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  • Fatty Acid Indices and the Nutritional Properties of Karakul Sheep Meat 
    Murariu, Otilia-Cristina; Murariu, Florin; Frunză, Gabriela; Ciobanu, Marius-Mihai; Boișteanu, Paul-Corneliu (MDPI, 2023-02-20)
    This study aimed to evaluate the fatty acid profile and health lipid indices of sheep meat (from 52 Karakul sheep from NE Romania). The effect of age at slaughter and the influence of muscle region were studied for nutritional ...
  • A First Report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Causing Forsythia Twig Blight in Romania 
    Florea, Andreea-Mihaela; Gafencu, Andrei-Mihai; Lipșa, Florin-Daniel; Gabur, Iulian; Ulea, Eugen (MDPI, 2023-10-10)
    Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary (1884) is a fungal plant pathogen with worldwide distribution and a varying host range from different botanical families. It can cause damage to a large variety of crops such as ...
  • Improving the Usage Properties of Steel Using Cold Spray Deposition: A Review 
    Lupu, Fabian-Cezar; Munteanu, Corneliu; Sachelarie, Adrian-Constantin; Arsenoaia, Vlad-Nicolae; Istrate, Bogdan (MDPI, 2023-01-31)
    In this paper, the improvement of the characteristics of different steels that are subjected to extreme operating conditions, including the steels used in the manufacture of various military components, the AISI 52100, the ...
  • Increasing the Salt Stress Tolerance of Some Tomato Cultivars under the Influence of Growth Regulators 
    Covașă, Mihaela; Slabu, Cristina; Marta, Alina-Elena; Jităreanu, Carmenica-Doina (MDPI, 2023-01-12)
    Areas with saline soils are in continuous expansion, and in this context, it is very important to find solutions that help plants adapt more easily to these stress conditions, and to identify the main physiological and ...
  • Influence of crop species on soil microbial abundance and diversity 
    Gafencu, Andrei-Mihai; Florea, Andreea-Mihaela; Lipșa, Florin-Daniel; Ulea, Eugen (University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 2023)
    Agricultural crop species can influence the soil microbial population through the influence of root exudates, which compounds released by plant roots into the soil. Some crop species exude compounds that are more beneficial ...
  • Influence of different agricultural management practices on soil microbiome 
    Gafencu, Andrei-Mihai; Florea, Andreea-Mihaela; Lipșa, Florin-Daniel; Ulea, Eugen (University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 2023)
    Microbiomes are the collection of all microbial inhabitants of a given system. At the level of the soil, the microbiome includes four major groups of microorganisms: bacteria, fungi, archaea, and protozoa, as they are the ...
  • Influence of Environmental Factors on Some Biochemical and Physiological Indicators in Grapevine from Copou Vineyard, Iasi, Romania 
    Marta, Alina-Elena; Slabu, Cristina; Covașă, Mihaela; Motrescu, Iuliana; Lungoci, Constantin; Jităreanu, Carmenica-Doina (MDPI, 2023-03-16)
    Climate factors strongly impact the growth of grapes and their flavonoid composition, especially due to heat and drought stress. Four varieties—Gelu, Moldova, Purpuriu, and Coarna Neagra—from a Copou vineyard were analyzed ...
  • The Influence of Sensory Characteristics of Game Meat on Consumer Neuroperception: A Narrative Review 
    Ciobanu, Marius-Mihai; Manoliu, Diana-Remina; Ciobotaru, Mihai-Cătălin; Anchidin, Bianca-Georgiana; Matei, Mădălina; Munteanu, Mugurel; Frunză, Gabriela; Murariu, Otilia-Cristina; Flocea, Elena-Iuliana; Boișteanu, Paul-Corneliu (MDPI, 2023-03-22)
    Game meat contains bioactive compounds that directly influence the formation of a rich reservoir of flavor precursors that produce specific sensory properties. Quality is considered one of the most influential determinants ...
  • The influence of the applied management on the phytodiversity of a Festuca valesiaca Schleich. ex Gaudin permanent meadow 
    Nazare, Adrian-Ilie; Stavarache, Mihai; Samuil, Costel; Sîrbu, Culiță; Vîntu, Vasile (University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 2023)
    The problem of diversity has reached the top of current concerns, because modern agriculture has recently been focused on the development of methods and procedures that allow the administration of a relatively small number ...
  • Non-Thermal Plasma-Activated Water: A Cytogenotoxic Potential on Triticum aestivum 
    Pădureanu, Silvica; Burlică, Radu; Stoleru, Vasile; Beniuga, Oana; Dîrlău, Iuliana-Delicia; Crețu, Daniel-Eusebiu; Astanei, Dragoș; Patraș, Antoanela (MDPI, 2023-02-13)
    Non-thermal plasma-activated water (PAW) is used in agriculture to decontaminate the seed/grains surface, with possible positive effects on physiological processes. In the present study, PAW was generated in ambient air ...
  • On a special symmetry in the dynamics of complex systems in a holographic-type perspective 
    Agop, Ștefana; Păun, Maria-Alexandra; Dumitraș, Cătălin; Frăsilă, Mihail; Păun, Vladimir-Alexandru; Agop, Maricel; Păun, Viorel-Puiu; Ștefan, Gavril (University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 2023)
    By operating with the Scale Relativity Theory in the dynamics of complex systems, we can achieve a description of these complex systems through a holographic-type perspective. Then, gauge invariances of a Riccati-type ...
  • On the Future Perspectives of Some Medicinal Plants within Lamiaceae Botanic Family Regarding Their Comprehensive Properties and Resistance against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses 
    Avasiloaiei, Dan-Ioan; Calara, Mariana; Brezeanu, Petre-Marian; Murariu, Otilia-Cristina; Brezeanu, Creola (MDPI, 2023-04-22)
    Lamiaceae is one of the largest botanical families, encompassing over 6000 species that include a variety of aromatic and medicinal spices. The current study is focused on three plants within this botanical family: basil ...
  • Osmosis between human capital and development and its impact on the 21st century economy - a review 
    Bolohan, Roxana-Mihaela; Ștefan, Gavril (University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 2023)
    In the knowledge-based economy of the 21stcentury, educated human resources are seen as a capital asset invested in the entity, and human capital theory seeks to explain, from an economic perspective, the phenomena arising ...
  • A preliminary investigation into the enhancement of cheese with grape skin powder 
    Rațu, Roxana-Nicoleta; Stoica, Florina; Usturoi, Marius-Giorgi; Veleșcu, Ionuț-Dumitru; Arsenoaia, Vlad-Nicolae; Cârlescu, Petru-Marian; Postolache, Alina-Narcisa (University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 2023)
    Improving management and making the food industry more sustainable requires a focus on reducing waste and finding uses for by-products. In the case of grapes, by-products account for approximately 20%. It is worth noting ...
  • Real-time feedback and education: management key to reducing contamination in home recycling waste 
    Jităreanu, Andy-Felix; Ignat, Gabriela; Mihăilă, Mioara; Costuleanu, Carmen-Luiza ("Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, 2023)
    Waste recycling has evolved into an essential component of sustainable living, with the goal of reducing the strain on landfills and preserving our planet's resources. However, fractional contamination is a constant issue ...
  • Research on the influence of distance between rows and fertilization on some morphoproductive elements in Bromus inermis Leyss. Species 
    Vacarciuc, Elena-Manuela; Gavrilă, Cristian-Sorin; Stavarache, Mihai; Dumitriu, Simona; Puiu, Ioan; Samuil, Costel (University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 2023)
    The research conducted during the period 2021-2022, at the Research and Development Station for Meadows, Vaslui (46°40'-36°10' north latitude and 27°44'-20°40' east longitude) followed the influence of fertilization and ...
  • Research on the Process of Convective Drying of Apples and Apricots Using an Original Drying Installation 
    Veleșcu, Ionuț-Dumitru; Rațu, Roxana-Nicoleta; Arsenoaia, Vlad-Nicolae; Roșca, Radu; Cârlescu, Petru-Marian; Țenu, Ioan (MDPI, 2023-03-31)
    After being harvested, fresh apples and apricots have a high moisture content and are put through a drying process to reduce waste and lengthen shelf life. This study intends to evaluate the physicochemical parameters ...
  • Research regarding the influence of organic selenium on the imune response in swine 
    Tașbac, Bogdan; Burinaru, Tiberiu; Zagrai, Gavrilă; Murariu, Otilia-Cristina (University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 2023)
    Currently, immunomodulation is an alternative in the fight against many diseases, being considered a possibility to fight against many infectious diseases that can affect pig herds. Selenium can be used for this purpose, ...
  • Salinity Stress Influences the Main Biochemical Parameters of Nepeta racemosa Lam. 
    Lungoci, Constantin; Motrescu, Iuliana; Filipov, Feodor; Rîmbu, Cristina-Mihaela; Jităreanu, Carmenica-Doina; Țibulcă Ghițău, Carmen-Simona; Puiu, Ioan; Robu, Teodor (MDPI, 2023-01-29)
    In this work, the effects of salt stress on Nepeta racemosa Lam. were studied to analyze the possibility of using it as a potential culture for salinity-affected soils. A total of nine concentrations of salts—NaCl (18, 39, ...
  • Sensorial Characterization of Mutton Products in Membrane Made in the Meat Processing Workshop of USV Iasi 
    Ciobanu, Marius-Mihai; Manoliu, Diana-Remina; Ciobotaru, Mihai-Cătălin; Flocea, Elena-Iuliana; Anchidin, Bianca-Georgiana; Postolache, Alina-Narcisa; Boișteanu, Paul-Corneliu (Universitatea de Ştiinţe Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara - Bucureşti, 2023)
    The paper aimed to produce four different types of sheep meat products with heterogeneous structures in the meat processing workshop of the University of Life Sciences Iasi, which presented as variation factors the type ...