Romania\u27s Recovery after the Economic Crisis

Compared with other countries in the region, Romania reacted slowly to the recent economic and financial crisis. After eight years of strong growth (200 1-2008), Romania\u27s economic contraction was among the most severe in the region. Significant macroeconomic corrections occurred in 2010 but at the cost of compressing the household consumption and the investment. Downward adjusting the domestic demand by rapidly decreasing nominal wages and increasing taxes also discouraged businesses by increasing uncertainty. Partially, the macroeconomic policy worked well in 2010. However a steady growth in the next years will depend on the following three conditions: 1) reducing the transaction costs of doing business; 2) building critical infrastructure and; 3) raising human capital

Ecklonia Maxima Extract Effect in Tissue Regeneration of Symbionts at in Vivo Heteroplasmic Grafting of Some Tomatoes

The research was conducted to determine the Ecklonia maxima extract effect in the symbiont accretion at the in vivo heteroplasmic grafting of some tomatoes. E. maxima or sea bamboo is a seaweed used for obtaining of organic extracts used as stimulators in horticulture because consists the natural plant hormones such as auxins and cytokinins which have optimal role in cell division, important activity for tissue regeneration. The experimental variants were grafted plants, combinations between different symbionts, cultivar fragments from Lycopersicon esculentum specie. The symbionts were two scions, F1 hybrids, 'Siriana' (Romanian cultivar), 'Abellus' (Dutch cultivar) and two rootstocks, 'Buzău' variety (Romanian cultivar), 'Emperador' F1 hybrid (Dutch cultivar). The algae extract used had auxins (11 mg/L) and cytokinins (0.3 mg/L). Two treatments were applied before grafting on scion and rootstock, 1 mL/500 mL water and a treatment at grafting on soil, 5 mL/L water. Control variant was without hormone extract. Determinations, observations and interpretations of the algae effect were made on symbionts. The best results on tissue regeneration were obtained in plants treated with sea bamboo extract compared to untreated control plants. The E. maxima extract influenced the tissue regeneration

What we know from the Last Two Economic Recessions. Lessons from the Romanian Experience

Now, at the end of 2018, Romania enjoys its eighth consecutive year of robust economic growth after the last recession, which marked the years 2009-2010. Is it much? Is it time to once again expect a recession after seven good years? How long would the correction take? If such questions could be answered, they would be of great help for busineses, for public policy decision makers and for individuals and households. Romania’s impressive economic growth seems to cool down, as private consumption growth slows and the negative contribution of net exports to growth worsens (European Commission, 2018). The domestic demand was the main engine for the economic growth starting 2012. However, no “authorized”/credible source - domestic or international - signals that the Romania’s economic growth in the near future will turn negative. However, rather than rallying to an already increasing number of experts prophesizing the next incoming recession, this article aims to encourage those interested in the subject to focus more on what we know or could learn for Romania from the past episodes of economic recession. Basically, this is what the economists do, when trying to formulate the best possible assumptions which later are to be verified in their effort to explain what is happening. The last years of the 1990’s and the ending years of the first decade of the 2000’s were years of severe economic recession for Romania. What are the lessons we could learn, what could have been avoided, but wasn’t avoided, what could be eventually avoided in the futur

Grafting Bell Peppers an Alternative for Growers

Crop rotation is rarely practiced in greenhouse production, which allows soil borne pathogens and pests to accumulate, progressively reducing crop yields and fruit quality. Grafting cultivars with high quality and productivity on rootstocks that are resistant to the soil pests and diseases is a method known from years ago, which was improved and quickly spread in the last years. The aim of this research was to evaluate the performance of the grafted peppers on some rootstocks, in greenhouse conditions. Marketable yield, fruit quality and nutritional qualities (total soluble solid contents, titratable acidity, soluble carbohydrates, Vitamin C content) have been determined. The marketable yield and fruit number were positively influenced by rootstock as compared with ungrafted peppers. The obtained results showed that grafting has improved the commercial quality of pepper fruits. There were no significant differences in the nutritional qualities of pepper fruits obtained from the grafted or ungrafted plants