Faculty of Horticulture Cluj-Napoca: Celebrating 35 Years of Horticulture Higher Education

Abstract

Although the Faculty of Horticulture from Cluj-Napoca was founded in 1977, the higher education in horticulture has a long and important tradition and history in Transylvania, Romania. It started in 1869, when the Agricultural Institute Cluj, Manastur (today, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca), one of the oldest higher education life sciences centres from East-Central Europe, was created. This ‘Agronomy Academia’ was established due to the efforts of the Transylvanian Agricultural Association and the Status Romano-Catholicus Transylvaniensis, which rented to the Ministry of Agriculture 400 ha of land and the buildings of an old Benedictine monastery near a city that can track its routes back into the Roman Empire. For more than 140 years, the efforts and the predecessors contribution have been creating an important higher education and research institution. In 2012, to celebrate 35 years of excellence, the Faculty Council organised a special event in ‘Aula Magna’ of the University, in November the 29th, 2012. It brought together special guests from partner institutions, forebears of the faculty, academic staff, students, graduates and members of the horticultural business, sustaining the Faculty’s new mission of being a catalyst for the horticulture education and research. On this occasion, the prestigious honorific title of Doctor Honoris Causa was granted for two academic personalities, related to the faculty: Jaime Prohens, from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, and Ioan Vasile Abrudan, rector of the ‘Transylvania’ University from Brasov, Romania.

Irrigation and Fertilization: A Comprehensive Analysis of Their Influences on Qualitative Indices in Two Plum Varieties

“…At the same time, harmful salts are transported to the surface soil beneath the root zone by drip irrigation. A faster growth rate is observed as a direct effect on the plant, leading to earlier harvests than those obtained by other methods of irrigation [31]. Some benefits of localized irrigation include avoiding soil settlement by allowing machinery to move freely during maintenance tasks, minimizing the need for weed-control treatments, and using significantly less energy than with sprinkling (one bar at the end of the irrigation pipe).…”

The Effect of Irrigation and Fertilization on the Qualitative Indices of the Planting Material, for Some Plum Species, with the Aim of Obtaining a Sustainable Fruit Trees Production, in the Pedo-Climatic Conditions of Romania

“…The fertilization system in the nursery includes long-term activities, aimed at ensuring the improvement of the physical and chemical properties of the soil and raising its fertility, completing the requirement of assimilable nutrients according to the requirements of the species, rootstocks, variety/rootstock associations in relation to age and vegetation phases of plants [38].…”

The Response to Natural Infections with Erwinia amylovora Burrill of Five Quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) Cultivars in Bistrița Area, Romania

“…Regarding temperature, it needs areas with mild winters and warm summers, preferring cultivation areas with a southern exposure, it grows and bears fruit poorly in insufficient light. Water requirements are relatively high due to its shallow root system preferring irrigation for proper development and fruiting (Mitre, 2002). As for the soil, quince thrives on soluble soils.…”