Florin Stanica

University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest | USAMV Bucuresti · Faculty of Horticulture

We have investigated the interlayer exchange coupling of Fe across CuxAu1−x alloys (0 ≤ x ≤ 1). The coupling strength decreases remarkably with alloying. The long period of the oscillation of the coupling decreases with increasing x, while the short period is almost independent of x. The effect of the order-disorder transformation on the coupling i...

The life-cycle cost analysis is a method used to assess long-term economic efficiency among equivalent competing processes or products. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the nature and level of costs for an organic orchard located in Southern Romania, using a complex approach covering the entire chain of production, through its life span....

Life Cycle Cost Analysis is a method used to assess long-term economic efficiency among equivalent competing processes or products. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the nature and level of costs for an organic orchard located in Southern Romania, using a complex approach covering the entire chain of production, through the life span. The...

The present study aims to generalize cultivar-specific tree phenology responses to winter and spring temperatures and assess the effectiveness of the Tabuenca test and various chill and heat accumulation models in predicting bloom dates for a wide range of climatic conditions and years. To this end, we estimated the dates of rest completion and blo...

Pawpaw (Asimina triloba Dunal) is a native North American fruit species that belongs to the Annonaceae family. In Romania, it was introduced for the first time in 1926, by Suciu family from Alba County, but for many decades remained unknown. Extended studies on the plant and new varieties are made at the Experimental Field, within the Faculty of Ho...

Kiwifruit (Actinidia sp.) is native to Asia and the first commercial plantations were established in New Zealand, in the early twentieth century. In our country, the first commercial orchard was planted at Ostrov Agricultural State Enterprise (CT) in 1993, by the efforts of Nicolae Cepoiu, Corneliu Petrescu and Florin Stănică. Kiwifruit has become...

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is the most important species of Rhamnaceae family and is one of the oldest cultivated fruit trees in the world. In Romania it was introduced for the first time in Dobrogea region, close to the Black Sea, some 2000 years ago. The first cultivated varieties, more than 20 genotypes, were introduced after 1997 at the Did...

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is the most important species of Rhamnaceae family and one of the oldest cultivated fruit trees in the world. In Romania, it was introduced for the first time in Dobrogea region, some 2000 years ago. The first cultivated varieties were introduced in 1997 at the Faculty of Horticulture, in Bucharest and nowaday...

The fruit sector in Romania and, particularly, the apple production sector, is considered to have been in decline in recent decades. Changes in the behavior and consumption habits of the population, together with climate change and the increase in fruit imports, have caused shortages in this sector. Apples are regarded as a national fruit in Romani...

Florin peach variety and Myrobalan 29C rootstock were included in the experiment. For the preparation of graft and rootstock, two methods were tested for this operation: I, submerging the explants resulting from the initiation step in solutions containing NAA and IBA in concentrations (0.00 control, 0.01, 0.50, 1.00 and 2.00) mg/l respectively and...

Scientific knowledge through studies with fundamental and applied research has revolutionized plant breeding over the past decades. Given the importance of the fruits for their nutritional, health, and industrial value, the apricot breeding programs evolved continuously. The integrated use of actual gene banks, multiple crossings, selection, and th...

Three peach varieties (Florin, Filip and Mimi), two explants (shoots-tip and nodes) were tested. The explants were cultivated on 3 medium MS, B5 and QL adding of 30 g/l sucrose and 7 g/l agar without any hormone supplements during initiation stage. Cultures tubes were kept in the dark (0, 1, 2, 3, 4) days to get rid of the process of oxidation of p...

In vitro three peach cultivars (Florin, Filip and Mimi) included in this experiment, two explants (shoots-tip and nodes) were taken at 0.5-1cm length. The explants were cultivated on 3 medium MS, B5 and QL adding of 30 g/l sucrose and 7 g/l with tested different concentrations of plant hormones BAP and NAA in 12 variants. The aim of this study was...

Kiwi is a new fruit that can be grown in Romania. A common Italian-Romanian kiwifruit breeding program was initiated in 1993. For pollinator (male) kiwi plants, breeding programs involve the selection of elite plants with long flowering period and high pollen germination rate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the pollen grains from fifteen Rom...

The aim of this study was to assess phenotypic diversity in terms of fruit quality traits and yield, and also to establish valuable genotypes for breeding purpose suitable for different direction of use. Ten cultivars of hot peppers bred at VRDS Buzau were collected and fruit quality (dry matter content, fruit firmness, the total soluble solids, ti...

Grafting of kiwifruit cultivars is more and more a necessity due to some soil born problems as high calcium and pH, plants die-off or "Kiwi Moria" etc. A solution can be the use of 'Z1 Vitroplant' rootstock (A. deliciosa x A. arguta hybrid obtained at Vitroplant Italia) that shows good resistance to cold, ferric chlorosis, low permeable soil and wa...

The Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), originating from China, with a history of over 4000 years, is one of the major fruit crops cultivated in China and on important areas in Central Asia, India, Iran, the Middle East etc. The high resistances to drought, salty soils and similar climate to that of China recommend this fruit tree as a valuable...

Historical gardens’ restoration is a complex process including not only built features of the layout, but also vegetation. Climate changes, air pollution, new pests and other factors have an important impact on vegetation and make sometimes impossible to restore the garden to the original model. Therefore, vegetation restoration requires investigat...

The aim of this paper is to present the phenological growth stages of two kiwifruit cultivars (Hayward and Bruno) and some Romanian intra and interspecific Actinidia hybrids. The experimental field was established in 2000. The plants were grown on a T-bar trellis system, under an organic orchard management. The inter row surface was covered with a...

Book of abstracts 2 TEAM 2020 Welcome W e l c o m e Dear colleagues, The TeAm meeting is approaching. As you know, due to the special circumstances, we decided to change the format and make it a combined physical and virtual meeting. Thus far, around 200 participants have registered for the webinar and about 20 people will be physically present in...

Pawpaw or Northern banana (Asimina triloba Dunal) is a recently introduced and nearly unknown fruit with high nutraceutical potential. Originated from the Eastern part of USA, is the only representative of the Annonaceae family cultivated in temperate areas. In Romania was introduced in 1926 by Ioan Suciu family in Pianu Nou, Alba County, who broug...

Pi water, discovered in 1964 by Prof. dr. Akihiro Yamashita and researched by Prof. dr.Fülöp László and Marioara Godeanu can be an important bio stimulatory in plant propagation by cuttings. This paper presents the preliminary results of a study regarding the influence of Pi water on edible rose cuttings rooting and growth. The experiment was made...

Increasing soil activity is one of the important parts of organic technology. This paper presents the results of a two-year study regarding the influence of ameliorative plants (Sinapis alba L., Phacelia tanacetifolia L. and Tagetes patula L.) combined with two organic mulches used (wood chips and wool) on the soil fungi diversity. Fungi taxa incre...

Birds are bioindicators of the environment quality and their presence in a horticultural ecosystem can give clues about the type of farming practices. The ecosystem services brought by birds are very important from an economic point of view for the agronomic fields (agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fish farming), ecotourism (leisure-bird watchi...

Technologies in organic agriculture must include specific actions for increasing soil activity. This paper presents the results of a two-year study regarding the influence of ameliorative plants (Sinapis alba L., Phacelia tanacetifolia L. and Tagetes patula L.) combined with two organic mulches used (wood chips and wool) on the soil bacteria divers...

The study presents the behaviour of 28 apricot cultivars planted in 2017 in the Experimental Field of the Faculty of Horticulture within the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest. The foreign cultivars grafted on Myrobalan 29C, Saint Julien A and GF 677, were planted at 4.5 x 1.5 m and 3.5 x 2.0 m for Parallel U and...

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), or Chinese date, is the most important species of Rhamnaceae, a large cosmopolitan family, and is one of the oldest cultivated fruit trees in the world. It originates from the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the ‘mother river’ of the Chinese people. It is distributed in at least 48 countries on all cont...

Pawpaw or Northern banana (Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal) is the only representative of the Annonaceae family that can be cultivated in temperate areas. The increasing demands from the consumers for this nearly unknown fruit with high nutraceutical potential require specific researches. The aim of this study is to present the fruits pomological charac...

The Genetic, Breeding and Biodiversity Laboratory from Vegetable Research and Development Station Buzau (VRDS Buzău) has a valuable germplasm collection of hot pepper consisting of 200 genotypes structured by their genetic stability. In this study, seven genotypes were characterized from an agro-morphological point of view. The aim of this study wa...

The aim of this study is to present the behaviour of new apple scab resistant varieties cultivated in Bucharest area. Apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) is an important and dangerous pathogen, specific treatment being required and, in many cases, the products exceed the new pesticides limits. Every year, new resistant varieties are released by breede...

This study is part of the extended research focused on the identification of local fruit varieties, on their nutraceutical properties in order to be promoted on the market both as fresh fruits or processed products with added value. Among the SouthEast Transylvanian fruits, the old apple varieties Jonathan and Belle of Boskoop are cultivated in tra...

Chinese jujube is one of the most commonly used fruit in Chinese herbal medicine, being considered by the researchers and nutritionists a super fruit in terms of nutrition. In Romania, more than 20 genotypes were introduced from China, in the Experimental Field of the Faculty of Horticulture within the UASVM Bucharest. This study aims to present se...

In the present study, three climbing edible roses (‘Crown Princess Margareta’, ‘Falstaff’ and ‘Brother Cadfael’) were evaluated for total vegetative growth and flowers production, besides correlations with soil microbiological and agrochemical parameters. The applied organic technology included a soil preparatory stage with three ameliorative plant...

Decorative apple species are used in different fields: breeding, landscape architecture, feeding of the birds during winter, etc. This paper presents the physicohemical characteristics of some ornamental apple genotypes grown and developed in the Northern area of Bucharest and the degree of pollen germination, according with area’s climatic conditi...

The almond (Prunus dulcis L.) is a very popular nut, being one of the most complex fruits for the benefit of the human health. Nowadays in Romania, this crop started to decrease as covered land and production. At the global level the cultivated surfaces and the production is on raise. The aim of our study was to select better almond genotypes suita...

The aim of this study is to present the results of the organic technology applied to increase and maintain the biological soil activity in an organic edible rose plantation established within USAMV Bucharest. Before and after planting, three ameliorative species: Sinapis alba L., Phacelia tanacetifolia L. and Tagetes patula L. were sown in seven va...

Germination and early growth of paw paw (Asimina triloba Dunal) seedlings were studied in an experiment performed in the greenhouse of USAMV Bucharest, using high dilutions The obtained results demonstrated that high dilutions of NaCl, Silicea and GHRF had significant effects on the germination and growth of Asimina triloba Dunal and can be used fo...

In the last 30 years, pears orchards area diminished dramatically in Romania due to several factors, the most important being the sensitivity to some pests (pear psylla - Cacopsylla pyricola Förster) and diseases (fire blight - Erwinia amylovora Burrill). In the same time, the market demand for pears is increasing and the prices are continuously hi...

In the present study, the behaviour of some old and new apricot varieties, grown in an integrated orchard in București Area, is presented. The apricot orchard was planted in 2008 and in 2017using Romanian and foreign varieties grafted on Mirobolan, Myrobalan 29C,Saint Julien A and GF 677. The planting distances varied from 4.5 x 3.0 m to 3.5 x 2.0...

In 2015, in the Experimental Field of Faculty of Horticulture within USAMV Bucharest an organic edible rose plantation with three varieties from David Austin collection: Crown Princess Margareta, Falstaff and Brother Cadfael was established. Before and after planting, three ameliorative species were sown in seven variants for increasing the soil bi...

At present, the Romanian market is dominated by foreign eggplant cultivars, the most widely used being the ‘Aragon’ and ‘Mirval’ hybrids. Taking into acount this major deficiency in this Solanum species regarding the autochthonous genotypes since 1996, Vegetable Research and Development Station Buzau Breeding Laboratory started an intensive breedin...

Different ‘Mirobolan’ types are still largely used for Prunus sp. propagation. The rootstock resistance has great practical importance in order to limit the spread of Plum pox virus (PPV), given that root suckers represent gateways for the virus. Minoiu and Vlădianu (2001) had developed a mutant of ‘Mirobolan’, named ‘BN 4 Kr’ at the Bistriţa Fruit...

PhD thesis Effect of explants, growth hormones and culture media on micropropagation of peach varieties is structured in four experiments, completed by the Introduction, Summary, Conclusions and recommendations, references and annexes. The study was conducted at the Tissue Culture Laboratory of the Faculty of Horticulture and Micropropagation Labo...

The actual paper presents the first results on the nutraceutical substances found in the rose petals of different varieties, grown organically in different experimental variants. The petals were collected from each variant and analysed in fresh and dehydrated status. Rose petal jams produced with different ingredients (ginger, lemon, seabuckthorn)...

Germination and early seedlings growth are decisive stages for a good establishment of the plant and implicitly for obtaining a suitable crop, given that especially in these phases different stressors can have a major negative impact. With a view to seeds invigoration, a laboratory experiment has been done by using wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), cv....

The actual paper presents the first results on the nutraceutical substances found in the rose petals of different varieties, grown organically in different experimental variants. The petals were collected from each variant and analysed in fresh and dehydrated status. Rose petal jams produced with different ingredients (ginger, lemon, seabuckthorn)...

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“Moara Domnească” is a didactic farm belonging to the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest. Moara Domnească has an area of 520 ha, of which 65 ha of orchard. The orchard, but also a major part of the farm has a wind protection system consisting of windbreaks planted in 1920’s with English Oak (Quercus robur), Ash (F...

227 IN VITRO EFFECT OF VARIOUS STERILIZATION TECHNIQUES ON PEACH (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) EXPLANTS Nazar AL GHASHEEM1, 2, Florin STĂNICĂ1, Adrian George PETICILĂ1, Oana VENAT1 1University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti Blvd, District 1, Bucharest, Romania 2 College of Agricultural and Marshes, Thi- Qar Un...

Abstract One of the major challenges in Romania in fruit growing sector is the production of certified planting material, considering the specificities of the local climate conditions and the consumers’ preferences. Due to the damages produced by hard winters and late spring frosts and the lack of resistant and suitable peach varieties, in the last...

Fig (Ficus carica L.) is an antique fruit species originated from Asia and spread all over the world. In Romania, many genotypes are found on mild climate zones, being cultivated in small gardens as ornamental and fruit plant. At the Bucharest Faculty of Horticulture recently, fig genotypes have been collected from different places, propagated and...

Fruit production in Europe has a dual system organization: an industrial type with high density planting systems in large extension farms and a small size orchard type in family owned farms. Certainly, the two systems are quite different in terms of fruit varieties, planting systems, orchard management and fruit production valorisation. In recent y...

In order to increase the integrated protection of horticultural ecosystems by using the biological fight, the installation on artificial nests, is an important measure to help the insectivore birds. In a research program, a number of 166 artificial nets for Passeriformes birds were installed in different ecosystems as parks, botanical gardens and o...