Vegetable Research and Development Station Buzau – Research, innovation, and passion for Romanian vegetable cultivation!

ADER 2011-2014

ADER 1.1.11: Conservation and use of the vegetable-growing heritage with useful phenotypic expression and high ecological plasticity

ADER 1.1.10: Identification of genotypes tolerant to thermal, water and biotic stress among traditional vegetable species suited to the technological systems specific to organic and conservation agriculture

ADER 1.1.12: Diversifying the range of vegetable crops by introducing into cultivation less commonly grown species (Rheum rhabarbarum – rhubarb), species from various parts of the world (Tragopogon porrifolius – salsify) and species from the wild flora (Allium ursinum – wild garlic, Armoracia rusticana – horseradish, Ornithogalum umbelatum – star-of-Bethlehem), all tolerant of heat and water stress

ADER 3.1.2: Alternative technological solutions for semi-subsistence farms for protected vegetable cultivation in the context of regional climate change and of increased production competitiveness

ADER 3.2.1: Development of specific techniques and methods for the drying and dehydration, storage and stocking of horticultural products with a view to maintaining quality and increasing the competitiveness of semi-subsistence farms

ADER 3.3.2: Optimisation of methods and techniques for growing vegetables organically with low energy consumption on semi-subsistence farms in order to obtain competitive yields

ADER 3.3.7: Optimisation of grafting in the most widely grown vegetable species, in order to improve productivity and fruit quality under increasing biotic and abiotic stress

ADER 3.3.6: Evaluation and conservation of vegetable germplasm sources tolerant to heat and water stress for use in breeding programmes

ADER 3.2.6: Maintaining the genetic integrity of vegetable varieties and hybrids, supplying seed of higher biological categories (pre-basic and basic) and creating new cultivars