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View article: Remote sensing and field analysis of Erwinia amylovora on quince
Remote sensing and field analysis of Erwinia amylovora on quince Open
Fire blight is responsible for significant losses and affects production quality in all growing countries worldwide, including Romania. Despite the availability of various prevention and control strategies, their practical effectiveness ha…
View article: Effects of biochar use on drought and salinity stresses for cowpea production
Effects of biochar use on drought and salinity stresses for cowpea production Open
Climate change is unavoidable and compromises future food availability. The aim of this research is to identify the physiological behaviour of vigna unguiculata . It is a common plant in Africa with drought’s resilience. An experiment was …
View article: Assessment of Fruit Traits and Antioxidant Capacity in Wild and Cultivated Genotypes of Ziziphus sp.
Assessment of Fruit Traits and Antioxidant Capacity in Wild and Cultivated Genotypes of Ziziphus sp. Open
The genus Ziziphus includes numerous species, both cultivated and wild, offering significant genetic variability and economic potential that are often overlooked. Due to their high variability and ecological plasticity, jujube species and …
View article: The Impact of Heavy Metal Accumulation on Some Physiological Parameters in Silphium perfoliatum L. Plants Grown in Hydroponic Systems
The Impact of Heavy Metal Accumulation on Some Physiological Parameters in Silphium perfoliatum L. Plants Grown in Hydroponic Systems Open
Heavy metals like cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn), resulting from anthropogenic activities, are elements with high persistence in nature, being able to accumulate in soils, water, and plants with significant impact to h…
View article: Physiological Aspects of Absorption, Translocation, and Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Silphium perfoliatum L. Plants Grown in a Mining-Contaminated Soil
Physiological Aspects of Absorption, Translocation, and Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Silphium perfoliatum L. Plants Grown in a Mining-Contaminated Soil Open
Soil pollution by heavy metals as a result of mining activities is increasingly taking place. Once accumulated in soil, the heavy metals can then be dispersed, with serious effects on the environment and human health. It is therefore neces…
View article: GENUS PAULOWNIA: VERSATILE WOODSPECIES WITH MULTIPLE USES - A REVIEW
GENUS PAULOWNIA: VERSATILE WOODSPECIES WITH MULTIPLE USES - A REVIEW Open
Short-rotation plantations for wood biomass production are systems in which different, fast-growing forest species are grown in intensive agricultural technologies to achieve high biomass yields. The genus paulownia comprises very fast-gro…
View article: Bioprospecting Fluorescent Plant Growth Regulators from Arabidopsis to Vegetable Crops
Bioprospecting Fluorescent Plant Growth Regulators from Arabidopsis to Vegetable Crops Open
The phytohormone auxin is involved in almost every process of a plant’s life, from germination to plant development. Nowadays, auxin research connects synthetic chemistry, plant biology and computational chemistry in order to develop innov…
View article: Vegetable Landraces: The “Gene Banks” for Traditional Farmers and Future Breeding Programs
Vegetable Landraces: The “Gene Banks” for Traditional Farmers and Future Breeding Programs Open
Crop diversity of vegetable species is threatened by the current homogenization of agricultural production systems due to specialization of plant breeders and increasing globalization in the seed sector. With the onset of modern agricultur…
View article: Bioprospecting Fluorescent Plant Growth Regulators from Arabidopsis to Vegetable Crops
Bioprospecting Fluorescent Plant Growth Regulators from Arabidopsis to Vegetable Crops Open
The phytohormone auxin is involved in almost every process of a plant’s life, from germination to plant development. Nowadays, auxin research connects synthetic chemistry, plant biology, and computational chemistry in order to develo…
View article: The cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) – a viable solution for bioremediating soils polluted with heavy metals
The cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) – a viable solution for bioremediating soils polluted with heavy metals Open
Heavy metal pollution, manifested by the accumulation, toxicity and persistence in soil, water, air, and living organisms, is a major environmental problem that requires energetic resolution. Mining tailing areas contain metal minerals suc…
View article: CCDC 1943081: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1943081: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: A Cost-Effective Embedded Platform for Greenhouse Environment Control and Remote Monitoring
A Cost-Effective Embedded Platform for Greenhouse Environment Control and Remote Monitoring Open
This paper presents the development of a cost-effective automatic system for greenhouse environment control. The architectural and functional features were analyzed in the context of the realization of a controlled-environment agricultural…
View article: CCDC 1989303: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1989303: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: CCDC 1989304: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1989304: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Research Regarding the Chemical Fertilizers Effects on Physiological Indices and Protein at Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.)
Research Regarding the Chemical Fertilizers Effects on Physiological Indices and Protein at Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) Open
In this experiment we studied the influence of chemical fertilizers on physiological indices and the amount of protein in two soybean varieties, Atlas and Hodgson. Researches has been carried out between 2017-2019 at Didactic Station of BU…
View article: Assessment of Mint, Basil, and Lavender Essential Oil Vapor-Phase in Antifungal Protection and Lemon Fruit Quality
Assessment of Mint, Basil, and Lavender Essential Oil Vapor-Phase in Antifungal Protection and Lemon Fruit Quality Open
There is an increasing interest in developing natural methods to replace the current chemicals used for maintaining postharvest quality of citrus fruits. The essential oil antifungal activity of mint (MEO), basil (BEO), and lavender (LEO) …
View article: The Antioxidant Profile Evaluation of Some Tomato Landraces with Soil Salinity Tolerance Correlated with High Nutraceuticaland Functional Value
The Antioxidant Profile Evaluation of Some Tomato Landraces with Soil Salinity Tolerance Correlated with High Nutraceuticaland Functional Value Open
Romania has a wide variety of local landraces and heirloom genotypes. Our study aims to assess the performance of twenty halotolerant tomato landraces, collected from areas with medium and high levels of soil salinity, in terms ofthe accum…
View article: p-Aminobenzoate Organic Salts as Potential Plant Growth Regulators for Tomatoes
p-Aminobenzoate Organic Salts as Potential Plant Growth Regulators for Tomatoes Open
The discovery of environmentally friendly and inexpensive plant growth regulators (PGRs) for agronomically important crops is a necessity and must be considered a priority worldwide. This study provides the synthesis, structure determinati…
View article: Advances in new multicomponent crystal system: structure, thermal kinetic analysis, photoluminescent, and biological activity investigations
Advances in new multicomponent crystal system: structure, thermal kinetic analysis, photoluminescent, and biological activity investigations Open
Multicomponent organic crystals based on natural metabolites or pharmaceutical active ingredients play an important role in solid state chemistry, agriculture, and pharmaceutical industry. This study reveals the synthesis of a new luminesc…
View article: Microwave and steam mediated alkaline pretreatments of sweet sorghum bagasse: Study of the energy efficiency
Microwave and steam mediated alkaline pretreatments of sweet sorghum bagasse: Study of the energy efficiency Open
The effects of microwave and steam mediated pretreatments were evaluated and compared relative to the hydrolysis of sweet sorghum bagasse (SSB) in the presence of sodium hydroxide. The results established the optimum parameters for energy …
View article: The Influence of Osmotic Stress on Physiological and Biochemical Indices at Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Local Populations
The Influence of Osmotic Stress on Physiological and Biochemical Indices at Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Local Populations Open
Garlic is an asexually propagated crop with high morphological diversity and uses throughout the world. Although the salt tolerance among the cultivated species is low, there are some genotypes which present an acceptable level of adaptabi…
View article: Seed Germination and Physiological Response of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Cultivars under Saline Conditions
Seed Germination and Physiological Response of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Cultivars under Saline Conditions Open
The purpose of the experiment was to highlight the germination of sunflower seeds affected by the presence of saline stress and the identification of tolerant genotypes. The biological material was represented by sunflower cvs. (Helianthus…
View article: Assessment of Combining Ability Effects for several Yield and Quality Traits in a Complete Diallel Cross of Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.)
Assessment of Combining Ability Effects for several Yield and Quality Traits in a Complete Diallel Cross of Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) Open
Information on the inheritance of yield and quality traits is important for the selection of parents and breeding approaches to be adopted for the improvement of strawberry. The present study aimed to estimate the combining ability and gen…
View article: Evaluation of Genetic Diversity by DNA Barcoding of Local Tomato Populations from North-Western Romania
Evaluation of Genetic Diversity by DNA Barcoding of Local Tomato Populations from North-Western Romania Open
Tomato is one of the most important crops worldwide. DNA barcoding is a molecular based method that has been successfully used for species identification, but a few studies have used this method for cultivated varieties identification. The…
View article: The influence of soil salinity on volatile organic compounds emission and photosynthetic parameters of <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L. varieties
The influence of soil salinity on volatile organic compounds emission and photosynthetic parameters of <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L. varieties Open
Soil salinity is one of the best known stress factors of plants that can lead to crop yield reduction. Therefore, it is important to identify new tolerance varieties of plants that can grow on saline soils. We have studied the influence of…
View article: Metal distribution in the process of lignocellulosic ethanol production from heavy metal contaminated sorghum biomass
Metal distribution in the process of lignocellulosic ethanol production from heavy metal contaminated sorghum biomass Open
BACKGROUND The objective of this work was to process the sorghum biomass obtained from crops cultivated on heavy metals polluted soil, for the production of lignocellulosic ethanol and to determine the amount of toxic metals in the interme…
View article: Research on Influence of Some Post-harvest Change of Peach Genotypes
Research on Influence of Some Post-harvest Change of Peach Genotypes Open
In this experiment we studied the influence of storage conditions on some quality indices of two peach varieties present on the market in western part of Romania.The biological material was represented by two varieties of peach, fruit whic…
View article: Influence of Salt Stress on Quality of Some Onion (Allium cepa L.) Local Landraces
Influence of Salt Stress on Quality of Some Onion (Allium cepa L.) Local Landraces Open
Salinity is considered a significant factor affecting crop production and agricultural sustainability in arid and semi-arid region of the world, reducing the value and productivity of the affected land. From this reason the improvement of …
View article: A Molecular Approach for Identification of Drought Resistant Rapeseed Genotypes Based on Gene Expression
A Molecular Approach for Identification of Drought Resistant Rapeseed Genotypes Based on Gene Expression Open
Areas affected by drought have lately extended all over the world. Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.), one of the most important species for oil production, is sensitive to drought stress mainly during the early vegetative growth stage. The comp…