Trade market of vegetable seedlings, current and future perspective in Romania

Abstract

It is presented current situation in Romania of vegetables cultivation, disease and pest keys in protected and field vegetable crops, using of pesticides and adjacent national and European regulations at farm and national level. In Romania, vegetable production technology based on grafted vegetable seedlings was introduced in 2009. The market today has grafted seedlings of eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, watermelons and melons, but tomato seedlings grafted on two arms are the most common and popular. It is discussed trade market of vegetable seedlings, current and future perspective in Romaniawith a special reference on the market addressed to farmers which are using grafted vegetables from Greece, Turkey and Hungary. It is discussed the advantages of using grafted vegetable plants in conditions when over 80% of the farmers do not receive subsidies on product support even on the surface (EU standards 0.3 hectares), grafting can be regarded as an important link in obtaining biological or ecological vegetables. It is discussed trade case for vegetable seedlings of the firm Agris S.A from Salonic, the experience with most well-known Romanian greenhouses.