Introduction pages, NBHA-CN 52(1), 2024

Abstract

The papers published in Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, Issue 1, Volume 52, 2024 represent new exciting research in different topics of life science, respectively in plant science, horticulture, agronomy, crop science, and forestry. Among the interesting articles we invite you to find news about: Battling arid adversity: unveiling the resilience of cotton in the face of drought and innovative mitigation approaches; Cereal crop genome editing tools and their applications to sustainable agriculture; Nutraceutical and antioxidant potential of selected wild edible plants from the cold-arid desert of Ladakh, India; Phytochemical profile, antioxidant capacity and wound healing potential of Viscum album L. growing on Robinia pseudoacacia L.; In vitro multiplication, antimicrobial, and insecticidal activity of Capparis spinosa L.; Optimizing the potential utilization of bioreactors for the mass propagation of Indonesian Dendrobium varieties; Grafting in Capsicum peppers as a strategy to mitigate the effects of climate change on yield and quality factors; Outcrossing mating system in natural populations of the endangered aquatic fern Ceratopteris thalictroides in China as revealed by microsatellite markers: implications for conservation; Chemometric and ICP-OES analyses of Forsythia europaea Degen & Bald. and its extracts; The effects of salinity stress on Amorpha fruticosa Linn. seed germination, physiological and biochemical mechanisms; The use of genetic resources in rose breeding and creation of new rose cultivars through hybridization and selection; Changes in mango postharvest quality due to nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium dose and production season; An analysis of plant palatability on pastures of the delta: Case study, Danube Delta area, Romania; Combining visual interpretation and image segmentation to derive canopy cover index from high resolution satellite imagery in functionally diverse coniferous forests.