Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici NOTULAECluj-Napoca BOTANICAE HORTI AGROBOTANICI CLUJ-NAPOCA 2010 Volume 38, Issue 2 Special Issue A journal of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Published by AcademicPres on behalf of : University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca Horticulture and Forestry Society from Transylvania Romanian Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Transylvania Society for Plant Protection Abstracted and/or indexed: • Thomson Reuters Master Journal List - Science Citation Index Expanded and Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, http://science.thomsonreuters.com • Scopus (Elsevier), http://www.scopus.com • Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), http://www.cabi.org • Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), http://www.cas.org • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), http://www.doaj.org • Index Copernicus, http://www.indexcopernicus.com • Russian Scientific and Technical Information Institute (VINITI),http://www.viniti.r u • ScientificCommons, http://en.scientificcommons.org • Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE), http://www.base-search.net • Google Scholar, http://scholar.google.com • Open J-Gate, http://www.openj-gate.com • Academic research, citation reports and discussion lists getCITED, http://www.getcited.org • Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAIster), http://www.oaister.org • China Educational Publications Import and Export Corporation (SOCOLAR), http://www.socolar.com • Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, http://www.ulrichsweb.com • Elton B Stephens COmpany (EBSCO), http://www.ebscohost.com First published 1965 Print ISSN 0255-965X, Electronic ISSN 1842-4309 http://notulaebotanicae.ro/nbha/indexhttp://notulaebotanicae.ro/nbha/www.notulaebotanicae.ro Editorial office Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca © AcademicPres University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Phone: +40 264-596 384 ext. 176 Fax +40 364-819 343 Editorial Committee E-mail: [email protected] University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj- General Editor: Radu E. 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Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Pharmacy Faculty, 13 Emil Mircea Tămaş Isac St., Romania; [email protected] USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Linguistic editor: Mihaela Rusu Romania; [email protected] USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Technical support: Ionuţ Gotea Romania; [email protected] USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Cătălina Dan Romania; [email protected] USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Melinda PUSKAS Romania; [email protected] USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Gianina MORAR Romania; [email protected] USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Journal secretary: Lucica Mihalte Romania; [email protected] Notice To be cited Not. Bot. Hort. Agrobot. Cluj The Editorial Board of Not. Bot. Hort. Agrobot. Cluj is not responsible for statements and opinions published; they represent the views of the authors or persons to whom they are credited. Publication of research information does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement of products involved. Editorial Board Name Address Field of Competence Transilvania University, 1 Sirul Beethoven St., 500123 Forestry, biodiversity, Ioan Abrudan Brasov, Romania; [email protected] ecology Douglas D. Fruits and vegetables, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0091, USA; [email protected] ARCHBOLD postharvest storage USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj- Horticultural – plant Marin Ardelean Napoca, Romania; [email protected] breeding, biostatistics State Agrarian University of Moldova, 44 Mirceşti St. 2049 Fruit crops, pomology Valerian Balan Chişinău, Rep. Moldova, e-mail: [email protected] Maria Yordanova Environment – Institute of Agriculture, Kyustendil, 2500, Bulgaria; [email protected] Borovinova Plant protection USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj- Genetics – molecular, Constantin BoteZ Napoca, Romania; [email protected] transformation Agric. University of Poznań, Baranowo, 28 Szamotulska 62- Vegetable – seed Tomasz BraleWski 081 Przeźmierowo, Poland, [email protected] production Ioan BreaZU Grassland Research Institute, 2200 Braşov, Romania; [email protected] Grassland, fodder crop Biotechnology, Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC, USA, United States; [email protected] Kamal CHOWDHURY molecular genetics “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Faculty of Biology, Biodiversity, ecology, Dan GAFta 44 Gh. Bilascu St., Romania; [email protected] conservation Warsaw Agricultural University, 166 Nowoursynowska, 02- Vegetables and Marek GajeWski 787 Warsaw, Poland; [email protected] medicinal plants Agricultural Research Station, 27 Agriculturii St., 3350 Cereals – breeding, Ioan HAş Turda, Romania; [email protected] physiology, quality Ornamental plants, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA; [email protected] David Hensley arboriculture Univ. Agricultural Sciences of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi Environment – Imre HOLB St., 4032 Debrecen, Hungary; [email protected] plant protection Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 65 Paardenstraat, 1640 Rhode- Genetics – molecular, Michel Jacobs Saint-Genčse, Belgium; [email protected] transformation Amarendra Narayan Bioinformatics, Tissue Fakir Mohan University, Vyasa Vihar, Balasore-756019, India; [email protected] MISRA cultures Ecole Normale Supérieure, RDP-UMR 9938 CNRS, INRA, Biotechnology – in Ioan NegruţIU ENS, 69364 Lyon, France; [email protected] vitro culture USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj- Biotechnology – in Doru PamFil Napoca, Romania; [email protected] vitro culture Instituto de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Plant breeding, statistics Jaime PROHENS Valenciana, Spain, [email protected] School of Life Science, Shanghai Univ., 99 Shangda R., Baoshan Plant physiology, Chen QIN District, Shanghai, 200436, China; [email protected] biotechnology Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Univ. Freiburg, Tennenbacher Forestry, vegetation Albert REIF Str. 4, D-79085, Freiburg, Germany; [email protected] sciences, biodiversity Klaus SCHALLER Research Center Geisenheim, P.O. Box 1158, D-65358 Geisenheim, Germany Ecology, Viticulture USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj- Horticultural – plant Radu Sestraş Napoca, Romania; [email protected] breeding, biostatistics USAMV Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Mănăştur St., 400372 Cluj- Chemistry – plant Carmen Socaciu Napoca, Romania; [email protected] and food quality Genetic Resources Bank of Suceava, 17 Bd. 1 Decembrie 1918, Bioconservation, Silvia Străjeru 5800 Suceava, Romania; [email protected] genetic resources Univ. Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Pharmacy Faculty, Botanical, Mircea Tămaş 13 Emil Isac St., Romania; [email protected] pharmaceutical plant IBMCP Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera Biochemistry, Oscar Vicente s/n. 46022 Valencia, Spain; [email protected] molecular biology College of Food Science, Southwest Agricultural University, 216 Tianshengqiao, Food – fermentation, Zhang Weiguang Beibei District, Chongqing, 400716, China; [email protected] wine-making Aims and scope Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca is a peer-reviewed biannual journal aimed at disseminating significant research and original papers on plant breeding, genetics, diversity and development of new methodologies that can be of interest to a wide audience of plant scientists in all areas of plant biology, agriculture, horticulture, and forestry. The journal encourages authors to frame their research questions and discuss their results in terms of the major questions of plant biology and agriculture, thereby maximizing the impact, spreading and value of their research. The papers must be of potential interest to a significant number of scientists and, if specific to a local situation, must be relevant to a wide body of knowledge in biology and agronomy. Articles should make a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge or toward a better understanding of existing biological and agricultural