Weed control in raspberry cultivation helps to reduce the economic impact of the weed control link on the technological cycle, as well as to eliminate competition for water, nutrients and sunlight, thus allowing their growth and development in normal parameters. Cultivation, mulching and herbicide are the most practical control measures. It is necessary to know both the density of weeds and the dominant species in order to establish the strategy to reduce weeding by plowing, herbicide or integrated measures, so that weed invasion falls below the economic damage threshold (PED). The application of herbicides to reduce the degree of weeding is based on the knowledge of the weed species existing in the crop, as well as the state of coverage of the plantation. In order to establish effective measures to reduce the invasion below the economic damage threshold, it is necessary to determine the density of weeds by the method of mapping them and to establish the predominant species. The mapping action took place in the period 2020-2021 and an attempt was made to cover the entire spectrum of weeds in the plantation, then averaging by species. Following the mapping of weeds in the raspberry plantation, the presence of 22 weeds identified inside the metric frame belonging to both the dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous classes was observed, most of them coming from the first group (Capsela bursa-pastoris, Lamium amplexicaule, Cirsium arvense, Cardaria draba, Setaria glauca, Agropyron repens, Cynodon dactylon.

The present study was carried out on the winter apple varieties ‘Golden Delicious’, ‘Idared’, ‘Starkrimson’, ‘Jonathan’ and ‘Jonagold’, grafted on the rootstock ’M9 ’, in a private plantation (15 ha), from Covurlui plain, Plevna place, Rediu commune, Galati county, in the agricultural year 2020-2021. Planting distances are 3.5 m between rows and 1.5 m between plants per row, crown-shaped vertical axis, with support system on 3 wires. During the research period, observations and determinations were made regarding the initiation and development of vegetation phases, determinations regarding the productivity of varieties, fruit production and their quality. The surface of the trunk section as a basic indicator in the appreciation of the growth vigor reflects the reaction of the trees to the environmental conditions and to the applied agrotechnics. There is a close connection between the vigor of the trees expressed by the surface of the trunk section and the production. Higher force of the tree than the specific one, causes a delay in fruiting, instead a medium or low force induces early fruiting, but decreases the longevity of the trees. In terms of productivity, expressed by the amount of fruit per hectare (t/ha) ‘Golden Delicious‘ and ‘Idared‘ mice stood out with productions of 45, 2 and 41.4 t/ha respectively. The largest fruits were obtained from sour ‘Jonagold‘, respectively 194 g.