PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 19, Issue no.1/ 2025

Authors :

Loredana Copacean 1 , Luminita Cojocariu 1,2*

1 University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania 

2 Agricultural Research and Development Station Lovrin, Lovrin, Romania

E-mail : * Corresponding author:  luminita_cojocariu@usvt.ro

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2025192001

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