“Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Iași
Abstract
It is presented current situation in Romania of vegetables cultivation,
disease and pest keys in protected and field vegetable crops, using of pesticides
and adjacent national and European regulations at farm and national level. In
Romania, vegetable production technology based on grafted vegetable
seedlings was introduced in 2009. The market today has grafted seedlings of
eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, watermelons and melons, but tomato
seedlings grafted on two arms are the most common and popular. It is discussed
trade market of vegetable seedlings, current and future perspective in
Romaniawith a special reference on the market addressed to farmers which are
using grafted vegetables from Greece, Turkey and Hungary. It is discussed the
advantages of using grafted vegetable plants in conditions when over 80% of
the farmers do not receive subsidies on product support even on the surface
(EU standards 0.3 hectares), grafting can be regarded as an important link in
obtaining biological or ecological vegetables. It is discussed trade case for
vegetable seedlings of the firm Agris S.A from Salonic, the experience with most
well-known Romanian greenhouses
