NOTULAE SCIENTIA BIOLOGICAE
2020 Volume 12, Issue 4
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Editors-in-Chief
• Radu E. SESTRAS, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (UASVM), Cluj- Napoca, Romania
• Sorana D. BOLBOACĂ, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Oscar VICENTE, COMAV, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Advisory Editors
• Cornel CĂTOI, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Rector, UASVM)
• Doru C. PAMFIL, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania (President, Cluj-Napoca Branch of Romanian Academy)
• Viorel MITRE, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania (President, SHST)
Associate Editors
• Monica BOSCAIU, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
• Birsen ÇAKIR, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
• Milić ČUROVIĆ, Montenegro Univ., Podgorica, Montenegro
• Hossam S. EL-BELTAGI, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
• Lorentz JÄNTSCHI, Polytechnic University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Kamil KUČA, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
• Leonardo LEONARDI, University of Perugia, Italy
• Allan Klynger Da Silva LOBATO, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Paragominas, Brazil
• Felicia LOGHIN, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Andrei Daniel MIHALCA, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Andrei MOCAN, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• José Alberto PEREIRA, Instit. Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
• Ioana Delia POP, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Agnieszka SĘKARA, Agricultural University of Kraków, Kraków, Poland
• Adriana F. SESTRAŞ, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Lei SHI, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
• Pilar S. TESTILLANO, Biological Research Centre, Madrid, Spain
• Robert VEBERIČ, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Dan VODNAR, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Editorial Board - Scientific Members & Section Editors
• Anthony Jide AFOLAYAN, University of Fort Hare, Alice Campus, South Africa
• Ioan Vasile ABRUDAN, Transilvania University, Brașov, Romania
• Douglas D. ARCHBOLD, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
• Grigore BĂCIUŢ, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Umberto BERNABUCCI, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
• Dimitrios BILALIS, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
• Anca Dana BUZOIANU, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Suriyan CHA-UM, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand
• Ioan COMAN, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Vasile CRISTEA, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Róbert FARKAS, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
• Ana FITA, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
• László FODOR, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary
• Francisco FUENTES, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile
• Marek GAJEWSKI, Warsaw Agricultural University, Warsaw, Poland
• Stefano GREGO, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
• Hulya ILBI, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
• Florin IORAŞ, Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe, United Kingdom
• Alexandru IRIMIE, ‘Ion Chiricuta’ Cancer Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Stefania MASCI, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
• Dan MIHU, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Meena MISRA, Institute of Frontier Sciences and Biotechnology, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar, India
• Bernardo MURILLO-AMADOR, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, La Paz, Mexico
• Vladimir PEŠIĆ, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
• Neiva Izabel PIEROZZI, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, CPDR Geneticos Vegetais, Brazil
• Jaime PROHENS, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
• Chen QIN, School of Life Science, Shanghai Univ., Shanghai, China
• Adrián RODRÍGUEZ-BURRUEZO, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
• Marco SARIGU, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
• Klaus SCHALLER, Research Center Geisenheim, Geisenheim, Germany
• Anoop Kumar SRIVASTAVA, ICAR – Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur, India
• Franci STAMPAR, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Feng XU, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, Hubei Province, China
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• Laura Ioana MACAVEI, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
• Lucica MIHALTE, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Notulae Scientia Biologicae is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal aimed at disseminating significant research and original papers, critical reviews and short reviews on life sciences and medicine, development of new methodologies that can be of interest to a wide audience of scientists in all areas of biology sciences. The journal encourages authors to frame their research questions and discuss their results in terms of the major questions of biology, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, biotechnology and medicine, thereby maximizing the impact, spreading and value of their research. The papers must be of potential interest to a significant number of scientists and, if specific to a local situation, must be relevant to a wide body of knowledge in life and medical sciences. Articles should make a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge or toward a better understanding of existing biological, agricultural and medical concepts. An international Editorial Board advises the journal. The total content of the journal may be used for educational, non-profit purposes without regard to copyright. The distribution of the material is encouraged with the condition that the authors and the source (Notulae Scientia Biologicae or Not Sci Biol) are mentioned.
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Editor-in-Chief
Prof. dr. h.c. Radu E. SESTRAŞ
Notulae Scientia Biologicae © Volume 12, Issue 4 (Oct-Dec 2020)
Table of Contents - Vol 12, No 4 (2020)
Editorial
Introduction pages Radu E. SESTRAS
I-VIII PDF
Research articles
The influence of human chorionic gonadotropin on hormonal and haematological profile of postpubertal male albino rats exposed to chronic oral administration of alcohol
Martins S. AKOGWU, Chukwuka N. UCHENDU, Rita I. ODO
773-780 PDF
Phylogenetic observation in Ariidae, Bagridae and Plotosidae catfishes by COI gene sequence analysis
Thathiredypalli R. BARATHKUMAR, Muthusamy THANGARAJ 781-793
PDF A preliminary study and new distributional records of family Erebidae (Leach, [1815]) (Lepidoptera:
Noctuoidea) from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Shahabab A. FAROOQUI, Hina PARWEZ, Rahul JOSHI
794-806 PDF
Evaluation of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L. (R. Br.)) landraces for resistance to stem borer (Coniesta ignefusalis Hampson.) infestation
Abdulhakeem ABUBAKAR, Olamide A. FALUSI, Israel K. OLAYEMI, Matthew O. ADEBOLA, Yusuf O.
A. DAUDU, Mohammed C. DANGANA
807-817 PDF
New varieties of tomato - morphological aspects and molecular characterisation with RAPD and SSR markers
Adriana BĂDULESCU, Carmen F. POPESCU, Anamaria M. DUMITRU, Dorin I. SUMEDREA
818-828 PDF
Photochemical responses of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants to heat stress
Ali DOĞRU 829-835
PDF Vegetative propagation of cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.) selections
Felicia CORNESCU, Gheorghe ACHIM, Sina COSMULESCU 836-841
PDF Effect of pre-storage hot air and hot water treatments on post-harvest quality of mango (Mangifera
indica Linn.) fruit
Oluwole O. OLADELE, Olajide I. FATUKASI
842-851 PDF
Structure and histochemistry of sorghum caryopsis in relation to grain-filling
Ravi S. SHANKAR, P. DAYANANDAN 852-868
PDF Pollen grain expression of osmotic adjustment as a screening method on drought tolerance in several
wine and table grape genotypes (Vitis vinifera L.)
Monica DAVID, Andrei TIŢA, Ionela D. TOMA, Cristina-Magdalena CIOBOTEA, Mădălina F.
BĂNUŢĂ
869-883 PDF
Ameliorative roles of compost on okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) exposed to drought stress at vegetative and reproductive growth stages
Okechukwu S. EZEH, Sifau A. ADEJUMO
884-900 PDF
Effect of snowmelt regime on phenology of herbaceous species at and around treeline in Western Himalaya, India
Bhupendra S. ADHIKARI; Rahul KUMAR
901-919 PDF
Bioremediation of diesel polluted soils with Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
Saheed I. MUSA, Felix M. OKE, Charlotte C. NDIRIBE 920-928
PDF Lignin, cellulose and nutrient deposition in litters of Bambusa vulgaris stands in a regenerating forest
Tolulope V. BORISADE 929-939
PDF Trees, seeds and seedlings analyses in the process of obtaining a quality planting material for black locust
(Robinia pseudoacacia L.)
Andrea M. ROMAN, Irina M. MORAR, Alina M. TRUȚA, Cătălina DAN, Adriana F. SESTRAȘ, Liviu HOLONEC, Florin IORAS, Radu E. SESTRAS
940-958 PDF
Geospatial analysis-based approach for assessing urban forests under the influence of different human settlement extents in Ibadan city, Nigeria
Oluwayemisi S. OLOKEOGUN, Abiodun O. OLADOYE, Oluwatoyin O. AKINTOLA
959-971 PDF
Journal Contact Mailing Address
Notulae Scientia Biologicae Radu E. SESTRAS, Editor-in-Chief
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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