy
In this study the 5-amino-levulic acid containing Pentakeep-V nano-fertilizer was examined in 0.3 ml/l, 0.5 ml/l and 0.7 ml/l concentrations with irrigating or spraying treatment on Begonia x tuberhybrida ’Nonstop’ seedling production. The experiment ... see more
Eniko Laczi,Alexandru Apahidean,Emil Luca,Adelina Dumitras
Chinese cabbage is a leafy vegetable often cultivated in Asia, but which has also become more and more known in Romania due to its high nutritional value. The main purpose of this experiment was to study the behavior of some Chinese cabbage varieties in t... see more
Laura Ioana MACAVEI,Mihai LAZAR,Viorel MITRE,Mircea VARGA,Simona Laura LAZAR,Ion OLTEAN
There is a growing interest for sustainable agriculture as a response to consumer’s health interest. Vermicompost is a product that answers to this demand. Due to the complex chemical composition it can be used both as a fertilizer, and pesticide. The e... see more
Mohammed Mehdi Muhsen AL MASOODY,Florin STANICA
The study included the use of tissue culture technique in rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) plant propagation starting from leaf explants and the production of callus. The first experience consisted in the leaf explants sterilization using ten randomiz... see more
Jaime MORENO-GARCáA,Georgiana Diana DUMITRIU,Juan MORENO,Carmen MILLáN,Juan Carlos MAURICIO,Teresa GARCáA-MARTáNEZ
Flor yeasts metabolism highly configures organoleptic properties in Sherry type wines during biological aging (Peinado et al., 2009). Along this process, the mentioned yeasts prevail by forming a biofilm in the wine surface and the presence of certain pro... see more
PaweÅ‚ Nowicki,Roman HOÅUBOWICZ
In the years 2013- 2014, the research was carried out to develop a new rinsing device for separating seeds of the species from the Solanaceae botanical family. At first, the design was done, then, the prototype made of wood was constructed. The machine ... see more
Ananie Pesteanu
Chemical thinning of pome fruits is important measure for the profitable agricultural production of fruits. Chemical thinning provides a good yield potential for the following vegetation. Thinning the apple crop during the post bloom period is absolutely ... see more
Liliana Alexandrina Pircalabu,Aurelia TUDORACHE,Adrian SERDINESCU,Anca DRAGUNESCU
In evaluating the quality of the viticultural terroir there are use different quality parameters. The exposed leaf area (SFE) curently considered an indicator better than planting density to be used as a quality factor in the AOC regulations. Getting a pr... see more
Liliana Alexandrina PIRCALABU,Aurelia TUDORACHE,Adrian SERDINESCU,Anca DRAGUNESCU
Weather and climate play a major role in the quality and quantity of grapes and wine produced; baseline climate has been noted to significantly influence wine style, and climate variability to influence wine yields and quality differences (Jones, 2005; Ba... see more
Ancuta Cristina RADU,Horia Radu CRIVEANU,Simona Laura INOAN,Marta Florina POP
Paulownia is a family tree with over 20 species. Among the best known are: Paulownia tomentosa, Paulownia elongata, Paulownia fortunei, Paulownia australis. Due to its rapid increase of its roots, Paulownia is extremely suitable for forestation of areas a... see more
Klaus SCHALLER
Leaf analysis is a conventional system, which is commonly used to judge the nutritional status of perennial cultures. All plant parameters which may change the mineral composition of the tested plant part should be known in order to develop a correct rati... see more
Rodica Soare,Dorina Bonea,Paula Iancu,Mariana Niculescu
Rosa canina (wild rose, bush, bramble) is a shrub commonly encountered in the wild flora of Romania, spread from the coast up to altitudes of 1200 m (1700), with low requirements to pedoclimatic factors. From this species are used the false-fruits (Cynosb... see more
Katalin SZABO,Cristian Radu SISEA,Rodica POP,Monica BODEA,Ioana Virginia BERINDEAN,Alexandru Sabin BÄ‚DÄ‚RÄ‚U,Doru PAMFIL
The Carpathian List of Endangered Species contains eight Astragalus species mentioned to be vulnerable or endangered. One of them is the endemic Astragalus. exscapus L. subsp. transsilvanicus (Schur) Nyár., a rare perennial plant with only 24 populations... see more
Anna-Mária SZáSZ-LEN,Liviu HOLONEC,Alina TRUÈšA,Florin Alexandru REBREAN
Ornamental trees planted inside the urban places: in gardens or in parks, around the buildings play an important role in ecology of human habitats. One of the most frecvently used ornamental conifer in Romania is Thuja occidentalis ’Columna’, because ... see more
Alina TRU?A,Andreea ROMAN,Anna-Maria SZASZ-LEN,Adriana SESTRAS,Liviu HOLONEC
In forest nurseries, seedlings are obtained through vegetative methods, in order to faithfully transmit traits from the parent plants to the offspring. Grafting was used as vegetative propagation method for obtaining ornamental trees, decorating through b... see more
Ioan Zagrai,Luminita Antonela Zagrai
A program to establish a nuclear-stock plum collection has been started on 2008 at Fruit Research & Development Station Bistrița, Romania.  EPPO certification standards and the rules of national regulatory for obtaining nuclear-stock plum material ... see more
Elena BRATU,Alexandra Maria PETCUCI,Gabriela Sovarel
Product Spinosad was applied at doses varying between 48 to 120 g a.i./ha (one or 2 times at 14 days interval) against tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta, in tomato  (Prekos F1) grown in plastic tunnels. Observations concerning product phytotoxicity, %... see more
Elena Chira,Mihai Tudor,Gicu?a Sbîrciog,Maria Dumitru
The weather changes over the last years determined the orientation of the research programmes towards selecting some genotypes that are resistant/tolerant to the thermic and hydric stress. Between the years 2012 and 2013, at the RDIVFG Vidra, five eggplan... see more
Cristian Claudiu Cristea,Maria Comsa,Daniela Maria Popescu,Anton Comsa
Intraspecific hybridization was performed to obtain new varieties, superior quality varieties of origin, with an accumulation of sugars and high acidity. In the yield trials to RDSVE Blaj, were selected hybrid elites: ʻ4-2ʼ; ʻ3-35ʼ; ʻ3-4ʼ; ʻ9-17ʼ ... see more
Madalina DOLTU,Marian BOGOESCU,Dorin SORA
The research was realized in 2014, in the Department of Horticultural Cultures in Protected Spaces at the Horting Institute of Bucharest, Romania. This aimed to study the fusion capacity of some cucurbits grafted by different techniques (one-cotyledon [1]... see more
Ramona Aurelia HOROTAN,Simona Oancea,Alexandru S. Apahidean
The antioxidants (ascorbic acid and total phenolics) activity was evaluated as a comparative study regarding the influence of selected systemic fungicides, CuSO4 mixture and acetylsalicylic acid on tomato fruits. Experimental crop consisted of two tomato ... see more
Maria Iliescu,Daniela Maria Popescu,Maria Comsa
Obtaining efficient yields in the wine center Blaj, as well as quality vine grafts is conditioned by a complex of technological and climatic factors. Knowing the maturation degree of the wood contained in the graft and rootstock cords (the content in carb... see more
Eniko Laczi,Alexandru Apahidean,Emil Luca,Georgeta Burduhos
The main purpose of the present research was the study of the behaviour of some headed Chinese cabbage varieties in the Transylvanian Tableland late spring specific conditions. The present research took place in the experimental field which belongs to the... see more
Monica Pal,Viorel Mitre,Andreea Tripon,Laura Macavei,Mihai Lazar
Pollen of 16 new sweet cherry cultivars (‘Carmen’, ‘Katalin’, ‘Vera’, ‘Bigarreau Burlat’, ‘Starking Hardy Giant’, ‘Early Red’, ‘Giant Red’, ‘Lapins’, ‘Canada Giant’, ‘Earlise’, ‘Kordia’, ‘Karina’, ‘Merchan... see more
Gicu?a Sbîrciog
During the 2012-2013 period in the frame of the experimental field of RDIVFG VIDRA, 5 round pepper lines, created at the Plant Breeding Department of the Institute between the years 2005-2013, were investigated under comparative plots for evaluation. The ... see more
Gicu?a Sbîrciog,Mihai Tudor
Considering the actual global warming in Romania summers have become increasingly hot and dry, with times when temperatures are very high, thus causing serious damages to the vegetable crops, both in terms of quantity and especially in terms of the qualit... see more
Gabriela - Sovarel
In Romania, the most important pathogens on tomatoes crops are: Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici, Verticillium dahliae, Alternaria porri f.sp. solani, Botrytis cinerea, Fulvia fulva, Erysiphe sp., Phytophthora infestans etc. The research aimed to stud... see more
Szabo Katalin,Cristian Radu SISEA,Rodica POP,Monica BODEA,Ioana Virginia BERINDEAN,Alexandru Sabin BÄ‚DÄ‚RÄ‚U,Doru PAMFIL
Astragalus exscapus (Fabaceae) is a melliferous, perennial plant, which fits within a rarity type characterized by having small populations of relatively high habitat specificity (Rabinowitz, 1981). Astragalus exscapus L. ssp. transsilvanicus (Schur) Nyá... see more
ANNA MARIA SZASZ LEN,Liviu HOLONEC,Alina TRUÈšA,Florin Alexandru REBREAN
Rooting process plays a key role in the vegetative propagation of the ornamental coniferous, and insufficient rooting causes substantial losses in the propagation industry. Cuttings of Thuja occidentalis 'Columna' planted in the greenhouse of Mihai Viteaz... see more
Liliana Lucia Tomoiaga
The research focused on evaluating biodiversity of useful and harmful fauna depending on the technology used in controlling plant pests and diseases of the vine. By analyzing the ecological indicators values: analytical ​​index (abundance, constancy, ... see more
Ion Oltean,Alexandru Bexa,Teodora Florian,Mircea Ioan Varga
The European cockchafer Melolontha melolontha L. is one of the main pests of forestry species. The adult of this species cause defoliation in deciduous forest stands, while the larvae attack in the soil, consuming seeds or roots. In forest nurseries and a... see more
Costel Vinatoru,Bianca Zamfir,Camelia Bratu,Elena Chira
Tomatoes are the most important vegetable species, both in the world and in our country. In the last decades, the breeders have obtained hundreds of varieties or hybrids for growing in open field, plastic tunnels or glasshouse. In 1975-1990 period, at Res... see more
Costel Vinatoru,Bianca Zamfir,Camelia Bratu,Viorica Lagunovschi,Luminita Cârstea
Common bean is an economically, nutritionally, and socially important crop. In our country this species has tradition, is known as being present as cultivated crop since the 18th century. We have few Romanian approved creations in bean species. Local popu... see more
Cecilia Alexandri,Cristian Kevorchian
The relation between the quantities of food consumed from different products and the socio-economic characteristics of households is investigated in many empirical studies. At the same time, there are few concerns with regard to other aspects related to t... see more
Tibor FARKAS,Cristina Bianca Pocol,Zsuzsanna KASSAI
The local development possibilities of a settlement are connected to the general social and economic status of the region, however local resources also can directly shape local develop capacity and outcomes. We examine the dynamics of regional and local p... see more
Rezhen Harun,Iulia Cristina Muresan,Felix Arion,Diana Dumitras
The rural area of Kurdistan region has specific characteristics and faces many challenges. The rural space of Kurdistan is affected by poverty, and the farmers are dealing with many problems and they hardly survive. The Kurdistan Region is located SW of A... see more
Daniel Chiciudean,Sabina Funar,Gabriela Chiciudean,Iulia Muresan
The concept of ethnocentrism was developed by Shimp and Sharma who believed that it is able to explain the judgement, often irrational of those consumers who prefer the local products instead of imported ones. The aim of this study is to determine the deg... see more
Rezhen Harun,Iulia Muresan,Felix Arion,Diana Dumitras
The agricultural land owned by the farmers from Kurdistan ranges from less than two hectares to more than 20 hectares. The comparative analysis of the agricultural surfaces owned in 2004 and 2011 shows that there are not significant differences from one p... see more
Andrea Má¼ller-Fabian
The representatives of the Ministry of Health have stated that the causes bringing about the ranking of Romania on the “negative list†in Europe regarding the occurrence of tuberculosis are the consequences of the poor social, economic and educational ... see more
Mariana Calin,Bogdan Erghelegiu,Raluca Manea,Ana Virsta,Tudor Salagean
Laser scanning is a new measurement technique through which can be recorded, fully automatic with high precision and speed. In documenting of existing buildings and facilities, knowing the geometry of the object is the most important. Old university build... see more
Gabriel GORGHIU,Mihaela ANGHEL,Laura Monica GORGHIU
Nowadays, the presence of inquiry learning in the educational process is increasing constantly. Being a popular strategy more and more, it represents a learning process by posing questions mainly generated from learner’s experience, interest or curiosit... see more