28 articles in this issue
Emil Luca
The University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, ranked today among the most prestigious universities in the country and in Europe, celebrates this year, 2019, 150 years of productive existence!The School of Agronomy of Cluj... see more
Emilia Ancu?a Boanta,Ioana Porumb,Florin Russu,Emanuela Filip,Leon Muntean,Andreea Daniela Ona
Furthermore to additive action of polygenes, in heredity of quantitative traits, other types of intra-allelic (dominance and recessiveness) and inter-allelic (epistasis) interactions are also involved, all this ultimately leading to a complex heredity of ... see more
Bora Florin Dumitru,Bunea Claudiu Ioan,Calugar Anamaria,Donici Alina
Phenolic compounds, extractable from grape skins and seeds, have a notable influence on the sensorial properties of red wines, especially their chromatic characteristics, bitterness and astringency. The phenolic compounds, together with the aroma precurso... see more
Mihail Manolache,Anamaria Calugar,Nastasia Pop,Emese Gal,Tiberia Ioana Pop
Four monovarietal red wines from three wine regions in Romania were analysed (Cabernet Sauvignon, Feteasca neagra and Pinot noir from two areas in Satu Mare and Feteasca neagra and Merlot from Constan?a) in a liquid-liquid extraction with dichloromethane ... see more
Cristina Mure?an,Marcel Duda,Mihai Popescu,Laura Cristina Luca,Tatiana Garda
The researches undertaken for the elaboration of the present paper aim the knowing of the influence of the green fertilizers on the production and the quality of the flaxseeds and the number of capsules, respectively. The paper seeks to find new technolog... see more
Lucian Dordai,Emil Luca,Anca Becze,Maria Alexandra Hoaghia
The aim of the study was to identify some healthy technological solutions for carrot production in the agricultural area Aiton, Cluj County, for three carrot varieties: Royal Chantenay, Atomic Red and Purple Haze F1, especially in the actual conditions of... see more
Diana Camelia Bodea,Emil Luca,Laura Cristina Luca,V. Bodea
The present paper presents a study of the behavior of three flageolets varieties: Lechinta, Salvica and Viola in the conditions of Transylvania's premontous area under the conditions of irrigated land compared to non-irrigated land and the influence of la... see more
Luana Patricea Pacurar,Maria Apahidean,Florin Russu,Voichi?a Ha?,Apahidean Alexandru Ioan
Yield and its stability components are major requirements for new sweet corn hybrids.The emphasis on improving and increases of yield for sweet corn new hybrids is due to climate change in recent years. Biological material used in this stage was represent... see more
Surya Bahadur Thapa,Bishnu Prasad Kandel,Komal Bahadur Basnet,Krishna Aryal,Pratikshya Shrestha
To assess energy use efficiency of hybrids maize as influenced by tillage methods and plant density. A field experiment was carried out at research field of National Maize Research Program (NMRP), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal during winter season of 2015/16. Th... see more
Dorin Szilagyi,Ioan Alexandru Apahidean,Mihai Carbunar,Eniko Laczi,Alexandru Silviu Apahidean
Mangold (Beta vulgaris ssp.cicla L.) is cultivated for leaf petiole but can also be consumed in different dishes. It is called petiole beetroot and leafy beet, since this species is mainly consumed for these vegetative parts either for human nutrition, co... see more
Aurora Ranca,Anamaria Petrescu,Victoria Artem,P. Bolo?,Mihaela Cîl?,A. S. Ene
The capability of plants of increasing the ecosystem resistance to pests and invasive species is a well-known ecosystem service. However, monocultures (including vineyards) do not exploit the potential of plant diversity. The aims of this research are to ... see more
Valentin Sebastian Dan,Camelia Raluca Trif,Alex Péter Cotoz,Diana Maria Mircea,Erzsébet Buta
The post-industrial landscape in Romania has left many "wounds", most of which have not been cured, but others have benefited from a new chance through reconversion. In industrial cities, such as the city of Turda in Cluj County, some former industrial pa... see more
Sonia Bors-Opri?a,Pauni?a Iuliana BOANCA,Adelina Dumitra?,Marcel Dîrja
In the last years there is an increasing land surface that suffer degradation processes due to different types of erosion. Studies showed that there are a lot of classic and modern methods used for erosion control of the areas, but the cost-efficient of t... see more
Mahbube Zamanipour
The aim of this study was to determine of the best size cutting length and concentration of IAA on rooting of Euonymus cuttings in the greenhouse. A factorial experiment was carried out in a compeletly randomized block design with 3 replications where eac... see more
Ioana Crisan,Roxana Vidican
Quality of Dutch iris bulbs produced in field conditions is important for obtaining marketable cut flowers by forcing in greenhouse. Natural occurring symbiotic micromycetes can facilitate important nutrient acquisition for plants with short vegetative cy... see more
Touseef Hussain,Adnan Shakeel,Mohammad Haris,Gufran Ahmad,Abrar Ahmad Khan
The reduction in the growth of pathogen under abiotic stress is being intensified by DL-ß-amino butyric acid (BABA). The combination of abiotic and biotic stress can have a positive effect on the yield of plants by reducing the sensitivity to biotic tensi... see more
Syahminar Syahminar,Erwin Masrul Harahap,Abdul Rauf,Ali Jamil
In this study, the effect of the application of ameliorant materials including mineral soils, dolomite, and rock phosphate on peat growing media on vegetative growth of oil palm seedlings in the nursery main phase was examined. The study was conducted for... see more
Emoke Dalma Kovacs,Rusu Teodor,Wojciech Szajdak Lech,Melinda Haydee Kovacs,Cecilia Roman,Di Tian
Intensive and excessive use of pesticides is a real pollution issue in agricultural lands. There is little knowledge on how these could change soil microbiota health status which are strongly involved in important soil functions. The objective of the pres... see more
Emoke Dalma Kovacs,Teodor Rusu,Wojciech Szajdak Lech,Melinda Haydee Kovacs,Tian Di,Cecilia Roman
Use of improved seeds (hybrids, transgenic, etc.) in agriculture is a common practice in our days. Resulted plants could improve crop yield or to develop in less adequate geoclimatic conditions, responding those to challenges raised by global change. Howe... see more
Amar Ma'ruf,Cik Zulia,Safruddin Safruddin,Deddy Wahyudin Purba
Indonesia is the country with the third largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the agricultural sector in Asia. Agriculture is the backbone of the Indonesian economy, around 32% of the population works in the agricultural sector. These resources make I... see more
David Akubo
This study analyzed the direction of causality between world oil prices and agricultural productivity in selected staple crops in Nigeria. This study explored analysis based on the output and input quantities of the crop sub-sector, which is the dominant ... see more
Haruna Ibrahim Opaluwa,Gbenga Opeyemi,Ezekiel O Haruna,John Monday Danjuma
This research work examined the gender dimensions of food security among rural households in Dekina Local Government of Kogi State, Nigeria. The respondents were drawn using multi-stage random sampling technique.A total of 120 respondents were selected, c... see more
Tiomy Butsianto Adi,Bhaskara Anggarda Gathot Subrata
Global climate change is one of the important environmental issues of the world today, meaning that it is not only discussed in Indonesia but also in other countries throughout the world. This is due to global climate change causing negative impacts on va... see more
Maria Olivia Moldovan,Marcel Dîrja,Iulia Diana Arion,Lazar Flamînd
The aim of our research was to investigate the way in which the morphometric characteristics influence the excess moisture. For this purpose, a study area was chosen representing the administrative territorial unit of Cluj-Napoca, within this perimeter se... see more
Rasheed Olatunji Moruf,Abdulwakil O. Saba,Joy Chukwu-Osazuwa,Isa O. Elegbede
Portunids are decapod crustaceans of high economic importance. Seasonal variation in macronutrient and micronutrients contents of Callinectes amnicola from three interconnecting lagoons were investigated using standard methods. The percentages of protein ... see more
Alexandra Biri?,Raluca Vidrighinescu,Roxana Cora,Mihai Negru,Andrei Ungur,Sofia Daradics,Andrei Razvan Codea,Vlad Luca,Anca Barbos,?tefania Dandea,Corina Toma
Splenic masses have a higher incidence compared to diffuse splenic enlargement in canine patients and are mostly encountered in older dogs. For the present study we reviewed records of canine patients submitted to the Pathology Department (Faculty of Vete... see more
Mokhtaria Kouidri,Sidi Mohamed Ammar Selles,Zine Al-Abidine Kouider
The importance of ticks does not lie only in their direct effects (blood loss, skin lesions, weakness), but even more in their role as vectors of pathogens. This survey was carried out in order to investigate for the first time the species composition of ... see more
Sidi Mohammed Ammar Selles,Mokhtaia Kouidri
Hydatid cyst is an endemic and zoonotic disease in certain areas of the world. Surgery is the treatment of choice. Many scolicidal agents have been used for inactivation of protoscoleces during surgery, but they are associated with adverse side effects. I... see more