Facultatea de Agricultura / Faculty of Agriculture: Recent submissions

  • Efficient removal of methylene blue and ciprofloxacin from aqueous solution using flower-like, nanostructured ZnO coating under UV irradiation 
    Tiron, Vasile; Ciolan, Mihai-Alexandru; Bulai, Georgiana; Mihalache, Gabriela; Lipșa, Florin-Daniel; Jijie, Roxana (MDPI, 2022-06-26)
    Flower-like ZnO architectures assembled with many nanorods were successfully synthesized through Thermionic Vacuum Arc, operated both in direct current (DC-TVA) and a pulsed mode (PTVA), and coupled with annealing in an ...
  • Distribution and pathways of introduction of invasive alien plant species in Romania 
    Sîrbu, Culiță; Miu, Iulia-Viorica; Gavrilidis, Athanasios-Alexandru; Grădinaru, Simona; Niculae, Mihăiță-Iulian; Preda, Cristina; Oprea, Adrian; Urziceanu, Mihaela; Camen Comănescu, Petronela; Nagoda, Eugenia; Sîrbu, Ioana-Minodora; Memedemin, Daniyar; Anastasiu, Paulina (Pensoft Publishers, 2022-08-23)
    Biological invasions are one of the main drivers of modern human-induced species losses. Research on the distribution of alien species and their pathways of introduction is essential for understanding and tackling the ...
  • Preliminary study on the impact of non-thermal plasma activated water on the quality of Triticum aestivum L. cv. Glosa sprouts 
    Mandici, Alexandru; Crețu, Daniel-Eusebiu; Burlică, Radu; Astanei, Dragoș; Beniuga, Oana; Roșu, Crăița-Maria; Țopa, Denis-Constantin; Aostăcioaei, Tudor-George; Aprotosoaie, Ana-Clara; Miron, Anca (MDPI, 2022-12-07)
    The present study aimed to investigate the effects of non-thermal plasma-activated water (PAW) on Triticum aestivum L. cv. Glosa sprouts. Two types of PAW were generated by exposing distilled water to a high-voltage ...
  • Feasibility of biochar derived from sewage sludge to promote sustainable agriculture and mitigate GHG emissions - a review 
    Ghorbani, Mohammad; Konvalina, Petr; Walkiewicz, Anna; Neugschwandtner, Reinhard W.; Kopecký, Marek; Zamanian, Kazem; Chen, Wei-Hsin; Bucur, Daniel (MDPI, 2022-10-10)
    Sewage sludge (SS) has been connected to a variety of global environmental problems. Assessing the risk of various disposal techniques can be quite useful in recommending appropriate management. The preparation of sewage ...
  • Biological response of Triticum aestivum L. to the abiotic stress induced by winemaking waste 
    Pădureanu, Silvica; Patraș, Antoanela (MDPI, 2022-06-06)
    The winemaking waste (grape marc) can be beneficial if it is used in food, pharmaceutical industry, and medicine. However, studies reported that some concentrations of grape marc extracts may induce negative effects on ...
  • The impact of salinity stress on antioxidant response and bioactive compounds of Nepeta cataria L. 
    Lungoci, Constantin; Motrescu, Iuliana; Filipov, Feodor; Jităreanu, Carmenica-Doina; Teliban, Gabriel-Ciprian; Țibulcă Ghițău, Carmen-Simona; Puiu, Ioan; Robu, Teodor (MDPI, 2022-02-24)
    In this study, the ability of Nepeta cataria L. to grow and synthesize bioactive compounds on soil treated with different salt concentrations was tested to evaluate the opportunity of cultivating it in soils affected by ...
  • Interaction of biochar with hemical, green and biological nitrogen fertilizers on nitrogen use efficiency indices 
    Ghorbani, Mohammad; Konvalina, Petr; Neugschwandtner, Reinhard W.; Kopecký, Marek; Amirahmadi, Elnaz; Bucur, Daniel; Walkiewicz, Anna (MDPI, 2022-09-04)
    Chemical nitrogen (N) fertilizers are regarded as one of the environmental contaminants in addition to the necessity for fossil sources for their production. Conversely, it is impossible to neglect the supply of nitrogen ...
  • The improvement of a traction model for agricultural tire–soil interaction 
    Roșca, Radu; Cârlescu, Petru-Marian; Țenu, Ioan; Vlahidis, Virgil; Perșu, Cătălin (MDPI, 2022-11-28)
    The goodness-of-fit analysis performed over the results provided by a model presented in a previous paper proved that the theoretical data were very well correlated with the experimental data with regard to the traction ...
  • Nutritional value of new sweet pepper genotypes grown in organic system 
    Brezeanu, Creola; Brezeanu, Petre-Marian; Stoleru, Vasile; Irimia, Liviu-Mihai; Lipșa, Florin-Daniel; Teliban, Gabriel-Ciprian; Ciobanu, Marius-Mihai; Murariu, Florin; Puiu, Ioan; Branca, Ferdinando; Murariu, Otilia-Cristina (MDPI, 2022-11-06)
    The market request for organic vegetables has grown recently for their positive impact on healthy diets. Consumers have progressively shown preferences for various combinations of color, size, and shape of pepper fruits. ...
  • Work satisfaction in the food industry - a premise for economic performance 
    Bodescu, Dan; Robu, Alexandru-Dragoș; Jităreanu, Andy-Felix; Puiu, Ioan; Gafencu, Andrei-Mihai; Lipșa, Florin-Daniel (MDPI, 2022-07-13)
    The greatest challenge for Romania’s food industry is to achieve technical and economic parity with the rest of Europe. Therefore, businesses require productive employees, and labor productivity depends on employee ...
  • Characterization of biobriquettes produced from vineyard wastes as a solid biofuel resource 
    Șenilă, Lăcrimioara; Țenu, Ioan; Cârlescu, Petru-Marian; Scurtu, Daniela-Alexandra; Kovacs, Eniko; Șenilă, Marin; Cadar, Oana; Roman, Marius; Dumitraș, Diana-Elena; Roman, Cecilia (MDPI, 2022-02-27)
    The large amount of biomass waste generated by vineyard pruning causes many environmental concerns. The production of briquettes represents an alternative to obtaining a value-added product. The transformation of vineyard ...
  • Biochar a promising strategy for pesticide-contaminated soils 
    Coroi Cara, Irina-Gabriela; Țopa, Denis-Constantin; Puiu, Ioan; Jităreanu, Gerard (MDPI, 2022-09-30)
    Soil pesticide contamination induced by modern agriculture has become a serious global issue. Its uncontrolled and inefficient application is among the main reasons for their enrichment in plants and animals subsequently ...
  • Evaluation of the Antifungal Activity of Gold–Chitosan and Carbon Nanoparticles on Fusarium oxysporum 
    Lipșa, Florin-Daniel; Ursu, Elena-Laura; Ursu, Cristian; Ulea, Eugen; Cazacu, Ana (MDPI, 2020-08-06)
    Nanoparticles are implemented in different biotechnological fields, and there is interest in their use in plant biology. Nanotechnology can help overcome the persistent limitations of using conventional fungicides in the ...
  • Bioethanol Production from Vineyard Waste by Autohydrolysis Pretreatment and Chlorite Delignification via Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation 
    Șenilă, Lăcrimioara; Kovacs, Eniko; Scurtu, Daniela-Alexandra; Cadar, Oana; Becze, Anca; Șenilă, Marin; Levei, Erika-Andrea; Dumitraș, Diana-Elena; Țenu, Ioan; Roman, Cecilia (MDPI, 2020-06-03)
    In this paper, the production of a second-generation bioethanol from lignocellulosic vineyard cutting wastes was investigated in order to define the optimal operating conditions of the autohydrolysis pretreatment, chlorite ...
  • Sustainable biomass pellets production using vineyard wastes 
    Șenilă, Lăcrimioara; Țenu, Ioan; Cârlescu, Petru-Marian; Corduneanu, Oana-Raluca; Dumitrachi, Emanuel-Petru; Kovacs, Eniko; Scurtu, Daniela-Alexandra; Cadar, Oana; Becze, Anca; Șenilă, Marin; Roman, Marius; Dumitraș, Diana-Elena; Roman, Cecilia (MDPI, 2020-10-26)
    Vineyards waste has a great importance as biomass, a renewable source of energy. In this paper eight vine shoot varieties were used for the production of pellets by densification of feedstock materials with four ranges of ...
  • State and progress of Andean lupin cultivation in Europe: a review 
    Bebeli, Penelope J.; Lazaridi, Efstathia; Chatzigeorgiou, Tilemachos; Suso, Maria-José; Hein, Waltraud; Alexopoulos, Alexios A.; Canha, Gonçalo; Van Haren, Rob J.F.; Jóhannsson, Magnús H.; Mateos, Carmen; Neves Martins, João; Prins, Udo; Setas, Filipa; Simioniuc, Dănuț-Petru; Talhinhas, Pedro; Van den Berg, Merlijn (2020-07-18)
    Lupinus mutabilis is an important source of protein in different Andean countries, and its use in diets, particularly those of less wealthy individuals, has been observed for thousands of years. There is an increasing ...
  • Concentric double hollow grid cathode discharges. Spectral investigations and phenomenological approach 
    Konrad Soare, C.T.; Enescu, F.; Dimitriu, Dan-Gheorghe; Dobromir, M.; Teodorescu Soare, Eugen-Gabriel; Mazzanti, F.; Irimiciuc, Ștefan-Andrei; Ioniță, C.; Schrittwieser, Roman (IOP Publishing, 2021-08-19)
    A discharge plasma is created by simultaneously biasing two concentric spherical grids with axisymmetric orifices. In this geometry, space charge structures in the form of multiple quasi-spherical luminous plasma bodies ...
  • Functional quality of improved tomato genotypes grown in open field and in plastic tunnel under organic farming 
    Murariu, Otilia-Cristina; Brezeanu, Creola; Jităreanu, Carmenica-Doina; Robu, Teodor; Irimia, Liviu-Mihai; Trofin, Alina-Elena; Popa, Lorena-Diana; Stoleru, Vasile; Murariu, Florin; Brezeanu, Petre-Marian (MDPI, 2021-06-29)
    In response to urgent demand to raise awareness of the nutritional and health benefits of tomato consumption and to advocate for healthy diets through increased sustainable production and consumption of fruits and ...
  • Dissection of quantitative blackleg resistance reveals novel variants of resistance gene Rlm9 in Elite Brassica napus 
    Vollrath, Paul; Chawla, Harmeet S.; Alnajar, Dima; Gabur, Iulian; Lee, HueyTyng; Weber, Sven; Ehrig, Lennard; Koopmann, Birger; Snowdon, Rod J.; Obermeier, Christian (University of Western Australia, 2021-11-18)
    Blackleg is one of the major fungal diseases in oilseed rape/canola worldwide. Most commercial cultivars carry R gene-mediated qualitative resistances that confer a high level of race-specific protection against Leptosphaeria ...
  • Alternative winemaking techniques to improve the content of phenolic and aromatic compounds in wines 
    Dumitriu Gabur, Georgiana-Diana; Teodosiu, Carmen; Gabur, Iulian; Cotea, Valeriu V.; Peinado, Rafael Andres; López de Lerma, Nieves (MDPI, 2021-03-11)
    In this study, a complete physical–chemical analysis was performed for Feteasca neagra wine, aged with oak staves. Red wine samples were taken from grape varieties grown in Northeast Romania and produced during 2013 ...