CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

0900–0930

Registration and Welcome Coffee

Registration of participants and testing of online connections.
0930–1000

Opening Ceremony

  • Welcome remarks by a representative of NARDI Fundulea
  • Address on behalf of the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
  • Address on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Address on behalf of the National Authority for Research 
1000–1140
Session I — Plant Physiology, Genetic Resources and Plant Breeding
Session Chairs: Matilda Ciucă, Daniel Cristina, Lazăr Cătălin

Oral presentations: 15 minutes per presentation, followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussion

1000–1020

Ismail Cakmak – Stress Mitigation by Plant Nutrition

1020–1040

Sabina Chebotar, Galyna Chebotar, Arina Morozova, Tetyana Nargan, Ivan Motsnyy and Pierre Sourdille — Assessment of Osmotic Stress Tolerance at Seedling Stage and Molecular Characterization of Bread Wheat Genotypes from South of Ukraine

1040–1100

Andreas Borner — Plant Genetic Resources for Research and Future Breeding

1100–1120

Victor Țîței — The Productivity and Quality Indices of Biomass from Lolium multiflorum under the Agro-Ecological Conditions of the Republic of Moldova

1120–1140

Cristina Mihaela Marinciu, Gabriela Şerban, Cǎtǎlin Lazǎr, Sabina Pintilia, Matilda Ciucǎ, Daniel Cristina, Indira Galit, Silviu Vasilescu, Elena Petcu, Nicolae N Sǎulescu — From Genetic Diversity to Climate Resilience: Breeding Wheat for Drought and Heat Stress
   
1140–1240 Coffee break
   
1240–1400
Session II — Plant Protection, Agricultural Economics, Digital Innovation
Session Chairs: Emil Georgescu, Victor Petcu, Elena Partal

Oral presentations: 15 minutes per presentation, followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussion

1240–1300

Emil Georgescu, Maria Toader, Ioan Sebastian Brumă, Lidia Cană and Daniela Horhocea — Flight Dynamics of True Armyworm (Mythimna unipunctata) in a Maize Agroecosystem in Southeast Romania
1300–1320  Nicolae Mocanu, Laureana Odajiu, Silvius Stanciu — Cereal Self-Sufficiency, Production Volatility and Foreign Trade: Implication for Food Security in the Republic of Moldova

1320–1340

 Leonid Volosciuc — The Role of Useful Microorganisms in the Development of Biotechnological Means of Plant Protection

1340–1400

 Alexandru Stratan, Viorica Lopotenco, Liliana Staver, Tatul Mkrtchyan and Eugenia Lucasenco — Digitalization of Food Systems and Preventive Resilience: A Bibliometric and Structured Review of Emerging Trends
   
1400–1500 Lunch break
   
1500– 1615
 Poster Session and Scientific Networking

Research posters, organized into the eight thematic sections of the conference, will be available for online viewing on the NARDI Fundulea website:

https://biodiv.incda-fundulea.ro/index.php/en/home-c5-en.

For participants attending in person, the posters will also be displayed on screen throughout the session.
This session will provide an opportunity for scientific exchange, interaction with the authors, discussion of research findings and networking among participants.

 
1615–1630
Conclusions and Closing Remarks
  • Summary of the main discussions and conclusions
  • Acknowledgements and closing remarks

 

 

Poster presentations organized into the eight thematic sections

1. Plant Breeding
  1. Nikolaya Velcheva — Development and Standardization of the Bulgarian Genebank Information System.
  2. Boicu Natalia, Rusu Ion — Results of Sunflower Breeding and Cultivation Technology.
  3. Anca-Mihaela Baciu, Maria Floriana Ștefan, Katalin Lorincz — Breeding Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Cultivars for a Changing Climate: Three Years of Results from the ADER 4.1.2 Programme at Târgu Secuiesc, Romania (2023–2025).
  4. Cezar Virgil HATNEAN, Nichita NEGRUȘERI, Danela MURARIU, Dumitru BODEA, Ioan C. ENEA — Evaluation of Hybrid Combination Efficiency in the Potato Breeding Program at ARDS Suceava.
  5. Gabriel ANTON, Maria JOIȚA-PĂCUREANU, Victor PETCU, Luxița RÎȘNOVEANU — Enhancing Biodiversity in Confectionery Sunflower through the Development of Heterogeneous Organic Material (OHM).
  6. Hermeziu Manuela, Adam (Hristea) Lorena — Evaluation of Canopy Traits and Yield Components of Some Romanian Potato Varieties under Current Climatic Conditions.
  7. Diana Hirișcău, Rozalia Kadar, Adina Varadi, Darius Morar, Florin Kadar, Ionuț Racz — Evaluation and Identification of Promising Winter Wheat Germplasm under the Pedoclimatic Conditions of SCDA Turda.
  8. Lemma Abayneh Tumebo — Traditional Knowledge and Medicinal Practices Related to the Use of Wild Olive (Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata) in Central Ethiopia: An Ethnobotanical Perspective.
  9. Daniela Horhocea, Horia Iordan și Caterina Băduț — Evaluation of Maize Hybrids Developed under the Breeding Program of NARDI Fundulea.
  10. Mahesh Kumar Sharma — Evaluation of Lasoda (Cordia myxa) Germplasm for Plant Growth, Fruit Yield and Quality under Arid and Semi-Arid Conditions.
  11. Akhlaq Hussain — Harnessing Crop Wild Relatives and Genome Editing for Heat and Drought Tolerance in Wheat.
  12. Ariful Islam, Shamima Akter, Nazmul Islam, Fatema Tuj-Johora — Genetic Diversity and Stability of Chili.
  13. Niculina Ionescu, Sabina Pintilia — Biodiversity within the Species Lavandula angustifolia (Mill.) – Lavender, and Lavandula hybrida® – Lavandin, at NARDI Fundulea.
  14. Maria Joița-Păcureanu, Gabriel Anton, Victor Petcu, Laurențiu Ciornei, Simona Simion, Ioana Todirică, Luxița Rîșnoveanu, Elisabeta Sava — Genetic Biodiversity Management in Sunflower Crop in Climate Change.
  15. 15. Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman, Unsar Naeem-Ullah — Harnessing Crop Wild Relatives for Genetic Improvement of Insect Pest Resistance in Agricultural Crops: A Review.
2. Plant Physiology and Genetics
  1. Floriana Maria Stefan, Ioana Virginia Berindean — Genetic Determinism in the Control of Tolerance to Potato Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans).
  2. Adam Lorena, Hermeziu Manuela, Urdă Camelia, Ion Viorel — The Influence of Biostimulants and Planting Density on the SPAD Index in Two Potato Cultivars.
  3. Ioana Virginia Berindean, Floriana Maria Stefan — Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Molecular Identification of Sequences Associated with the RB (Rpi-blb1) Gene in Potato.
  4. Carmen Liliana Bădărău, Nina Bărăscu, Mihaela Cioloca, Andreea Tican — Antioxidant Activity of Ten Romanian Cultivars Differing in Resistance to Potato Virus S (Brașov 2023–2025).
  5. Pintilia Sabina, Lazar Catalin, Petcu Elena — Advanced Laboratory Methods for Detection and Assessment of Abiotic Stress in Plants.
  6. Renata Ciobanu, Ala Cherdivară — Storage Protein Polymorphism in Triticale SC4 Somaclones Obtained through In Vitro Culture and Gamma-Ray Irradiation.
  7. Abreham Gute, Lemma Tumebo — Evaluation of the Morpho-Physiological and Biochemical Changes in Ethiopian Bread Wheat and Barley Genotypes in Response to Drought Stress.
  8. Maria Duca, Angela Port, Steliana Clapco, Marina Bahcivanji — Transcriptional Responses of RAB18-Like, XERO-1, and COR47-Like Dehydrin Genes in Sunflower Seedlings under PEG-Induced Osmotic Stress.
  9. Maria Duca, Steliana Clapco, Angela Port, Rodica Martea, Ala Cherdivară — Expression of Some Ascorbate and Glutathione Peroxidase Genes in Helianthus annuus L. under Water Deficit.
  10. Umair Ali — The Pedicel Bottleneck Model: A New Paradigm Explaining Calcium Deficiency in Apple Fruit.
  11. Alexandru Micu, Valentin Ciobanu, Nicolai Vanicovici — Evaluation of Biostimulatory Effect of X-ray Irradiation on Germination, Vegetative Vigor, and Yield in Sweet and Supersweet Corn.
  12. Valentin CIOBANU, Alexandru MICU, Constantin GUTANU, Taia STOIANOV — Maintenance and Evaluation of Maize Germplasm Sources.
  13. Deborah Thayo, Aness Kaderu, Vincent Mgoli Mwale, Joseph Chimungu, Rowland Maganizo Kamanga — Morpho-Physiological Evaluation of Malawian Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Lines for Salinity Stress Tolerance.
  14. Florența-Elena Helepciuc, Leonard-Alexandru Dumitru, Alexandra Gabriela Ciocan, Florentina Aldea, Carmen Maximilian, Monica Elena Mitoi — Non-Enzymatic Antioxidants in New Genotypes of Colored Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Kernels.
  15. Voica Maria, Bălțatu Mariana, Delcea Alina, Meluca Cristina — The Impact of Climate Change on Certain Yield and Quality Components of Triticale Varieties Tested at SCDA Teleorman during the 2019–2026 Period.
  16. Alexandru Leonte, Simona-Florina Isticioaia, Sabina-Andreea Pintilie, Lorena-Diana Popa — The Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization on Bean Yield under the Specific Soil and Climatic Conditions of S.C.D.A. Secuieni.
  17. S. Baskar, Pinkal Bishnoi, Manisha Saini, Ambika Rajendran, Dhandapani Raju, Ayyagari Ramlal — Adventitious Root Formation as an Adaptive Trait for Waterlogging Tolerance in Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.).
  18. Elena-Laura Conțescu, Alina-Gabriela Turcu, Matilda Ciucă, Daniel Cristina, Daniela Horhocea — Genetic relationships among maize genotypes revealed by molecular markers and their relation to seedling drought and heat tolerance
3. Plant Protection
  1. Anca-Mihaela Baciu, Roland Tompos, Szoke Timea, Lorincz Katalin — Latent Virus Infection in the Clonal Seed Stock of Romanian Potato Cultivars: Two Years of Large-Scale DAS-ELISA Monitoring at Târgu Secuiesc (2024–2026).
  2. Adina TĂRĂU, Camelia URDĂ, Ana-M. VĂLEAN, Felicia MUREȘANU, Laura ȘOPTEREAN, Loredana SUCIU, Andrei VARGA, Raluca REZI — Pest Dynamics in Maize and Soybean in the Transylvanian Plateau.
  3. BOIU-SICUIA Oana-Alina, GALIT Indira, CIUCĂ Matilda, CRISTINA Daniel, CORNEA Călina Petruța — Potential of Pseudomonas Strains as Biocontrol Agents Against Common Bunt in Wheat.
  4. Ashok A. Shinde — A Comprehensive Review of Microbiome-Regulated Detoxification and Resistance Mechanisms in Helicoverpa armigera.
  5. Daniel-Nicolae Cojanu, Maria-Cristina Lumînare, Raluca Gabriela Georgescu, Daniel Kazimir Kurzeluk — First Record of Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789) on Strawberry in Giurgiu, Romania.
  6. Ahmad Iqbal, Syeda Amna Masood, Arslan Khan, Akhtar Hameed — Advanced Molecular Detection of Fungal Pathogens in Cereal Crops and Their Implications for Food Safety and Quality.
  7. Chintakayala Sreenu — Effect of β-Aminobutyric Acid (BABA) on African Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) cv. ‘Pusa Narangi Gainda’ in Response to Salinity Stress under Bundelkhand Conditions.
4. Crop Management
  1. Monica Alexandrina TOD, Mironela BĂLAN, Paul Zevedei — Influence of Water Extracts from Red Fescue (Festuca rubra) Varieties on the Growth of Selected Perennial Forage Species: An Allelopathic Perspective.
  2. Mihai Ș. Costescu, Andreea C. Andreoiu, Monica A. Tod, Marcela M. M. Dragoș — Evaluation of Dry Matter Yield and Nutritional Value of Medicago sativa Mixtures with Dactylis glomerata, Phalaris arundinacea and Bromus inermis.
  3. Victor ȚÎȚEI — Evaluation of Forage Yield and Biomass Quality of Barley and Forage Pea under the Climatic Conditions of Moldova.
  4. Adrian-Ilie NAZARE, Victor ȚÎȚEI — The Yield and Biochemical Composition of Fodder Beet.
  5. Angela Spinu — Multiyear Dynamics of Grain Moisture, Grain Shelling Efficiency and Yield in Maize Depending on Maturity Group.
  6. Iubu (Badea) Anişoara, Olga Tiron, Octavian-Gheorghe Duliu — Elementary Signature of Fertilization: From the Ground to the Wheat Plant.
  7. Lavinia Burtan, Monica Dumitrașcu, Victoria Amelia Anghel, Victor Petcu — Soil Physical Properties under Conservation and Conventional Tillage across Different Soil Types and at Different Depths.
  8. Marian Mușat, Lavinia Burtan, Victoria A. Anghel, Victor Petcu — Soil Properties, Water Availability, and Crop Productivity across Contrasting Pedoclimatic Environments in Romania.
  9. Oana Daniela Badea, Diana Maria Popescu — The Influence of Herbicide Treatments and Application Rates on Weed Infestation Levels and Soybean Yield.
  10. Diana Maria Popescu, Oana Daniela Badea — The Influence of Neutrosol 9 Dosages on Productivity Components and Qualitative Traits of Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Variety FDL Abund.
  11. Simona F. ISTICIOAIA, Lorena D. POPA, Andreea Sabina PINTILIE, Alexandra LEONTE, Andreea ENEA, Paula Lucelia PINTILIE, Elena-Laura CONTESCU, Gheorghe MATEI, Nicolae Valentin VLĂDUȚ, Petru CÂRDEI, Eugen MARIN — Optimizing Agronomic Practices for Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench): Effects on Biomass Yield and Stem Sugar Content.
  12. Anurag Raj — Growth and Development of Low-Chilling Apple Cultivar Var. HRMN 99 under the Effect of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers under Shadenet Conditions.
  13. Kefale Eniyew Mamo, Degsew Melak, Million Gebreyes, Zelalem Lema, Daniel Nigussie — Agroecological Diversity and Sustainable Agricultural Technologies in Smallholder Dairy Systems of Northwest Ethiopia: A TAPE-Based Assessment.
  14. Tatenda Chapman, Linda Muusha — Evaluation of Organic Fertilisers in Tomato Production.
  15. Parvaze A. Sofi, Sajad Majeed Zargar, A. A. Lone, Kuldeep Tripathi, Aditya Pratap — Harnessing Legumes for Climate Resilience in Western Himalayan Kashmir Valley.
  16. Adina VARADI, Rozalia KADAR, Diana HIRIȘCĂU, Ionuț RACZ, Darius MORAR, Florin Kadar — Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization on Yield and Grain Quality Traits of Six Winter Wheat Genotypes across Two Growing Seasons.
  17. Susana Mondici, Péter-Balázs Ács, Mihaela Cergan, Beniamin-Emanuel Andraș, Nicolae Goga — The Role of Green Manure in Maize Production on Low-Fertility Soils of North-Western Romania.
  18. Mihaela Cergan, Gheorghe Măturaru, Gabriel Anton, Susana Mondici — Dynamics of Segetal Flora in Wheat Crops from the Experimental Field at Fundulea.
  19. Mihaela Cergan, Gheorghe Măturaru — Impact of Weeds on Maize Crop and the Importance of Integrated Weed Management.
  20. Marius Bordei, Cristina Pantazi, Elena Partal, Emil Georgescu, Sabina Pintilia, Gabriel Anton — Experimental Results Regarding the Influence of Sowing Time on the Yield and Quality of Different Wheat Varieties Developed at NARDI Fundulea.
  21. Ana Guțu, Victor Țîței — The Yield, Quality Characteristics and Potential Applications of Timothy Grass (Phleum pratense).
  22. Rahul Ratnakar Mahamuni — Soil Health, Salinity Dynamics, and Organic Carbon Stocks in the Vertisols Surrounding the Jaikwadi Reservoir, Paithan.
  23. Vera Carabulea, Dumitru-Marian Motelică, Nicoleta Olimpia Vrînceanu, Bogdan Ștefan Oprea, Mihaela Costea, Georgiana Plopeanu, Veronica Tănase — Assessment of Cadmium, Lead, Zinc, and Copper Bioaccumulation in Alfalfa Plants Grown on Artificially Contaminated Soil under Greenhouse Conditions.
  24. Ilham Nahal, Katalin Posta, Giulia De Luca, Szilvia Fóti, János Balogh — Seasonal Dynamics of Soil Microbial Carbon-Source Utilization and Heterotrophic Respiration in a Conventionally Managed Hungarian Cropland.
 5. Food Safety
  1. Saida Messgo-Moumene, Imen Salmi, Khadidja Bencheikh, Ramzi Messadi, Amira Belhacene, Hanane Merzougui, Dyna Sellam — Bioactive Terpenes: Towards Sustainable Postharvest Preservation and Enhanced Food Safety.
  2. Leonard-Alexandru Dumitru, Aglaia Popa, Matilda Ciucă, Amalia Carmen Miteluț — Physicochemical Quality and Bioactive Compound Profiles of Two Colored Wheat Genotypes – A Preliminary Study.
  3. Mihaela Costea, Nicoleta-Olimpia Vrînceanu, Costică Ciontu — Distribution of Heavy Metals in the Organs of Tomato Plants Grown in Contaminated Soil Material.
6. Advanced Agricultural Technologies
  1. 1. Hind Wattati, Sana Azeroual, Hasna Befenzi, Rachid Jalal, Moha Taourirte, François Brouillette, Ahmed Belfkira — Phosphorylated Starch-Enhanced Controlled-Release Formulations for Agricultural Applications.
  2. Carmen Liliana Badarau, Andreea Tican, Carmen Chelmea, Roxana Andreea Munteanu Ichim — Content of Several Antioxidants in Potato Minitubers Obtained Using Aeroponic and Conventional Methods.
  3. Oana-Alina Boiu-Sicuia, Daniel-Nicolae Cojanu, Sorina Dinu, Gheorghe Coteț, Alina-Nicoleta Paraschiv — Comparative Analysis of Organic and Conventional Sweet Potato Production Systems.
  4. Ayyagari Ramlal, Sreeramanan Subramaniam — In Vitro Propagation in Strawberry (Fragaria sp.): Problems and Prospects.
  5. Diana Camelia Batîr Rusu, Alina Tanasă, Danela Murariu, Constantin Lungoci, Domnica Daniela Plăcintă, Margareta Naie — Comparative Morphological, Histoanatomical and Biochemical Characterization of Ocimum Accessions Conserved at Suceava Genebank.
7. Digital Agriculture and Data Analysis
  1. David Seu, Alina Șimon, Camelia Urdă, Gabriel Cioltea — Accounting for Crop Development in Satellite-Based Canopy Monitoring in the Transylvanian Plain.
  2. Syed Zoofa Rufai, Saimul Bashir, Adil Bashir — QViT-Apple: Quantum Vision Transformer with Variational Quantum Attention for Apple Leaf Disease Detection – A Proposed Methodology.
  3. Daniel Vicențiu, Lucia Vicențiu — Zero Out of 72: Artificial Intelligence Is Missing from Risk Assessments, and So Are Mechanised Farms.
8. Agricultural Economy
  1. Andreea DINCĂ, Silvius STANCIU — Spatial Distribution and Regional Concentration of Certified Organic Producers in Romania.
  2. Nicolae Mocanu, Silvius Stanciu — The Role of Wheat and Maize in Food Security in the Republic of Moldova: An Analysis Based on NBS and FAO Data.
  3. Silvius STANCIU, Mihaela PILA — Climate Variability, Structural Change and Trade Dynamics in Romania’s Sunflower Sector: Evidence from 2000–2024.
  4. Mihaela PILA, Simona Beatrice MANOLACHE, Silvius STANCIU — Dynamics and Structural Changes in Potato Production in Romania: Evidence from 2000–2024.
  5. Staver Liliana, Stanciu Silvius, Lopotenco Viorica — European Funding for Horticultural Modernisation in Moldova: The Fruit Garden Project.
  6. Mesfin Asefa — Wheat and Value Chain Management Arsi.
  7. Simona-Beatrice Manolache, Silvius Stanciu — Vineyard Area and Grape Yield Dynamics in Romania: A Regional Analysis Following EU Accession.