Scientific Bulletin of ESCORENA https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe <p><a href="/jour/index.php/sbe">Scientific Bulletin of ESCORENA</a> (online) = ISSN 2069 – 8070</p><p>ISSN-L = 2066 – 5687 </p><p>We offer free access to full text, free download</p><p style="margin-top: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0.19in;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Scientific Bulletin of ESCORENA</strong></span> is an international journal which publishes original and novel papers in the following directions: production of bast, seed, leaf, and cellulosic fibers, hard fibers, protein fibers; economic and technique aspects of sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and processing of natural raw materials; biomonitoring , remediation and bioremediation of soil, water and air quality; agronomy, horticulture and microbiology studies; climate change and air, water or soil pollutions.</p> en-US cecilia.sirghie@uav.ro (Cecilia Sîrghie) dani.radulescu@activnet.info (Dani Radulescu) Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0300 OJS 3.2.1.4 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Assessment of the environmental variability of a borage strain (Borago officinalis L.) by cultivation in different European regions https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe/article/view/509 <p> To study the environmental variability, a blue flowered borage genotype (Borago<br />officinalis L.) was cultivated uniformly at various sites in Europe. Four plots of 1 m2 were<br />established at each region of which four were situated more in the North (Scotland, Norway<br />and two in Finland) and two more in the South (Germany and Italy). The environment had a<br />diverging impact on borage, depending on the characteristic under study. The environment<br />had a particularly strong influence on the seed yield with a range of 159-837 kg/ha and on the<br />germination capacity. The variability of the plant height and the duration of the growing<br />period were smaller. The lowest variability revealed the thousand seed weight, ratio of black<br />seeds, seed oil content with min. 27.6 % and max. 34 %, and the oil components, including γ-<br />linolenic acid, ranging between 18.3 and 22.5 %. Basing on the results of this experiment it<br />can be concluded that the selection of an appropriate cultivation site has high importance in<br />particular for the seed yield, which seems to be favoured by cultivation in the northern regions<br />of Europe. A high content of fatty seed oil and of γ-linolenic acid as its most important<br />component are achievable under various environmental conditions.</p> B. Galambosi, T. Moilanen, L. Angelini, F. Pank, J. Domokos, P.K. Svoboda, S. Dragland Copyright (c) 2015 Scientific Bulletin of ESCORENA https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe/article/view/509 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0300 The yellow watermelon with horns (Cucumis metuliferus) – food and therapeutic species with adaptation possibilities in Arad agroecological area https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe/article/view/510 <p>In Arad agroecological area, the characteristic area for the west side of the country, starting with 2012 were undertaken a series of research regarding the cultivationtechnology of yellow melon with horns. Beeing a recent species introduced in Romania, but not studied in the west part of the country, our research were oriented for the aclimatization of this species, the development of specific cultivation technology for protected areas or field, as like the improvement of this species towards obtaining new species with superior phenotypi characters. The studied species can be successfully grown in Arad agroecological area, both in protected areas as in field, directly. The fruits are valuable from nutritional viewpoint, containing a several beneficial substances in food and medicine domain (doesn’t contain cholesterol).</p> L. Hălmăgean, Mihaela Meşter, Monica Zdremţan, Maria Balint, Daniela Diaconescu, V. Ciutina Copyright (c) 2015 Scientific Bulletin of ESCORENA https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe/article/view/510 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0300 Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Plants Determination using New Gas Chromatography Mass-Spectrometry Methods https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe/article/view/511 <p>In the nature, plants emit numerous volatile organic compounds. Common plant volatiles include various green leaves volatiles, terpenes, phenylpropanoids and/or benzenoids. In the present paper it will be characterized thermal desorption (TD) and solid phase microextraction methods (SPME) for simultaneous determination of green leaves volatiles (GLVs), various mono- and sesquiterpenes in headspace of plants. The first method is based on preconcentration of VOCs on solid absorbents coupled with the gas chromatograpy mass-spectrometry coupled with thermal desorption system (GCMS-TD). For trapping the volatile organic compounds (VOC) we used a multibead tube filled with solid sorbents (Carbotrap c and Carbopack c). Different types of solid sorbents have been tested and characterised. The second method is based on adsorption of different volatile compounds on the fibres followed by GC-MS analyses. The fibres trapped and released volatile organic compounds with different numbers of carbons atoms. Both methods have been used for volatile organic compounds emitted by plants from Betulaceae family.</p> Lucian Copolovici, Astrid Kännaste, Andreea Pag, Daniel Tomescu, Adina Bodescu, Ülo Niinemets Copyright (c) 2015 Scientific Bulletin of ESCORENA https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe/article/view/511 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0300 Analysis of the local use of ecolabelled detergents https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe/article/view/512 <p>Ecolabelling is an activity whose main goal is to establish a voluntary system of granting an Ecolabel for products with minimum environmental and health impact, for the<br />product´s whole life-cycle1. The purpose of using Ecolabels is to promote the products that have minimal environmental impact; ecolabelling is a voluntary activity.</p> Eugenia Ţigan, Monica Elena Lunga Copyright (c) 2015 Scientific Bulletin of ESCORENA https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe/article/view/512 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0300 The Main Objectives Related to Environment in Romania https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe/article/view/513 <p>   Environmental protection is one of the horizontal policies of the European Union these days. Its main aim is to design and apply all policies of the Community and its member states. The integrated approach shouid be linked to the general integration strategies of the last decade of the previous century which were lowly adjusted to the pattern of sustainable development.<br />   The Maastricht Treaty raises environmental policy to the "rank" of Community policy and the Amsterdam Treaty includes the principie of sustainable development to the main Community objectives. It also regulates the application of the Environmental Integration Principie to sectoral policies. The European Union has elaborated a complex system of horizontal Community Laws by designing six environment action programs. They occur in the following fields: air quality, waste management, water quality, landscape protection, industrial pol Iul jn and risk management, dangerous chemical substances and geneticaily modified organisms, noise, civil protection, nuclear safety and radioprotection. EU has changed the sectorial approach into an integrated one, has developed principles and action and has taken important steps in internaţional cooperation on environment safety.<br />   Currently, the European Union runs the stages of the Sixth Action Programme "Environment 2010-2015: Our future, Our choice" which focuses on four main areas of action: climate changes, environment and health, nature and bio-diversity and management of natural resources.<br />   When adhering to the European Union, aceording to Negotiation Chapter 22, România assumed to fulfill the European regulations and to allocate financial amounts in order to apply coherent measures in the field of Environmental protection. As full member of the European Union, România defined its own consistent policies in order to follow the strategic direction and priorities of the European Commission. While the Community Acquis was already adopted, further actions and environmental activities aim to reach the targets for each negotiated transition period.</p> Petru Tărchilă Copyright (c) 2015 Scientific Bulletin of ESCORENA https://uav.ro/jour/index.php/sbe/article/view/513 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0300