Lavinia Iliescu

University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest | USAMV Bucuresti · Department of Plant Sciences

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...

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...

There is a continuous interest in developing experimental technologies that can be further transferred to small producers or house fields with limited soil surface area. The aim of this study was to implement a hi-grow tabletop technology for strawberry in the USAMV of Bucharest experimental open field. This growing technology will allow experiment...

The agronomic benefits of biochar (BC) prepared by slow pyrolysis of vine pruning residues, which are produced in large quantities in Romania, were evaluated. Three soil types, i.e., slightly alkaline fluvisol (S1), slightly acidic chernozem (S2), and strongly acidic luvisol (S3), with mean values of pH of 7.99, 6.26, and 5.40, were amended with BC...

The paper aimed at evaluating the effects of biochar (BC) produced by slow pyrolysis of vine pruning residue on soil physicochemical properties and tomato plant growth. A greenhouse experiment was conducted for 66 days, applying different treatments for 3 soil types, i.e., foliar fertilizer, BC (at a volumetric ratio between BC and soil of 20/80),...

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...

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...