Archive Volume 13

Number 1

Plant Sciences

Rapid Propagation of the Medicinal Plant Pinellia Ternata by in vitro Leaves Culture

Z. S. Peng, C. K. Luo, P. Cai, Z. C. Mao, C. Y. Kang and J. Yang

Received September, 14, 2006; accepted, November, 16, 2006


Ovipositional Discrimination by Euplectrus Plathypenae (Howard) (Hymenoptera:Eulophidae) between Healthy and Nucleopolyhedrovirus -Infected Spodoptera Exigua and Spodoptera Fugiperda Larvae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

E. E. Stoianova, J. C. Hernandez and P. E. Caballero

Received November, 12, 2006; accepted January, 23, 2007


Potato Breeding Lines Suitable for Production of Frozen French Fries

Y. Gegov, G. Pevicharova, E. Nacheva and V. Slavchev

Received October, 6, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Research on the Effect of Pre-sowing Treatment on Seed Germination of Hypericum perforatum L.

N. Nedkov

Received January, 15, 2006; accepted September, 24, 2006


Genetic Sources with High Cold Resistance in Breeding of Poly-Rowed Barley (Hordeum sativum Jess., ssp. vulgare L.): I. Cold Resistance in F1

St. M. Tsvetkov, K. St. Tsvetkov and T. Petrova

Received January, 23, 2006; accepted April, 26, 2006


Influence of Different Soil Cultivation and Fertilizing on the Content of Plastid Pigments and Nitrate Reductase Activity in Lucerne for Forage

A. Ilieva, I. Pachev and T. Kertikov

Received Jun, 6, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Ecology, Soil Science and Agrochemistry

Flower Yield and Quality of Lilium aziatische Irrigated with Different Types of Water

M. I. Safi, A. Bulad and A. Blawenah

Received August 12, 2006; accepted November 16, 2006


Effect of Previous Crop, Mineral Fertilization and Environment on the Characters of Some Wheat Varieties

A. Ivanova, M. Nankova and N. Tsenov

Received September 12, 2006; accepted November 16, 2006


Food Science and Technology

Technological Investigation on Quality and Possibilities for Widening the Production of Market Demanded Oriental Type Tobaccos MESSAGE II: Technological Investigation on Krumovgrad 90

V. Nikolova

Received September 12, 2006; accepted November 16, 2006


Fungal Laccases (Review)

V. K. Gochev and A. I. Krastanov

Received September 12, 2006; accepted November 16, 2006


Agricultural Economics

Problems and Opportunities for the Milk Sector in Bulgaria

B. Ivanov

Received September 12, 2006; accepted November 16, 2006


Animal Science

The Fusariotoxins Zearalenon and Deoxinivalenol as Natural Contaminators of Some Basic Cereal Components in the Production of Combined Feed

A. Valcheva and G. Valchev

Received September, 12, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Zootechnical and Economic Characteristics of Sheep Genetic Resources in Plovdiv area Lowlands

D. Dimov and D. Kuzmanova

Received July, 4, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Relative Importance of First Lactation Production Traits on Herd Life Characters in Buffaloes

Sunil Kumar, M. C. Yadav and R. B. Prasad

Received June 15, 2006; accepted November 16, 2006


Evaluation of Genetically Sex-Marked at Eggs and Larvae Stage Silkworm Bombyx Mori L. Hybrids Based on Silk Productivity

N. Petkov, Y. Nacheva, Y. Vasileva, Z. Petkov, A. Matei, M. Ciulu, D. Brailou and G. Dinita

Received December, 2005; accepted June, 23, 2006


Effects of Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) Injection at Different Times postmortem on Meat of Spent Layer

A. B. Omojola

Received July 20, 2006; accepted November 16, 2006


Agricultural Technics

Resistance of Operating Equipment and Agricultural Machinery during Progressive and Rotary Motion

B. Borissov

Received October, 12, 2006; accepted, February, 16, 2007


Short Communications

First Report of Fusarium Root and Stem Rot of Greenhouse Cucumber Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-cucumerinum in Bulgaria

T z. D. Vatchev

Received September 12, 2006; accepted November 16, 2006


Number 2

Food Science and Technologies

Possibilities for Application of Cellulose Derivatives under Cryoconservation of Probiotics

I. Nacheva, L. Georgieva and Ts. Tsvetkov

Received December, 15, 2006; accepted March, 10, 2007


End-use Quality of Bulgarian Durum Wheat

I. Petrova

Received June, 12, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Isolation of Laccase Producing Trichoderma Spp

V. K. Gochev and A. I. Krastanov

Received September, 12, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Growth and Activity of Starter and Adjunct Lactobacilli and Lactococci during Ripening of Two Types Bulgarian White Brine Cheese

M. M. Edgaryan, G. Y. Ivanov and D. P . Rakov

Received November, 23, 2006; accepted February, 12, 2007


Agricultural Economics

An Examination of Technical, Economic and Allocative Efficiency of Small Farms: The Case Study of Cassava Farmers in Osun State of Nigeria

K. Ogundari and S. O. Ojo

Received November, 12, 2006; accepted February, 12, 2007


Plant Sciences

The Effect of the Nuclear Polyhedrosis Viruses (NPVs) of Some Noctuidae Species on the Longevity of Bracon hebetor Say (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

E. E. Stoianova

Received November 12, 2006; accepted February, 12, 2007


Allelopathic Effect of Seed Extracts and Powder of Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) on Common Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium L.)

A. Peneva

Received July, 23, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Microclonal Propagation of Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.)

Z. Nanova, Y. Slavova, D. Nenkova and I. Ivanova

Received November, 12, 2007; accepted February, 12, 2007


Comparative Study of Trifoliolate and Multifoliolate Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Synthetic Populations

D. Petkova and G. Panayotova

Received May, 22, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Agrochemistry, Soil Science and Ecology

Economics of Amaranthus Production under Different NPK Fertilizer Regimes

M. G. Olujide and O. I. Oladele

Received July, 12, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Animal Science

Replacing Cotton Seed Cake with Cassava Leaf Meal in Corn Bran Based Diet Fed to the Goat

M. B. Yousuf, M. A. Belewu, A. H. A. Gbadamosi and N. I. Ogudun

Received January 12, 2007; accepted March, 23, 2007


Agricultural Technics

Some Physical and Mechanical Properties of Pistachio Nut

R. Polat, C. Aydin and B. Erol Ak

Received January 12, 2007; accepted March, 23, 2007


Degree of Influence of the Lid Angle over Soil Sputtering and Disintegration by a Tiller

S. Mandradzhiev and D. Kehayov

Received January 12, 2007; accepted March, 23, 2007


Guide for Authors


Number 3

Plant Science

Comparative Study of the Affinity between the Pepinierka Vine Rootstock and the Chardonnay Variety

D. Trifonova and H. Hristov

Received September, 12, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Investigation of Plum Pox Virus in Bulgaria for the past 70 years

V. T. Dzhuvinov, V. B. Bozhkova, S. A. Milusheva and P. S. Gercheva

Received September, 12, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


A Study on Wheat Germplasm (T. aestivum L.) for Breeding of Grain Quality

D. Boyadjieva and M. Mangova

Received September, 12, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Study of Productive Capacities for Production of Forage, Crude Protein and Chemical Composition in Sorghum (Sorghum vulgare P.) Hybrids

T. Kertikov

Received January, 23, 2007; accepted March, 3, 2007


The Effects of Glycerin Added Ethephon Treatments on Fruit Characteristics of Actinidia deliciosa Cv. Hayward

Erdinc Bal and Demir Kok

Received March 16, 2007; accepted May, 12, 2007


Detection of Quality Diversity of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) Using Cluster and Principal Component Analyses

M. Mangova and I. Petrova

Received February, 16, 2007; accepted May, 12, 2007


Fruit Characterization and Influence of Variation Factors in Pepper Kapiya Type Varieties and Breeding Lines (Capsicum annuum L.)

V. Todorova

Received February, 12, 2007; accepted April, 15, 2007


Ecology, Soil Science and Agrochemistry

Using Cubic Spline Interpolation to Estimate Vertical Soil Water Profile

G. Patamanska and N. Slavov

Received November, 16, 2006; accepted April, 12, 2007


Enhancement of P, K, Ca, Zn and Fe Accumulation in Gardenia Plants (Gardenia jasminoides) Grown in Nutrient Solution as a Function of P and Fe Interaction

E. Avramaki, C. Chatzissavvidis, I. Papadakis and I. Therios

Received February, 12, 2007; accepted April, 3, 2007


Influence of Soil Copper Pollution and Fusarium culmorum on the Heavy Metal Content in Wheat

I. Bogoeva, E. Boncheva, R. Stefanova and B. Blajev

Received January, 13, 2007; accepted April, 23, 2007


Food Science and Technology

Mathematical Evaluation of Factors that Influenceon the Survivability of Some Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes after Freeze-Drying

I. Nacheva and Ts. Tsvetkov

Received March, 12, 2007; accepted May, 12, 2007


Nutritive Medium Dependent Biosynthesis of Extracellular Laccase from Trichoderma spp.

A. I. Krastanov, V. K. Gochev and T. D. Girova

Received September, 12, 2006; accepted November, 16, 2006


Animal Science

Yeast Cultures in Ruminant Nutrition

S. A. Denev, T z. Peeva, P. Radulova, N. Stancheva, G. Staykova, G. Beev, P. Todorova and S. Tchobanova

Received February, 12, 2007; accepted April, 15, 2007


Duration of Balance Trials with Caecectomized Muscovy Drakes (C. moshata L.)

D. Penkov

Received November, 12, 2006; accepted April, 15, 2007


Number 4

Cryobiology and Lyophilization

Non Eguilibrium Thermodynamics of the Cryobiology and Quantum Field Theoretical Methods in the Temporal Organization in Cells

Ts. Tsvetkov, G. Petrov and P. Tsvetkova

Received April, 23, 2007; accepted May, 27, 2007


Survivability of Lb. Acidophilus and Bif. Bifidum after Anzymatic Treatment an Lyophilization

R. Nikolova, Hr. Chomakov and Tz. Tzvetkov

Received March, 1, 2007; accepted May, 10, 2007


Plant Sciences

Biological Control of Fusarium fujikuroi, the Causal Agent of Bakanae Disease by Rice Accociated Antagonistic Bacteria

M. N. Kazempour and S. A. Elahinia

Received February, 12, 2007; accepted May, 12, 2007


Application of Cluster Analysis and Principal Component Analysis in the Development of Table Seeded and Seedless Vine Cultivars (Vitis Vinifera L.)

V. Roytchev

Received May, 12, 2007; accepted July, 23, 2007


Combining Ability of Garden Pea Varieties and Lines through the Vegetation Period Prolongation

S. Kalapchieva

Received December, 1, 2006; accepted May, 23, 2007


Agricultural Economics

Can EU Accesion Reduce Regional Development Disparities in Slovenia?

A. Kuhar and L. Juvancic

Received February, 10, 2007; accepted July, 12, 2007


Genetically Modified Wine - New Economic Issue

P. Plahuta, A. Kuhar, P. Stanovnik and P. Raspor

Received March, 10, 2007; accepted June, 1, 2007


Food Science and Technology

Chemometric Evaluation of the Colour and SmokeAroma in Oriental Tobaccos Based on the Polyphenol and Valeric Acid Cultivar Characteristics as Influenced by the Genotype

S. Dagnon and D. Dimanov

Received April, 12, 2007; accepted June, 18, 2007


Characterization of the General Quality of Kentucky dark Fire-cured Tobacco Grown in Bulgaria

D. Drachev, V. Nikolova, V. Popova and N. Nikolov

Received May, 24, 2007; accepted July, 12, 2007


Animal Sciences

Effect of the Level of Inbreeding upon Skin Graft Survival Times of in Rabbits

S. Tanchev, M. Paskalev, V. Semerdjiev, E. Zhelyazkov and L. Sotirov

Received June, 12, 2007; accepted July, 23, 2007


Type Rating Due to Age, Stage of Lactation and Milk Levelin Buffalo Cows

Tz. Peeva and Y. Ilieva

Received June, 23, 2007; accepted July, 26, 2007


Soil Science and Ecology

Evaluation ofPhosphorus Status of Thrace Region Soils and Suitability of Different Chemical Methods Used to Determine Plant Available Soil Phosphorus of These Soils

K. Belliturk, F. Danisman, N. B. Pakdil and F. Yilmaz

Received December, 12, 2006; accepted July, 23, 2007


Number 5

Scientific Sciences

Life and work of Academician Tzeno Hinkovski (a speech at his 80th anniversary)

A. Atanassov


Plant Sciences

Application of Chemical Mutagenesis to Increase the Resistance of Tomato to Orobanche ramosa L

K. Kostov, R. Batchvarova, S. Slavov

Received June, 12, 2007; accepted August, 2, 2007


Seed Yield of Birdstoof Trefoil Grown in Mixture with Meadow Grasses

B. Churkova

Received June, 12, 2007; accepted September, 5, 2007


Responce of Introduced Sunflower Hybrids to Broomrape (Orobanche cumana W.)

V. Alexandrov and S. Dimitrov

Received January, 13, 2007; accepted,July, 3, 2007


An Attempt to Develop a Two-towed Awnless Berley (vvLkLk) by Using Genetic Awnless Plasma of cv. Tsvetelina (Hordeum Stativum Jess. Ssp. Vulgare, Var. Dundar Beyi Zhuk)

St. M. Tsvetkov and K. St. Tsvetkov

Received December, 2, 2006; accepted July, 23, 2007


Resistance of F1 Hybrids of Lycopersicon Genus to Populations of Meloidogyne Species

Z. Trifonova

Received July, 25, 2007; accepted September, 12, 2007


Food Science and Technology

Lipid Composition of Tobacco Seeds

M. Zlatanov, M. Angelova, G. Antova

Received July, 1, 2007; accepted September, 6, 2007


Investigation on the Controlling Matters Variation in Cigarette Smoke

N. Nikolov

Received July, 23, 2007; accepted September, 2, 2007


Animal Sciences

Potential for Early Breeding of Kivircik (Western Thrace) Ewes

M. Koyuncu, S. Karauzun

Received May, 8, 2007; accepted September, 2, 2007


Thermal Status in Three Breeds of Newborn Lambs During the First 24 hours of Postnatal Life

Y. Aleksiev, D. Gudev, G. Dimov

Received December, 2006; accepted May, 2, 2007


Adrenal Response to Strass and Plasma Levels of Cholesterol, Urea and Indol in Acetylsalicylic Acid Treated Lambs

D. Gudev, S. Popova-Ralcheva, I. Yanchev, P. Moneva

Received June, 23, 2007; accepted August, 6, 2007


Changes in Nutritional Value of Rice Husk during Trichoderma Viride Degradation

A. Z. Aderolu, E. A. Iyayi and A. A. Onilude

Received June, 2, 2007; accepted September, 12, 2007


Utilization of Palm Kernel Cake as a Replacement for Maize in Diets of Growing Pigs: Effect on Performance, Serum Metabolites, Nutrient Digestibility and Cost of Feed Conversion

A. O. K. Adesehinwa

Received April, 23, 2007; accepted July, 2, 2007


Naematological Indices of West African Dwarf Goat Fed Leaf Meal Based Diets

M. A. Belewu and K. O. Ojo - Alokomaro

Received April, 12, 2007; accepted September, 23, 2007


Ecology, Soil Science and Agrochemistry

Morphological, Physical and Chemical Properties of Soils from North West Himalayas

A. Mahajan, S. K. Sharma, R. D. Gupta and R. Sharma

Received May, 12, 2007; accepted September, 12, 2007


Short Communication

A. Preliminarily Field Investigations on Several Compounds from Plant and Non-Organic Origin towards to Plasmopara Viticola

D. Ganchev

Received June, 12, 2007; accepted August, 1, 2007


Thidiazuron-induced Regeneration in Root Segments of White Poplar (P. alba L.)

I. Tsetkov, J-F. Hausman and L. Jouve

Received August, 2, 2007; accepted September, 23, 2007


Number 6

Cryobiology and Food Technologies

Causality Implies the Lorenz Group for Cryobiological Freezing-Drying the Vacuum Sublimation of Elementary Cells

Tsv. D. Tsvetkov, G. Petrov and P. Tsvetkova

Received September, 3, 2007: accepted October, 24, 2007


Lipid Composition of the New Functional Lyophilized Product “SB - Lyo”

I. Nacheva, L. Georgieva and Tsv. Tsvetkov

Received August, 12, 2007; accepted October, 2, 2007


Technological Characteristics of Ganna-Irradiated Buffalo-Calf Meat During Storage

D. Miteva, T. Bakalivanova, St. Grigorova, Kr. Dimov and Tsv. Tsvetkov

Received August, 23, 2007; accepted October, 2, 2007


Optimization of Nutritive Media Composition for Hylanase Production be Aspergillus Awamori

Z. I. Velkova, V. K. Gochev, G. Kostov and A. Atev

Received January, 12, 2007; accepted August, 3, 2007


Technological Investigation on Virginia Variety Group Tobacco Message I: Technological Investigation on Virginia Type Tobacco from Different Regions of South Bulgaria

V. Nikolova

Received September, 12, 2007; accepted October, 25, 2007


Plant Sciences

In vitro Characteristics of Different Pyrenophora tritici-repentis Isolates

R. Andonova and M. Todorova

Received July, 10, 2007; accepted September, 8, 2007


A Perliminarily Study of Antifungal Activity of Some Active Substances from Plant Orgin according to Monilia fructigena

D. Ganchev

Received June, 12, 2007; accepted August, 1, 2007


Budding and Grafting of the Walnut (Juglans regia L.) and their Effectiveness in Bulgaria (Review)

S. Gandev

Received June, 2, 2007; accepted October, 23, 2007


Agrochemistry, Soil Science and Ecology

Effect of Thermo-Tribochemical Activated Natural Phosphates on Productivity and Nutrient Uptake of T. aestivum L.

M. Nankova, I. Dombalov and K. Kostov

Received January, 23, 2007; accepted October, 12, 2007


Effects of Temperature and Moisture Content on the Strenght Properties of African Nutmeg (Monodora Myristica)

W. Burubai, A. J. Akor, A. H. Igoni and Y. T. Puyate

Received July, 23, 2007; accepted October, 12, 2007


Animal Sciences

Comparison of Compound Feed and Sunflower Expeller as a Supplement to Autumn Pasture for the Dairy Cows

H. S. Ali and N. A. Todorov

Received August, 12, 2007; accepted October, 2, 2007


Diurnal Distribution of the Time of Parturition in the Danube Fine Wool Breed of Sheep

Y. Aleksiev

Received June, 1, 2007; accepted September, 15, 2007


Effect of Fish Oil Supplemented Diet on the Performance, Carcass Composition and Quality in Lambs

P. Marinova, T. Popova, V. Banskalieva, E. Raicheva, M. Ignatova and V. Vasileva

Received August, 3, 2007; accepted October, 23, 2007


Author Index


Subject Index


Contents of Volume 13