47 articles in this issue
Monica BOSCAIU,Oscar VICENTE
Soil salinisation is an increasing problem for agriculture, affecting the most productive crop areas in the world - those cultivated under irrigation in arid and semi-arid regions. In addition, a significant fraction of the world's land surface is natural... see more
Monica P FODOR,Sorana D BOLBOACA,Lorentz JANTSCHI
The distribution of the molecules by their kinetic energy is treated from statistical point of view. Boltzmann's formula for the distribution of the molecules by energy was found as a limit case of digamma function. Maxwell's formula for the ideal monoato... see more
Foteini ANGELOPOULOU,Yolanda PAPATHEOHARI,Panagiota PAPASTYLIANOU,Aristidis KONSTANTAS,Ilias TRAVLOS,Dimitris BILALIS
Growing concerns about the multifaceted harmful effects of conventional agriculture have led many farmers and consumers to seek alternative practices and systems, such as organic and biodynamic farming systems, that promote to improve the soil and product... see more
Hoshyar AZEEZ,Kadhim IBRAHIM
Many experiments were designed to induce and increase the production of some secondary metabolites in tissue cultures of Hypericum triquetrifoliumTurra using some biotechnological approaches. Callus was initiated on leaf discs cultured on MS medium supple... see more
Simina Laura BALCAU,Maria APAHIDEAN,Adrian ZAHARIA,Tincu?a GOCAN,Delia BOCA
Abstract. Kale or Brassica oleracea L. var. acephala is not well known and cultivated in our country, so it could be considered a new vegetable or a very rare one. From the Brassicaceae group, kale is the most valuable in terms of nutrition. The therapeut... see more
Marian BOGOESCU,Madalina DOLTU,Daniela MOISE,Bogdan IORDAGHE
The research had aimed to establish the technology for obtaining the eggplant grafted seedlings by manual grafting or mechanical with semi-automatic machine. The grafting operations were performed manually and semi-automatic by the "grafting robot" instal... see more
Florin Dumitru BORA,Tiberia Ioana POP,Leonard MIHALY,Claudiu Ioan BUNEA,Nastasia POP
Abstract. Soil pollution represents any unwanted change of its physical, chemical or biological characteristics, with direct implications on vegetation, animals and the human health. The chemical composition of soil affects the quality of grapes and wine.... see more
Claudiu Ioan BUNEA,Maria Laura MUNCACIU,Nastasia POP
Abstract. The reason which Vitis hybrid direct producersand many Vitis intraspecific hybrid cultivarsare increasingly studied in recent times, is theirresistance to diseases and pests, which is superior than noblevines.The influence of some green works on... see more
Oana CIUZAN,Doru PAMFIL
Arabidopsis thaliana, a small spring annual plant is used as a model in plant genetics and biotechnology due to some advantages like relatively rapid life cycle (8 weeks from germination to production of seeds) and small genome size. Because of these adva... see more
Maria CODREANU,Valeriu V. COTEA,Marius NICULAUA,Cintia COLIBABA,Camelia LUCHIAN
In this study a number of seven prefermentative treatments were conducted in order to improve the compositional characteristics of certain wines obtained from Tămâioasă românească grape varieties. The samples were treated with: oxalic acid, lactic ac... see more
Paul COLCERIU,Radu Horia CRIVEANU
Abstract Introduction: Improving the quality and quantity of fruit must become a priority of modern horticulture, so that any new method that contributes to this goal is welcome. Plum, apple and walnut are three species of fruit trees, namely trees, cover... see more
Doina Mira DASCALU
The research of this paper focus on the perception of time which can give important design effects. Taking into account elements of psychological research, we could say that in landscape architecture, time perception could be realized mainly through succe... see more
Alin DOBREI,Alina GHIŢĂ,Eleonora NISTOR,Florin SALA
During the last years the worldwide trend in viticulture research is to restore the local varieties due to the importance of obtaining quality products, typical, authentic, and so, their research has become a fundamental one. The research was conducted in... see more
Nektarios DOUROS,Yolanda PAPATHEOHARI,Panayiota PAPASTYLIANOU,Foteini ANGELOPOULOU,Ilias S. TRAVLOS,Aris KONSTANTAS,Dimitris BILALIS
In the present study, there were studied the effects of plant residues of a widely known aromatic plant (Sideritis scardica Griseb) on weed flora and first growth of a sunflower crop. A field and a pot experiment were conducted in Agricultural University ... see more
Tincuta Marta GOCAN,Danu? Nicolae MÄ‚NIUÅ¢IU,Ileana ANDREICA,Ileana BOGDAN,Vasile LAZÄ‚R,Ioana NEAC?U
Nitrate accumulation in plants is a natural phenomenon resulting from uptake of nitrate ion in excess of its reduction and subsequent assimilation. The problem of nitrate (V) accumulation in vegetable plants is very important to a potential consumer, due ... see more
Pietro GRAMAZIO,Santiago VILANOVA,Mariola PLAZAS,Isabel ANDUJAR,Maria HURTADO,Francisco J HERRAIZ,Jaime PROHENS
Demand among consumers for fruits and vegetables with improved contents in bioactive compounds is increasing. In particular, a lot of attention is being paid to phenolic compounds, as they have been reported to present many beneficial effects for human he... see more
Alin HAPCA
Reynoutria japonica was introduced in Romania as an ornamental plant in parks and botanic gardens or private gardens from where the plant has escaped being declared spontaneous, and later invasive. In the year 2000 was registered in more than 137 localiti... see more
Monica HARTA,Doru PAMFIL
In the present study we use six nuclear SSR loci (SS2, MD5, MD7, MD27, ZAG 62 and ZAG 79) to characterize four autochthonous grapevine cultivars (Băbeasca neagră, Feteasca regalǎ, Frâncu?a, and Grasa de Cotnari), including four international comparati... see more
Simona Laura INOAN,Horia Radu CRIVEANU
Introduction: Arabidopsis thaliana is a small plant member of the mustard (Brassicaceae) family, used as a model organism in plant biology. The balance between vital-metabolic processes of growth and development performed on living organisms, is often aff... see more
Olimpia Alina IORDÄ‚NESCU,Alina GRIVEI,Daniela OLARU
The chestnut culture in Romania is endangered, one of the reasons being cancer bark - Cryptonectria parasitica, in order to combat this disease is implementing its project support by the E.U. and Government of Romania proposing the ecological reconstructi... see more
Zsolt JAKAB-ILYEFALVI,Angela FESTILA,Ioan PLATON
The study of technological and histological aspects during early stages of graft union formation between apple varieties and apple rootstock respectively newly bred pear varieties and quince rootstock in order to assess the best bench mechanical grafting ... see more
Eniko LACZI,Alexandru Silviu APAHIDEAN,Adelina DUMITRAȘ,Paunita BOANCA,Alexandru Ioan APAHIDEAN,Camelia TOMOS
: Introduction. Chinese cabbage is a less known vegetable in ourcountry, it wasn’t grown on large areas, but it can be cultivated with goodresults especially in Transylvanian Tableland specific conditions. Aims. This research had as main purpose the stu... see more
Veronica Grigoreta MAXIM,Ludger LINNEMANNSTá–NS,Danu? MÄ‚NIUÅ¢IU,Aurel MAXIM,Mignon ?ANDOR,Calina CREÅ¢A,Tincu?a GOCAN
Abstract. The organic agriculture aimes to emprove life quality, to protect the environment and to promote agro-biodiversity. Due to these approaces the areas cultivated in organic system grow bigger and by default we can find more and more bio-products o... see more
Antoanela PATRAS,Camelia Elena LUCHIAN,Marius NICULAUA,Vasile STOLERU
Nowadays there is a continuous increase of sprouts consumption. The white cabbage is known as a resistant plant at different abiotic factors. It has the capacity to accumulate heavy metals without visible phytotoxicity symptoms, when the concentration is ... see more
Ananie PESTEANU
Thinning the apple crop during the post bloom periodis absolutely essential to ensure large fruit size, superior fruit quality, andreliable annual cropping. To evaluate the effectiveness of thinning agent onbase of naphthylacetamide acid (NAD) in reducing... see more
Delia Florentina POP,Viorel MITRE,Simina Laura BALCÄ‚U,Tincu?a Marta GOCAN
One of the most important characteristics of modern strawberry cultivars is fruit size, whitch is estimated in the course of selection on the basis of the single fruit weight. The profitability of crops depends on the level and quality of production, the ... see more
Rodica POP,Doru PAMFIL,Elena RANBA,Monica HARTA
In the present study we use 23 RAPD decamers to characterise 12 carnivorous plants species included in four different genera with the main goal to analyze the intra and inter relationships at DNA molecular level. RAPD analysis was a valuable tool for mole... see more
Florin SALA,Cosmin BLIDARIU,Alin DOBREI,Marius Valentin BOLDEA
The changes that appear in the climatic conditions through lack of uniformity in the distribution of rainfall, associated with high temperatures, especially in the period of maximum consumption of grapevine, cause poor root feeding with water and nutrient... see more
Klaus SCHALLER
In a series of experiments the influence of training systems, clonal material, varieties and rootstocks on the nutritional composition of leaves was tested.It was found out that a strict sampling programme is necessary to get reliable result, which can fu... see more
Ioan SáŽNCRÄ‚IAN,Horia Radu CRIVEANU,Simona Laura INOAN
Introduction: The AD type bio-phyto-modulators work in the subtle field, act as resonators, they absorb the universal vibration through the liquid crystals they contain, and transform her in resonant vibration of the biological environment used. Aims: Th... see more
Costel VáŽNÄ‚TORU,Eliza TEODORESCU,Bianca ZAMFIR,Camelia BRATU
Evaluation and exploitation of local genetic heritage by getting new biological creations from this species was a major priority for the Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of the Unit. Germplasm base accumulated along with logistical and human potential ... see more
Horia-Dan VLASIN,Viorel BUDIU,Rodica STAN
In order to establish the influence of species and land preparation mode on the maintenance of saplings planted on superficial erosion degraded lands in the Transylvanian Plain we used sessile oak (Quercus petraea), ash-tree (Fraxinus excelsior) and red d... see more
Marin ARDELEAN,Mirela Irina CORDEA,Viorel BUDIU,Lucia MIHALESCU
Abstract. A local potatoes selection was evaluated, under field condition, for its resistance to potato blight (Phytophthora infestans). Data obtained during 2011-2013 assessments suggest that this selection is highly resistant to potato blight (AD = 0,03... see more
Madalina DOLTU,Marian BOGOESCU,Dorin SORA
The researches was conducted in the Laboratory for Protected Cultures of the ICDIMPH-Horting Bucharest. The observations were made during the growing season, in 2013 year. The experience was conducted in a rootstocks collection consisting from 3 hybrids F... see more
Madalina DOLTU,Lucian ILIESCU,Dorin SORA
The research was realized in the Laboratory of Protected Cultures of the ICDIMPH-Horting Bucharest, during the years 2008-2013. Were watched the growth of the cucumbers grafted seedlings. The biological material used was composed from grafted seedlings, u... see more
Angela FESTILA,Ioan ZAGRAI,Craisor MAZILU,Ioan BAIAS
Key words: Mirobolan BN 4 Kr, green cutting, propagation potential. Introduction:The Mirobolan BN 4 Kr is a plum rootstock obtained  trough muthegenesis, known as resistant to Plum pox virus, which is considered  the  most destruc... see more
Alexandra GASPAR,Mohamad AL HASSAN,Andrea PACURAR,Oscar VICENTE,Monica BOSCAIU
Accumulation of compatible solutes or ‘osmolytes’ is a general response of plants to abiotic stress conditions, but we still have very limited knowledge on the relevance of this response for stress tolerance mechanisms of a given tolerant species. We ... see more
Tincuta Marta GOCAN,Ileana ANDREICA,Vasile LAZĂR,Florentina Delia BOCA,Laura Simina BALCĂU,Iulia BĂRBUŢĂ
The aesthetic qualities of flowers are now consciously exploited by man. They are used to beautify and decorate the inside of homes and jobs, either as cut flowers in vases or as flowers grown in pots indoors and accounting inspiring sights and joy to the... see more
Denisa Andreea HORT,Maria CANTOR,Erzsebet BUTA,Adrian ZAHARIA,Paunita POP,Florina BRICIU
Floral art has an increasingly important role in our life, specialy in the last 20-30 years. Each year, exhibitions  and contests are organized in larger towns and the nicest, the most artistic arrangements are reworded. For the realization o... see more
Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris var. pekinensis (Lour.) Olson) is avegetable which can be cultivated with success in Transylvanian Tablelandspecific conditions with great success. The experiments results showed thatthis type of cabbage can be cultiva... see more
Rares NISTOR,Adelina DUMITRA?,Marcel DIRJA,Paunita BOANCA
The research was conducted at the University of Applied Sciences, Neubrandenburg, Germany. In order to emphasize the difference between the walls of various buildings have been made infra-red image in order to delineate the differences between surfaces co... see more
Andrea PACURAR,Mohamad AL HASSAN,Alexandra GASPAR,Monica BOSCAIU,Oscar VICENTE
We have studied whether two common osmolytes - proline (Pro) and glycine betaine (GB) - accumulate in plants of different Plantago species in response to salt and water stress, which would suggest that these compatible solutes and ‘osmoprotectants’ fu... see more
Lorena PARRA,Josep LLINARES,Monica BOSCAIU,MarÃa Pilar DONAT TORRES,Oscar VICENTE,Herminio BOIRA
The patterns of ion uptake were analysed in three dicotyledonous (Arthrocnemum macrostachyum, Sarcocornia fruticosa and Inula crithmoides) and two monocotyledonous (Juncus acutus and J. maritimus) halophytes, collected from a salt marsh in SE Spain. The e... see more
The consumers and food processing industries prefer the organic food items,because they also ensure health safety. Many synthetic and organic types of mulch have been used in the raised bed culture system. Plants grown on black plastic mulch produced more... see more
Gicu?a SBáŽRCIOG
For assessing the behaviour of the pepper genotypes to the abiotic factors, 21 genotypes of pepper were studied, organized in 3 technological variants: V1- culture irrigated by irrigation standards assuring optimal conditions for the plants' growing and d... see more
Researches were made during the period 2004-2010 at ICDLF Vidra as part of the research topic and aimed at obtaining new pepper cultivars (hybrid types), with superior productions as compared to the genotypes existing in the national assortment, resistant... see more
Salvador SOLER,Alicia SIFRES,Ernesto R LLOSA,MatÃas LLAMAS,Santiago VILANOVA,Jaime PROHENS
Cannabis sativa is an important crop cultivated both for industrial (var. sativa) and medicinal and recreational (var. indica) purposes. Cultivation of var. indica plants is generally forbidden and this difficults genetic studies. An alternative is the ex... see more