The loss of plant genetic resources has made necessary the development of new ex situ
conservation methods. Advances in biotechnology provide new methods for plant …

Romania has a relatively high diversity of plant species, including 3829 vascular and 979
non-vascular spontaneous plant taxa (species and subspecies). Due to uncontrolled …

The biotechnology of in vitro culture plays an important role in the conservation of plant
biodiversity nowadays. In vitro collections represent a viable alternative for species that have …

Carnation is important floral crop. The introduction of wild carnation species is carried out in
parallel with research on existing species and varieties. Dianthus plumarius subsp. praecox …

The studies conducted on this topic, upon Dianthus genus, are justified both by its
exceptional horticultural importance and by the fact that this genus has a great …

The rhythm of biodiversity loss is estimated to be between 1000 and 10,000 times higher
than the natural extinction rate. This is often referred to as “the sixth extinction crisis” after the …

There are thousands of plant species which occur in Europe only (Ozinga, 2005). These
endemic species can be considered as Europe's specific contributiqn to the Global …

V. Cristea1, C. Deliu2, B. Oltean2, A. Butiuc-Keul3, A. Brummer3, C. Albu4 and GL Radu4 1
“Alexandru Borza” Botanical Garden. Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2 …

The preservation of endangered and/or threatened plant species by biotechnological
methods as in vitro culture is a complementary alternative of in situ conservation. Several …

In the last decades the plants have to cope with the warming of the climate. As a
consequence of this process more than half of the plant species could become vulnerable or …