PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 19, Issue no.2/ 2025

Authors :

Luminita COJOCARIU 1,2 , Loredana COPACEAN 1* , Nicolae Marinel HORABLAGA 1,2 , Veronica SARATEANU 1 , Cristian BOSTAN 2 , Ionel SAMFIRA 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: loredanacopacean@usvt.ro

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2025192011

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