Vol. 45 No. 1 (2017)

Published: 2017-06-10

Editorial

Introduction Pages

Radu E. SESTRAS

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Research Articles

Identification of Plants in the 1584 Murals of the Casa del Deán, Puebla, México

Arthur O. TUCKER, Jules JANICK

1-8
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Properties of New Strawberry Lines Compared with Well-Known Cultivars in Winter Planting System Conditions

Leo SABATINO, Claudio DE PASQUALE, Farid ABOUD, Federico MARTINELLI, Matteo BUSCONI, Eleonora D’ANNA, Stefano PANNO, Giovanni IAPICHINO, Fabio D’ANNA

9-16
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Mycorrhizal Fungi Regulate Root Responses and Leaf Physiological Activities in Trifoliate Orange

Chun-Yan LIU, A.K. SRIVASTAVA, Qiang-Sheng WU

17-21
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Prediction of Physical Parameters of Pumpkin Seeds Using Neural Network

Bunyamin DEMIR, Ikbal ESKI, Zeynel A. KUS, Sezai ERCISLI

22-27
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Molecular Cloning and Characterization of an Anthocyanidin Synthase Gene in Prunus persica (L.) Batsch

Jiabao YE, Feng XU, Guiyuan WANG, Qiangwen CHEN, Tingting TAO, Qiling SONG

28-35
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Cytostatic Effects of Methanolic Extracts of Amsonia orientalis Decne. on MCF-7 and DU145 Cancer Cell Lines

Arda ACEMİ, Gokhan DURUKSU, Fazıl ÖZEN

36-42
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Mycorrhiza and Common Mycorrhizal Network Regulate the Production of Signal Substances in Trifoliate Orange (Poncirus trifoliata)

Yi-Can ZHANG, Chun-Yan LIU, Qiang-Sheng WU

43-49
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Sexual Propagation of the Tunisian Spinescent Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill., Morphogenetic Deployment and Polymorphism

Sondes STAMBOULI-ESSASSI, Mariem ZAKRAOUI, Sadok BOUZID, Fethia HARZALLAH-SKHIRI

50-58
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Polyphenolic Profile, Anti-Inflammatory and Antinociceptive Activity of an Extract from Arctium lappa L. Roots

Simona CONEA, Cristina MOGOSAN, Oliviu VOSTINARU, Claudia Crina TOMA, Ioana CUC HEPCAL, Irina CAZACU, Cristina POP, Laurian VLASE

59-64
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Effect of Curcumin on Oxidative Stress in a Model of Turpentine Induced Acute Experimental Inflammation

Andrei CONEAC, Meda Sandra ORASAN, Daniel Corneliu LEUCUTA, Nicoleta DECEA, Miuta FILIP, Carmen Mihaela MIHU, Adriana MURESAN, Remus Ioan ORASAN, Marioara MOLDOVAN

65-74
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In Vitro Culture as a Stressful Factor Triggers Changes in Polyphenols, Flavonoids and Antioxidant Activity in Somatic Hybrids between Solanum tuberosum and S. bulbocastanum and their Respective Parents

Daniel CRUCERIU, Imola MOLNAR, Zorita DIACONEASA, Adriana AURORI, Carmen SOCACIU, Elena RAKOSY-TICAN

75-81
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Effect of Seed Inoculation on Alfalfa Tolerance to Water Deficit Stress

Mahnaz ZAFARI, Ali EBADI, Sodabeh JAHANBAKHSH GODEHKAHRIZ

82-88
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Novel Zinc Finger-Homeodomain Gene from Barley (HvZFHD1) is Differentially Regulated During Spike Development and under Hormonal Treatments and Abiotic Stresses

Saeid ABU-ROMMAN, Khaldoun AL-HADID

89-96
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Characterization of Old Apple Cultivars from Bosnia and Herzegovina by Means of Pomological and Biochemical Analysis

Sanda STANIVUKOVIĆ, Milan ŽUJIĆ, Mirjana ŽABIĆ, Nikola MIĆIĆ, Borut BOSANČIĆ, Gordana ĐURIĆ

97-104
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Effect of Pre-fermentation Maceration on the Content of Antioxidant Compounds in Grapevine Juice

Mojmir BARON, Michal KUMSTA, Bozena PRUSOVA, Lenka TOMASKOVA, Jiri SOCHOR

105-111
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Foliar Spray of Proline Enhanced the Photosynthetic Efficiency and Antioxidant System in Brassica juncea

Arif S. WANI, Ahmad FARAZ, Mohammad FAIZAN, Aqil AHMAD, Shamsul HAYAT, Inayatullah TAHIR

112-119
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The Effect of Weed Competition on Apple Fruit Quality

Ersin ATAY, Seckin GARGIN, Ahmet ESITKEN, N. Pinar GUZEL, A. Nilgun ATAY, Mesut ALTINDAL, Hamza SENYURT, Meltem EMRE

120-125
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Cities and Disturbed Areas as Man-made Shelters for Orchid Communities

Agnieszka REWICZ, Anna BOMANOWSKA, Myroslav V. SHEVERA, Józef K. KUROWSKI, Katarzyna KRASOŃ, Katarzyna M. ZIELIŃSKA

126-139
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Nitrogen Balance in a Poorly Draining Intensively Cultivated Soil

Nicholas K. MOUSTAKAS, Constantinos S. KOSMAS

140-148
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Nutritional Quality of Herbaceous Vegetation in a Phryganic Mediterranean Ecosystem During the Grazing Period

Christos N. ROUKOS, Apostolos P. KYRIAZOPOULOS, Eleni M. ABRAHAM, Zoi M. PARISSI, Maria KARATASSIOU

149-156
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The Effects of Night-time Temperatures on Physiological and Biochemical Traits in Rice

Oscar H. ALVARADO-SANABRIA, Gabriel A. GARCES-VARON, Hermann RESTREPO-DIAZ

157-163
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Physiological, Morphological Changes and Storage Root Yield of Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] under PEG-Induced Water Stress

Suravoot YOOYONGWECH, Thapanee SAMPHUMPHUNG, Rujira TISARAM, Cattarin THEERAWITAYA, Suriyan CHA-UM

164-171
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Assessment of Genetic Relationship among Male and Female Fig Genotypes Using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers

Sevin TEOMAN, Meryem IPEK, Umran ERTURK, Nesrin Aktepe TANGU, Erdem DURGUT, Erdogan BARUT, Sezai ERCISLI, Ahmet IPEK

172-178
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Bioactive Compounds, Antioxidant Activity and Nutritional Quality of Different Culinary Aromatic Herbs

Violeta NOUR, Ion TRANDAFIR, Sina COSMULESCU

179-184
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Essential Oil Composition of Thymus × citriodorus (Pers.) Schreb. at Different Harvest Stages

Ozlem TONCER, Sengul KARAMAN, Emel DIRAZ, Tahsin SOGUT, Suleyman KIZIL

185-189
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Induced Mutations through EMS Treatment and In Vitro Screening for Salt Tolerance Plant of Petunia × atkinsiana D. Don

Marcelina KRUPA-MAŁKIEWICZ, Alicja KOSATKA, Beata SMOLIK, Maja SĘDZIK

190-196
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Effect of Biostimulants on Several Physiological Characteristics and Chlorophyll Content in Broccoli under Drought Stress and Re-watering

Alina KAŁUŻEWICZ, Włodzimierz KRZESIŃSKI, Tomasz SPIŻEWSKI, Anna ZAWORSKA

197-202
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Chemical Compositions and Sugar Profiles of Consumed Chestnut Cultivars in the Marmara Region, Turkey

Cevriye MERT, Ümran ERTÜRK

203-207
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Integration of Cryopreservation and Tissue Culture for Germplasm Conservation and Propagation of Rosa pomifera ‘Karpatia’

Ewelina KWAŚNIEWSKA, Ewa DZIEDZIC, Bożena PAWŁOWSKA

208-214
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Rosmarinic Acid Accumulation and Antioxidant Potential of Dracocephalum moldavica L. Cell Suspension Culture

Izabela WEREMCZUK-JEŻYNA, Izabela GRZEGORCZYK-KAROLAK, Barbara FRYDRYCH, Katarzyna HNATUSZKO-KONKA, Aneta GERSZBERG, Halina WYSOKIŃSKA

215-219
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Alleviation of Drought Stress in White Clover after Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

Xiao-Qing TUO, Li HE, Ying-Ning ZOU

220-224
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One Century of Interactions Between Intensive Breeding and Genetic Diversity Conservation of Barley

Michaela BENKOVÁ, Martina HUDCOVICOVÁ, Lenka KLČOVÁ, Daniel MIHÁLIK, Ján KRAIC

225-231
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A New Insight into Pruning Strategy in the Biennial Cycle of Fruiting: Vegetative Growth at Shoot and Whole-tree Level, Yield and Fruit Quality of Apple

Ersin ATAY

232-237
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Short-Time of Rehydration is not Effective to Re-Establish Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Gas Exchange in Two Cowpea Cultivars Submitted to Water Deficit

Udson de Oliveira BARROS JUNIOR, Maria Antonia Machado BARBOSA, Michael Douglas Roque LIMA, Gélia Dinah Monteiro VIANA, Allan Klynger da Silva LOBATO

238-244
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Effect of Maize (Zea mays L.) Plant-Type on Yield and Photosynthetic Characters of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea balatas L.) in Intercropping System

Yulong LUO, Xueli WU, Daobin TANG, Xun LIU, Yayun LEI, Changwen LV, Jichun WANG

245-254
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The Allelopathic Potential of Cirsium oleraceum (L.) Scop. into the Fodder Meadow Plants

Beata BARABASZ-KRASNY, Katarzyna MOŻDŻEŃ, Anna SOŁTYS-LELEK, Alina STACHURSKA-SWAKOŃ

255-261
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Evaluation of Variability in Tunisian Olea europaea L. Accessions using Morphological Characters and Computational Approaches

Karim ENNOURI, Rayda BEN AYED, Sezai ERCISLI, Fathi BEN AMAR, Mohamed Ali TRIKI

262-269
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Effect of Artificial Light Conditions on Local and Systemic Resistance Response of Tobacco to TMV Infection

Zoltán Á. NAGY, András JUNG, Zsófia VARGA, György KÁTAY, Attila L. ÁDÁM

270-275
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Evaluation of Genetic Diversity by DNA Barcoding of Local Tomato Populations from North-Western Romania

Marin CĂPRAR, Cristina M. COPACI, Diana M. CHENDE, Oana SICORA, Radu ȘUMĂLAN, Cosmin SICORA

276-279
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Newly Isolated Paecilomyces lilacinus and Paecilomyces javanicus as Novel Biocontrol Agents for Plutella xylostella and Spodoptera litura

Hoang Chinh NGUYEN, Thi Van Anh TRAN, Quoc Linh NGUYEN, Nhu Nhut NGUYEN, Minh Khiem NGUYEN, Ngoc Thanh Tam NGUYEN, Chia-Hung SU, Kuan-Hung LIN

280-286
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Response of ROS-Scavenging Systems to Salinity Stress in Two Different Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars

Ezatollah ESFANDIARI, Gholamreza GOHARI

287-291
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In Vitro Screening of Natural Drug Potentials for Mass Production

Gülsüm YALDIZ, Ufuk KOCA ÇALIŞKAN, Ceylan AKA

292-300
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Enhance Plant Diversity, Density and Productivity of Spring Ephemeral Community in Desert Ecosystem

Zhaoyong SHI, Yongming WANG, Shouxia XU, Zhijian LAN, Bede S. MICKAN, Xiaolong ZHANG, Fayuan WANG

301-307
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Extraction, Isolation and Identification of Antimicrobial Substances from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CMN1308

Yingyou FANG, Linling LI, Yongliang ZHENG, Honghui YUAN, Xuehua ZHANG, Shuiyuan CHENG, Hua CHENG

308-315
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Evidence of Low Chloroplast Genetic Diversity in Two Carpinus Species in the Northern Balkans

Mihaela Cristina CĂRĂBUŞ, Alexandru Lucian CURTU, Dragoș POSTOLACHE, Elena CIOCÎRLAN, Neculae ŞOFLETEA

316-322
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