Ancuța Rotaru

Dr. Ancuța Rotaru

USAMV Cluj-Napoca Romania
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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

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10 July 2021 in Sustainability
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Sorin Daniel VâtcăSorin Daniel Vâtcă
Sorin Daniel Vâtcă
Valentina Ancuța StoianValentina Ancuța Stoian
Valentina Ancuța Stoian
Titus-Cristian MANTitus-Cristian MAN
Titus-Cristian MAN
HCHorvath Csaba
Horvath Csaba
Roxana VidicanRoxana Vidican
Roxana Vidican
Vlad StoianVlad Stoian
Vlad Stoian
Identifying regional variations and agronomical records can turn into a function of magnitude and timing for sustainable maize production. The crop characteristics are directly related with the temperature and precipitation from the growing season. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to highlight maize crop requirements from the most suggestive records from Romania. A literature search was performed based on keywords related to both maize crop and agrometeorological requirements. After the evaluation of the temperature requirements on maize phenology’s principal stages, some inconsistencies were identified. These are related to the leaf development stage and the development of the fruit stage, where the minimum temperature interval overlaps with the optimum. A wide variety of assessments were also made, taking into account mainly the monthly temperature and precipitation requirements. The number of principal growth stages assessed differed greatly from one source to another. The growth degree days has been incoherently expressed and calculated, and these details must be taken into account for developing further models. The results regarding phenology aim to propose the setting up of comparable records at a regional (PannEx area) and global scale. This review will help to develop new climate projections in Romania in the climate change context through the project Agroclim.
10 August 2021 in Antibiotics
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Claudia PașcaClaudia Pașca
Claudia Pașca
IMIoana Adriana Matei
Ioana Adriana Matei
Diaconeasa ZoritaDiaconeasa Zorita
Diaconeasa Zorita
Ancuța RotaruAncuța Rotaru
Ancuța Rotaru
Silvio ErlerSilvio Erler
Silvio Erler
Daniel S. DezmireanDaniel S. Dezmirean
Daniel S. Dezmirean
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) perform pollination service for many agricultural crops and contribute to the global economy in agriculture and bee products. However, honey bee health is an ongoing concern, as illustrated by persistent local population decline, caused by some severe bee diseases (e.g., nosemosis, AFB, EFB, chalkbrood). Three natural recipes are in development based on the bioactive compounds of different plants extract (Agastache foeniculum, Artemisia absinthium, Evernia prunastri, Humulus lupulus, Laurus nobilis, Origanum vulgare and Vaccinium myrtillus), characterised by HPLC-PDA. The antimicrobial activity of these recipes was tested in vitro against Paenibacillus larvae, Paenibacillus alvei, Brevibacillus laterosporus, Enterococcus faecalis, Ascosphaera apis and in vivo against Nosema ceranae. A mix of 20% blueberry, 40% absinthium, 10% oakmoss, 10% oregano, 10% Brewers Gold hops, 5% bay laurel and 5% anise hyssop extract showed the strongest antibacterial and antifungal activity. Combing several highly active plant extracts might be an alternative treatment against bee-disease-associated parasites and pathogens, in particular to replace synthetic antibiotics.
22 March 2023 in Agriculture
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CHCristina Iuliana Hegedus
Cristina Iuliana Hegedus
SPSimona-Nicoleta Pașcalău
Simona-Nicoleta Pașcalău
LALuisa Andronie
Luisa Andronie
Ancuța RotaruAncuța Rotaru
Ancuța Rotaru
ACALEXANDRA-ANTONIA CUCU
ALEXANDRA-ANTONIA CUCU
Daniel S. DezmireanDaniel S. Dezmirean
Daniel S. Dezmirean
Nowadays, there are a multitude of sources of heavy metal pollution which have unwanted effects on this super organism, the soil, which is capable of self-regulation, but limited. Living a healthy life through the consumption of fruits and vegetables, mushrooms, edible products and by-products of animal origin, honey and bee products can sometimes turn out to be just a myth due to the contamination of the soil with heavy metals whose values, even if they are below accepted limits, are taken up by plants, reach the food chain and in the long term unbalance the homeostasis of the human organism. Plants, these miracles of nature, some with the natural ability to grow on polluted soils, others needing a little help by adding chelators or amendments, can participate in the soil detoxification of heavy metals through phytoextraction and phytostabilization. The success of soil decontamination must take into account the collaboration of earth sciences, pedology, pedochemistry, plant physiology, climatology, the characteristics of heavy metals and how they are absorbed in plants, and in addition how to avoid the contamination of other systems, water or air. The present work materialized after extensive bibliographic study in which the results obtained by the cited authors were compiled.
30 October 2022 in Agronomy
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Valentina Ancuța StoianValentina Ancuța Stoian
Valentina Ancuța Stoian
SGStefania Gadea
Stefania Gadea
Roxana VidicanRoxana Vidican
Roxana Vidican
DVDan Vârban
Dan Vârban
CBClaudia Ana Balint
Claudia Ana Balint
Sorin Daniel VâtcăSorin Daniel Vâtcă
Sorin Daniel Vâtcă
Germination of the medicinal and aromatic plant basil raises interesting questions due to its no seed periodicity and dormancy demand, and the seed priming could help to assure the permanent needs for this herb. The study aimed to provide an adapted BBCH (Biologische Bundesanstalt Bundessortenamt and CHemical industry) scale for the germination secondary stages of sweet basil Ocimum basilicum L. (var. MVSt). A standardized germination test was performed with hydropriming, electric field, and magnetic field as priming methods to assess the changes in the secondary stages of germination. The time range for each basil secondary stage was recorded and added to the adapted BBCH, to highlight the daily secondary stage changes. All the seed priming methods increased the germination capacity with 2–3% compared with the control, with the highest value for electropriming. The seed priming methods studied improved the germination and changed the pattern of secondary stages in the BBCH scale. The germination energy was set to more than 90% in all primed seeds, with a maximum of 91.75% in the magnetic field. The time needed for 50% germination of seeds was set to 6.5 days and 90% germinated seeds were recorded after 11.7 days. The 09a BBCH lasted for 9 days in control and hydropriming, 10 days in electric field conditions and 7 days for magnetoprimed seeds.
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8 September 2021 in Applied Sciences
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LALuisa Andronie
Luisa Andronie
IPIoana Delia Pop
Ioana Delia Pop
RSRodica Sobolu
Rodica Sobolu
Diaconeasa ZoritaDiaconeasa Zorita
Diaconeasa Zorita
ATAlina Truţă
Alina Truţă
Ancuța RotaruAncuța Rotaru
Ancuța Rotaru
The comparison of the antioxidant activity of the studied seeds of fiber crop (hemp and flax) emphasized a hierarchy of antioxidant capacity. The purpose of the study was to investigate the antioxidant capacity and nutritional value of flax seeds (Linum usitatissimum L.) and hemp seeds (Cannabis sativa L.) in powder form. In this study, the FT-IR technique was utilized in order to detect molecular components in analyzed samples. Antioxidant capacity was evaluated with photochemical assay as well as humidity, protein, fiber, lipid and carbohydrate content. The FT-IR results reveal the presence of different bio-active compounds in hemp such as flavonoids, tannins, sugars, acids, proanthocyanidins, carotenoids and citric metabolites. The highest antioxidant capacity was observed in flax seeds, 18.32 ± 0.98, in comparison with hemp seeds, 4 ± 0.71 (μg/mg dry weight equivalent ascorbic acid). Regarding nutritional parameters, flax seeds showed the most increased content of protein, displaying average values of 534.08 ± 3.08, as well as 42.20 ± 0.89 of lipids and 27.30 ± 0.89 of fiber (g/100 g/sample). Hemp seeds showed the highest protein content of 33 ± 1.24 (g/100 g/sample).