Lyubov Getmantseva, Nekruz Bakoev, Nadezhda Shirokova, Maria Kolosova, Siroj Bakoev, Anatoly Kolosov, Aleksander Usatov, Varvara Shevtsova, Yuri Kolosov

Received: 16.03.2018; Accepted: 11.05.2018

Microsatellite markers – a tool for molecular characterization of cattle genetic resources

Denis Viryanski

Received: 10.08.2018; Accepted: 17.10.2018

FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

Functional and morphological groups in the phytoplankton of large reservoirs used for aquaculture in Bulgaria

Kostadin Dochin

Received: 04.04.2018; Accepted: 17.04.2018

VETERINARY MEDICINE

The impact of motor activity level of newborn calves with dyspepsia on correction efficiency of hypercoagulation state in them with the help of gamavit

Vera D. Fomina, Grigory G. Arslanian, Galina S. Mal, Olga N. Makurina

Received: 18.03.2018; Accepted: 15.05.2018

AGROECOLOGY

Monitoring of some indicators of lead and cadmium spread along the trophic chain ‘feed – animals – food’ in a region with an increased ecological Clarc

Dimo Penkov, Hristo Hristev

Received: 28.03.2018; Accepted: 15.05.2018

FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES

Kinetic and microbiological dependencies in the process of fermentation of goat milk, enriched with lactulose

Iliana Nacheva

Received: 16.04.2018; Accepted: 23.04.2018

Effect of the assistance of microwave and oxalic acid on the extraction yield of pectin from pomelo (Citrus maxima) peel

Le Pham Tan Quoc

Received: 09.02.2018; Accepted: 13.04.2018

Ultrasound-assisted and agitated enzymatic extraction of pectin from red beet (Beta vulgaris L. var. conditiva) roots

Shukhrat M. Velyamov, Seit S. Jingilbaev, Stepan G. Akterian

Received: 23.03.2018; Accepted: 11.05.2018

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Optimum use of the irrigational water in a wide-spaced irrigation technology

Milena Moteva, Georgi Kostadinov

Received: 22.01.2018; Accepted: 08.05.2018

Analysis of water balance to determine cropping patterns of food crop in sub-watershed Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara regency

Akas Pinaringan Sujalu, M. Hidayanto, Yossita Fiana, Akas Yekti Pulihasih

Received: 06.02.2018; Accepted: 03.04.2018

Number 2

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

The hidden drivers of the legislation of the Common Agricultural Policy – the case of the 2013 CAP reform

Imre Fertő, Attila Kovács

Received: 22.06.2018; Accepted: 02.07.2018

Average labor productivity of urea producing firms in the GCC

Mohammed Al-Mahish

Received: 31.03.2018; Accepted: 13.04.2018

AGROCHEMISTRY AND SOIL SCIENCE

Evolution of the exchange properties of a K-beidellite submitted to alternate wetting and drying cycles

Hachemi Zaidi, Abdellah Bakhti, Mohamed Larid

Received: 07.06.2018; Accepted: 15.10.2018

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Effect of threshing machines, rotational speed and grain moisture on corn shelling

Salih K. Alwan Al Sharifi, Mousa A. Aljibouri, Manhil Abass Taher

Received: 05.03.2018; Accepted: 17.04.2018

Research and formation of qualitative hydro air ion composition in agricultural premises

Serhii Sukach, Tatyana Kozlovskaya, Ihor Serhiienko, Valentyn Glyva, Oleksandr Vovna, Ivan Laktionov

Received: 02.02.2018; Accepted: 02.05.2018

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES

The utilization of fruit and vegetable wastes for bioethanol production with the inoculation of indigenous yeasts consortium

Gemilang Lara Utama, Febrin E. E. Sidabutar, Hanna Felina, Dwi Wahyudha Wira, Roostita Lobo Balia

Received: 08.02.2018; Accepted: 12.03.2018

Effect of temperature, relative humidity and moisture on aflatoxin contamination of stored maize kernels

Francis Collins Muga, Moses Okoth Marenya, Tilahun Seyoum Workneh

Received: 03.07.2018; Accepted: 10.10.2018

PLANT SCIENCE

Study on the influence of Lumbrical and Lumbrex bio-fertilizers over an artificial grassland of red fescue ( Festuca rubra L.)

Tatyana Bozhanska

Received: 26.04.2018; Accepted: 15.05.2018

Seed germination of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) with nano-particles of iron

Judith Prieto-Méndez, Eliazar Aquino-Torres, Sergio Rubén Pérez-Ríos, Nallely Trejo-González, Francisco Prieto-García

Received: 20.08.2018; Accepted: 10.09.2018

Variability, heritability and genetic advance of some grain quality traits and grain yield in durum wheat genotypes

Krasimira Taneva, Violeta Bozhanova, Ivanka Petrova

Received: 27.12.2018; Accepted: 17.01.2019

Changes of structural characteristic of leaves in wheat varieties under the influence of experimentally contaminated water

Katya N. Velichkova

Received: 16.04.2018; Accepted: 17.05.2018

Application of in vitro test system for evaluating the tolerance of Ageratum houstonianum and Petunia x hybrida to cadmium toxicity

Denitza I. Milusheva, Bistra Y. Atanassova, Elena T. Iakimova

Received: 19.09.2018; Accepted: 17.10.2018

Influence of meteorological conditions on the production of nectar and pollen of Cucurbita pepo var. giromontia

Tsvetelina Nikolova, Milena Yordanova, Vera Petrova

Received: 27.06.2018; Accepted: 28.09.2018

Ability of Limnocharis flava to escape from episodic submersion by rapid elongation of its leaf petiole

Benyamin Lakitan, Fira Juliani, Erizal Sodikin

Received: 28.06.2018; Accepted: 11.08.2018

Use of Scleria poaeformis as biomaterial in etno-agricultural practice at riparian wetlands in Indonesia

Benyamin Lakitan, Erna Siaga, Kartika Kartika, Y. Yunindyawati

Received: 28.06.2018; Accepted: 11.08.2018

Floating seedbed for preparing rice seedlings under unpredictable flooding occurrence at tropical riparian wetland

Erna Siaga, Benyamin Lakitan, Hasbi Hasbi, Siti M. Bernas, Laily I. Widuri, Kartika Kartika

Received: 28.06.2018; Accepted: 11.08.2018

Cultivation of agricultural crops with irrigation in Amur region

Marina V. Makannikova, Lyudmila A. Lapshakova, Natalya V. Belmach

Received: 13.09.2018; Accepted: 25.09.2018

PLANT PROTECTION

Managing the scab on apple leaves by combining some treatment programs with application periods

Edmond Rexhepi, Harallamb Paçe, Hekuran Vrapi, Arbenita Hasani, Shpend Shahini

Received: 02.04.2018; Accepted: 30.05.2018

ANIMAL SCIENCE

Animal hygienic assessment of air carbon dioxide concentration in semi-open freestall barns for dairy cows

Dimo Dimov, Ivaylo Marinov, Toncho Penev, Chonka Miteva, Zhivka Gergovska

Received: 04.07.2018; Accepted: 17.09.2018

First lactation milk production of cows of the Simmental breed reared in Bulgaria

Svetoslav Karamfilov, Vasil Nikolov

Received: 17.08.2018; Accepted: 21.09.2018

Variability in rumen degradability and intestinal digestibility of sunflower meals protein

Krum V. Nedelkov, Alexander N. Hristov, Nikolai A. Todorov

Received: 28.05.2018; Accepted: 19.09.2018

ANIMAL GENETICS

Polymorphisms of CAPN1, CAST, GDF5, TG5 and GH genes in Russian Hereford cattle

Kinispay Dzhulamanov, Nikolay Gerasimov, Marina Dubovskova, Asemgul Baktygalieva

Received: 27.04.2018; Accepted: 17.06.2018

Breeding efficiency and related traits in buffalo cows under the conditions of Nature Park “Rusenski Lom”

Yordanka Ilieva, Pencho Penchev

Received: 19.04.2018; Accepted: 17.05.2018

FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE

Functional classification of phytoplankton in Kardzhali reservoir (Southeast Bulgaria)

Kostadin Dochin, Ivan Iliev

Received: 04.04.2018; Accepted: 17.05.2018

VETERINARY MEDICINE

The analysis of damping of the Bovine Rhinotracheitis National Recovery Program in the Czech Republic between 2006-2016

Richard Pospisil, Ondrej Krocil, Philipp Kunz

Received: 06.04.2018; Accepted: 17.05.2018

Biological and economic aspects of immunological castration in the comparison with traditional (surgical) method

Mykola Povod, Inna Lozynska, Evgeniya Samokhina

Received: 22.03.2018; Accepted: 11.04.2018

FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES

Characteristics and antimicrobial activity of sugar dangke whey fermentation

Fatma Maruddin, Ratmawati Malaka, Muhammad Taufik

Received: 18.01.2018; Accepted: 04.04.2018

Effect of ethanol used in a degreasing process on Bali cattle bones on the physicochemical properties of extracted collagen

Muhammad Irfan Said, Effendi Abustam, Abd.Wahid Wahab, Paulina Taba, Asdar Gani, Abd. Malik Wahid

Received: 09.01.2018; Accepted: 16.03.2018

The development of organic sliceable black table olive products in sausage-like form from physicochemical, microbiological and organoleptic characteristics

Yasin Ozdemir, Mehmet Ozkan, Aysun Ozturk, Ugur Ozyurt, Rena I. Kosti

Received: 08.04.2016; Accepted: 16.08.2016

Number 3

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

An assessment of rurality in Italian farms using a quantitative approach

Nicola Galluzzo

Received: April, 15, 2019; Accepted: May, 29, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

Influence of the common agricultural policy on Bulgarian agriculture

Petar Borisov, Rezear Kolaj, Christina Yancheva, Svetla Yancheva

Received: January, 11, 2019; Accepted: March, 15, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

Monitoring of potato production and its forecast by 2020

Vladimir S. Osipov, Tatiana V. Skryl

Received: June, 29, 2018; Accepted: August, 28, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

Smart contracts for smart rural supply chains

Gunnar Prause, Ivan Boevsky

Received: December, 5, 2018; Accepted: February, 26, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

Index of localization of agricultural holdings and employees in the rural areas of the South Central Region for Bulgaria

Petar Marinov

Received: June, 5, 2018; Accepted: November, 20, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

Empowering partnering links as opportunities for development of the regions: can PPPs work in agriculture?

Rezear Kolaj, Myslym Osmani, Petar Borisov, Dubravka Skunca

Received: January, 24, 2019; Accepted: February, 26, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

PLANT SCIENCE

Effect of sowing date on yield of winter wheat cultivars Grom, Asr and Kuma in Khorezm region

Lola Gandjaeva

Received: July, 12, 2018; Accepted: October, 12, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

Induction of total phenol and salicylic acid with Pseudomonas spp. suspension as indications increasing systemic resistance on vanilla plant

I. Ketut Widnyana, I. Ketut Sumantra, Ni Putu Pandawani, Putu Eka Pasmidi Ariati

Received: August, 15, 2018; Accepted: February, 18, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

Indigenous phosphate-solubilizing bacteria enhance germination in deteriorated rice seed

Purwaningsih, Radian, Widyatmani Sih Dewi, Bambang Pujiasmanto

Received: May, 16, 2018; Accepted: June, 27, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

Integrated cropping system of rice with oil palm: local and new varieties

Alridiwirsah, Erwin Masrul Harahap, Erwin Nyak Akoeb, Hamidah Hanum

Received: August, 7, 2018; Accepted: October, 17, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

Utilization of rice husk silicate extract to improve the productivity of paddy Ciherang cultivar

Budy Frasetya, Kundang Harisman, Dedi Sudrajat, Muhammad Subandi

Received: January, 8, 2018; Accepted: April, 5, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

PLANT PROTECTION

Utilization of organic and bio fertilizers against root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) infecting faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

El-Shafeey I. El-Shafeey, Mohamed A. Abd-El-Hadi, Eman S. Hagag, Ghada S. Abu El-Naga

Received: March, 28, 2018; Accepted: March, 20, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

Parasitism preference of normal and irradiated host pupae of Bactrocera zonata, Saunders (Tephritidae: Diptera) and Bactrocera cucurbitae, Coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae) by pupal parasitoid, Dirhinus giffardii, Silvestri (Chalcididae: Hymenoptera)

Muhammad Naveed, Rashid Ahmad Khan

Received: June, 6, 2018; Accepted: July, 19, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

ECOLOGY, AGROCHEMISTRY AND SOIL SCIENCE

Coefficients of heavy metal accumulation in forest soils

Diana Malinova, Ludmila Malinova, Kameliya Petrova, Biser Hristov

Received: March, 28, 2019; Accepted: April, 19, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

Plant nutritional potency of recent volcanic materials from the southern flank of mt. Merapi, Indonesia

Lis Noer Aini, Bambang Hendro Soenarminto, Eko Hanudin, Junun Sartohadi

Received: June, 7, 2018; Accepted: July, 9, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

Cover – management (C-factor) of the Petrohan Training and Experimental Forest Range

Dilyana Ilieva, Kameliya Petrova

Received: July, 4, 2018; Accepted: August, 6, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

Efficiency of windbreak forest belts for the cultivation of winter grain crops

Alexander Nikolaevich Sarychev, Yuri Nikolaevich Pleskachev, Elena Anatolievna Ivantsova, Nikolay Vladimirovich Onistratenko

Received: July, 19, 2018; Accepted: January, 10, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

Comparison of the ability of different plant species to reflect environmental pollution in Bulgaria

Valentina Lyubomirova, Veronika Mihaylova, Rumyana Djingova

Received: July, 17, 2018; Accepted: January, 30, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

ANIMAL SCIENCE

Micromorphometric study of the small intestines in different post-hatch periods in bronze turkey (Meleagris meleagrisk gallopavo)

David Yovchev, Georgi Penchev, Dimitar Dimitrov, Kamelia S.-Yovcheva

Received: October, 29, 2018; Accepted: November, 7, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

Effect of complex phytobiotics on morphochemical characteristics of Cobb 500 cross mail broiler chicks

Vladimir E. Nikitchenko, Dmitry V. Nikitchenko, Vadim G. Plyuschikov, Ivan G. Seregin, Аlexander А. Nikishov, Ekaterina O. Rystsova

Received: July, 19, 2018; Accepted: August, 21, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

Discrepancy between plasma cortisol level and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in sheep during shearing

Penka Moneva, Ivan Yanchev, Marina Dyavolova, Dimitar Gudev

Received: June, 15, 2018; Accepted: July, 25, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

Functional activity of platelets in new-born calves of black-marked breed

Nadezhda V. Vorobyeva, Ilya N. Medvedev

Received: June, 10, 2018; Accepted: July, 13, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

VETERINARY MEDICINE

The role of imaging anatomy in the contemporary anatomical studies of domestic rabbits in veterinary and agricultural science

Ömer Gürkan Dilek, Rosen Dimitrov, Kamelia Stamatova-Yovcheva

Received: November, 18, 2018; Accepted: December, 28, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES

The effect of different flour extraction rates on physiochemical and rheological characteristics

Taha Rababah, Muhammad Alu’datt, Majdi Al-Mahasneh, Sana Gammoh, Mustafa Al-Obaidy, Tha’er Ajouly, Vaida Bartkute-Norkūniene

Received: June, 6, 2018; Accepted: December, 27, 2018; Published: June, 30, 2019

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Indicators of a finger device for feeding sesame stems into harvesting machine

Stoyan Ishpekov, Nayden Naydenov, Rangel Zaykov

Received: January, 3, 2019; Accepted: February, 22, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

New solution – a skyscraper with integrated floor gardens, multi-storey panoramic elevators and aquariums filled with fluorescent algae

Yanko Aleksandrov

Received: June, 5, 2018; Accepted: May, 20, 2019; Published: June, 30, 2019

Number 4

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Assessment of sustainability of agro-ecosystems in Bulgaria

Hrabrin Bachev, Bodjidar Ivanov, Dessislava Toteva

Received: February, 14, 2018; Accepted: February, 28, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

Variability of traits and their correlation in different rice genotypes in dynamically changing climate conditions

Ruslan R. Dzhamirze, Nadezhda V. Ostapenko, Tatyana N. Lotochnikova, Natalya N. Chinchenko

Received: December, 3, 2018; Accepted: February, 22, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

Evaluation of oriental tobacco of the variety group of Basmi upon organic production

Hristo Bozukov, Maria Kasheva, Yovcho Kochev, Daniela Vitanova

Received: September, 20, 2018; Accepted: March, 15, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

Action of activated waters on plants after adverse chemical effects, imitating acid rain

Teodora P. Popova, Toshka E. Petrova, Metodi Petrichev, Miglena Valyova

Received: February, 4, 2019; Accepted: May, 9, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

A case study of woody leaf litter vermicompost as a promising calcium fertilizer

Ksenia Petrochenko, Alexander Kurovsky, Anna Godymchuk, Andrey Babenko, Yury Yakimov, Alexander Gusev

Received: June, 16, 2018; Accepted: June, 21, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT

Traditional Bulgarian foods in the Horeca sector as a factor of choice for the tourist destination

Stanko Stankov, Hafize Fidan, Georgi Toskov, Eva Dimitrova, Kremena Nikovska

Received: April, 1, 2019; Accepted: June, 6, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

Professionalism in extensive sheep farming system in Central Greece

Maria D. Yiakoulaki, Nikolaos D. Hasanagas

Received: March, 27, 2018, Accepted: September 3, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

Problems and prospects of food security in Ukraine

Natalia Vasylieva

Received: September, 17, 2018; Accepted: September, 25, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

Theoretical extension education modeling of citrus culture development in Iran citrus pole

Mohammad A. Ashkar-Ahangarkolaee, Malek Mohammadi, Seyed M. Hosseini

Received: May, 23, 2018; Accepted: August, 2, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Challenges of the red meat supply chain in Slovenia: the case of pig breeders

Aleš Kuhar, Hristo Hristov

Received: August, 7, 2018; Accepted: June, 12, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

A research on the characteristics and activities of producers in organic markets: a case study of Izmit and Sişli district

Mesude Ünal, Bahar Aydin Can

Received: October, 25, 2018; Accepted: February, 24, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

A determinant of marketing system choice by rubber smallholders in Indonesia

Mirza Antoni, Hiromi Tokuda

Received: September, 27, 2018; Accepted: November, 24, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

Sustainable city development

New solution – attractive lighting with fluorescent algae in aquariums, situated in multi-storey transparent elevators and in floor gardens inside skyscraperers

Yanko Aleksandrov

Received: October, 20, 2018; Accepted: May, 15, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

ECOLOGICAL FARMING

Investigation of the opportunities for introduction of the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in the territory of Bulgaria

Radoslav Mihaylov, Rosen Dimitrov, Kamelia Stamatova-Yovcheva, Fejzullah Fejzulla

Received: October, 28, 2018; Accepted: May, 16, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

Screening of arbuscular mycorrhiza isolated from rhizosphere of elephant grass from seven soil types for biofertilizer in zeolite pot culture

Vita Ratri Cahyani, Muhammad Ridho Alfin, Nabilah Hanifah

Received: August, 2, 2018; Accepted: August, 17, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

PLANT SCIENCE

Basic chemical components, smoking and taste qualities of tobacco varieties grown in different regions of Bulgaria

Maria Kasheva, Margarita Docheva, Yovcho Kochev

Received: February, 13, 2019; Accepted: July, 2, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

The optimization mesophyll protoplast isolation for Phalaenopsis amboinensis

Machmudi Machmudi, Hery Purnobasuki, Edy Setiti Wida Utami

Received: August, 17, 2018; Accepted: May, 31, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

PLANT PROTECTION

Tomato lines from interspecific hybridization – donors of resistance to leaf bacterial infections

Daniela Ganeva, Nevena Bogatzevska

Received: December, 28, 2018; Accepted: Februrary, 7, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

PLANT GENETICS

Hybridization technique of black orchid (Coelogyne pandurata Lindley) to enrich the genetic diversity and to rescue the genetic extinction

Sri Hartati, Nandariyah, Ahmad Yunus, Djati Waluyo Djoar

Received: July, 11, 2018; Accepted: May, 22, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

ANIMAL SCIENCE

Study on the body conformation of breeding female cattle of the Rhodope Shorthorn Cattle breed

Radka Malinova, Vasil Nikolov

Received: July, 16, 2018; Accepted: January, 30, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

The economic potential of honeycomb from wild bees

Mochammad Junus

Received: January, 8, 2018; Accepted: March, 19, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

Applying iodine-containing preparations as growth promoters in Russia’s poultry farming

Eleonora Evgenievna Ostrikova, Natalia Andreevna Ostapenko, Alexander Sergeevich Chernyshkov, Natalia Vladimirovna Lenkova

Received: June, 1, 2018; Accepted: August, 6, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

ANIMAL GENETICS

Determining genotypes of 3-breed pig hybrids by marker genes and their interrelation with meat productivity

Alexandr Maximov, Vyacheslav Vasilenko, Gennadiy Maximov, Ivan Svinarev

Received: June, 29, 2018; Accepted: July, 31, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

AGROCHEMISTRY AND SOIL SCIENCE

Bulgarian soil classification issues of correlation and harmonization with the international soil classification systems

Toma Shishkov

Received: July, 7, 2018; Accepted: July, 20, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES

The effect of regional source of solid coconut sugar and additional concentration of activated carbon on the quality of pandanus-scented coconut sugar syrup

Arie Febrianto Mulyadi, Susinggih Wijana, Dwi Elsa Yunita

Received: January, 10, 2018; Accepted: March, 20, 2018; Published: August, 31, 2019

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Evaluation of suitability for mechanized harvesting of sesame genotypes, introduced in Portugal

Rui Nobre, Stanislav Stamatov, Manol Deshev, Stoyan Ishpekov

Received: November, 2, 2018; Accepted: June, 17, 2019; Published: August, 31, 2019

Number 5

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Estimation of biophysical and biochemical variables of winter wheat through Sentinel-2 vegetation indices

Petar Dimitrov, Ilina Kamenova, Eugenia Roumenina, Lachezar Filchev, Iliana Ilieva,Georgi Jelev, Alexander Gikov, Martin Banov, Veneta Krasteva, Viktor Kolchakov, Milena Kercheva, Emil Dimitrov, Nevena Miteva

Received: June, 14, 2019; Accepted: July, 23, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Exogenous spraying of plant’s resistance inducers improves yield and sugarcane quality

Ronaldo da Silva Viana, Bruno Rafael de Almeida Moreira, Lucas Aparecido Manzani Lisboa,Paulo Alexandre Monteiro de Figueiredo, Sergio Bispo Ramos, Samuel Bispo Ramos, Gustavo Henrique de Oliveira Dias, Leticia Cunha Moreira, Mariana Teixeira Spotoni, Camila Regina Silva Baleroni Recco

Received: September, 25, 2018; Accepted: June, 27, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Expression profiling of DNA methyltransferase genes in wheat genotypes with contrasting drought tolerance

Valya Vassileva, Irina Vaseva, Anna Dimitrova

Received: September, 19, 2018; Accepted: November, 29, 2018; Published: October, 31, 2019

Improvement of water management project by correcting irrigation water requirement in farmer participation and optimization

Anongrit Kangrang, Haris Prasanchum, Ratana Hormwichian, Rapeepat Techarungruengsakul, Ratsuda Ngamsert, Nanthawat Phookinghin, Jirayut Wangthken

Received: June, 5, 2018; Accepted: August, 29, 2018; Published: October, 31, 2019

Ecological-economical aspects of the production of alternative kinds of fuel in agricultural enterprises Ukraine

Andrii Doronin, Lesia Кarpuk

Received: March, 29, 2018; Accepted: June, 19, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Appraisal of shallot farming sustainability in Brebes Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia

Dina Martha Susilawati, M. Syamsul Maarif, Widiatmaka and Iskandar Lubis

Received: April, 18, 2018; Accepted: March, 11, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT

Analysing the impact of subsidies on the Albanian agriculture sector

Merita Gecaj, Edmira Shahu (Ozuni), Drini Imami, Engjell Skreli, Attila Jambor

Received: March, 19, 2019; Accepted: April, 15, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Strategic analysis of the creative business development of processed agricultural products in Surabaya, Indonesia

Erna Haryanti, Dwie Retna Suryaningsih, Nuhfil Hanani

Received: July, 13, 2018; Accepted: August, 29, 2018; Published: October, 31, 2019

Characteristics and problems of dairy cattle farms in Bulgaria

Tsvetana Harizanova-Metodieva, Maya Ignatova and Tatiana Ivanova

Received: March, 27, 2019; Accepted: July, 4, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

The mutual relations between food product prices and consumer behavior of population in Azerbaijan domestic agricultural market

Sugra Humbatova, Natig Hajiyev

Received: July, 18, 2018; Accepted: October, 15, 2018; Published: October, 31, 2019

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Plant proteins in the focus of bioeconomy

Plamena Yovchevska

Received: March, 19, 2019; Accepted: April, 15, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

An analysis of farm income in Romanian regions using FADN dataset

Nicola Galluzzo

Received: March, 27, 2019; Accepted: June, 21, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

The demand for ornamental plants in Poland after its integration into the EU: a quantitative approach

Dawid Olewnicki, Lilianna Jabłońska, Hanna Dudek

Received: January, 9, 2019; Accepted: June, 27, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Level business competitiveness of beef cattle fattening in smallholder farms

Hastang, Sitti Nurani Sirajuddin, Rahmat Mandasini

Received: September, 25, 2018; Accepted: January, 8, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Wood products export performance in Bulgaria and Romania

Nahanga Verter

Received: July, 17, 2018; Accepted: June, 27, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

ECOLOGICAL FARMING

The beneficial effects of bio-fertilizers combinations and humic acid on growth, yield parameters and nitrogen content of broccoli grown under drip irrigation system

Duraid K. A. Al-Taey, Mohammed J. H. Al-Shareefi, Abbas K. Mijwel, Abdel Razzaq Al-Tawaha,Abdel Rahman Al-Tawaha

Received: November, 12, 2018; Accepted: June, 19, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Evaluation of the influence of additives from different types of compost on the soil properties

Metodi Mladenov

Received: August, 24, 2018; Accepted: January, 15, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

The influence of biofertilizers and organic fertilizers on productivity, quality and storing of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) in the South-East of Kazakhstan

Hriska Boteva, Bekzat Turegeldiyev, Temirzhan Aitbayev, Birzhan Rakhymzhanov, Akbope Aitbayeva

Received: November, 9, 2018; Accepted: August, 14, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

PLANT SCIENCE

Allelopathic soil activity in the rotation of some forage and technical crops

Plamen Marinov-Serafimov, Stanimir Enchev, Irena Golubinova

Received: February, 8, 2019; Accepted: May, 29, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Evaluation of salt tolerance of Panicum miliaceum L. collection at the germination stage in conditions of induced sodium chloride salinization

Aiman Rysbekova, Elmira Dyussibayeva, Irina Zhirnova, Aiym Zhakenova, Abilbashar Seitkhozhayev, Carina Makhmudova, Svetla Yancheva, Nursaule Zhanbyrshina, Gulden Kipshakbayeva

Received: January, 8, 2019; Accepted: August, 8, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Adaptability and productive potential of initial material from grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.)

Valentin Kosev, Viliana Vasileva, Zeki Acar

Received: July, 20, 2018; Accepted: August, 27, 2018; Published: October, 31, 2019

Fabiana imbricata Ruiz et Pav. micropropagation

Pervin Halkoglu, Svetla Yancheva, Atanas Pavlov

Received: January, 24, 2019; Accepted: July, 1, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Temperature and light quality influence seed germination of two biquinho pepper cultivars

Maria Ines Diel, Oscar Valeriano Sanchez Valera, Marcos Vinicius Marques Pinheiro, Leonardo Antonio Thiesen, Daniela Meira, Patricia Jesus de Melo, Diessica Leticia Junges, Braulio Otomar Caron, Denise Schmidt

Received: May, 13, 2019; Accepted: June, 28, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Variability of morphological characters of collection accessions of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Aneliya Katova, Jelyazko Vulchinkov

Received: October, 2, 2018; Accepted: June, 18, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

PLANT GENETICS

Agronomic characteristic, genetic variability and heritability of mutant samosir shallot M₁V₂ generation irradiated by gamma rays

Mariati Sinuraya, Rosmayati Rosmayati, Hasanuddin Hasanuddin, Diana Sofia Hanafiah

Received: July, 13, 2018; Accepted: October, 22, 2018; Published: October, 31, 2019

PLANT PATHOLOGY AND PROTECTION

Evaluation of collection of pepper (Capsicum spp.) resources for resistance to Verticillium dahliae Kleb.

Katya Vasileva, Velichka Todorova, Stojka Masheva

Received: July, 26, 2018; Accepted: September, 21, 2018; Published: October, 31, 2019

VETERINARY SCIENCE

Efficacy of single-dose Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccine for the control of enzootic pneumonia in pigs

Roman Pepovich

Received: January, 10, 2019; Accepted: August, 12, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES

Comparison of chemical composition and physicochemical properties of meat of males and females of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822)

Iwona Chwastowska-Siwiecka, Marlena Baryczka, Jacek Kondratowicz, Rafał Winarski

Received: September, 7, 2018; Accepted: June, 18, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

The effect of different blades on the performance values of a pruning chopper used to improve soil properties

Murad Canakci, Mehmet Topakci, Davut Karayel, Bora Agsaran, Onder Kabas and Mete Yigit

Received: August, 7, 2018; Accepted: August, 23, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Number 6

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT

Economic and social impacts of price volatility in the markets of agricultural products

Maurizio Lanfranchi, Carlo Giannetto, Francesco Rotondo, Mariyana Ivanova, Vihra Dimitrova

Received: April, 3, 2019; Accepted: July, 5, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Selected technical and organizational problems in various milk production systems

Michał Switlyk, Ewa Koloszycz, Agnieszka Sompolska-Rzechula

Received: January, 7, 2019; Accepted: July, 4, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Determination of factors affecting on dried beans production decisions in Turkey

Ali Berk, Cahit Gungor

Received: September, 24, 2018; Accepted: August, 7, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

New solution – innovative design with inventive step of a super tall green building made of bamboo: “Superskyscraper in Singapore”

Yanko Aleksandrov

Received: July, 31, 2019; Accepted: August, 5, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Evaluation of social sustainability of Bulgarian agriculture

Minka Anastasova-Chopeva

Received: January, 2, 2019; Accepted: August, 5, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

In vitro regeneration and Agrobacterium mediated transformation of Turkish commercial barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Nahid Hazrati, Saime Unver, Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Farzad Nofouzi, Khalid Mahmood Khawar, Ali Ergul

Received: June, 1, 2018; Accepted: July, 5, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Spatiotemporal dynamics of cereals grains and grain legumes yield in Ukraine

Anastasiia Zymaroieva, Oleksandr Zhukov, Liudmyla Romanchuck, Anatolii Pinkin

Received: September, 24, 2018; Accepted: October, 22, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Determinants of agricultural land rent and its development in Czechia

Radek Zdenek, Jana Lososova, Tomas Mrkvicka

Received: January, 7, 2019; Accepted: July, 1, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

ECOLOGICAL FARMING

Effect of degradable mulch on tomato growth and yield under field conditions

Mysoon Alamro, Atif Mahadeen, Osama Mohawesh

Received: July, 31, 2019; Accepted: August, 5, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

PLANT SCIENCE

Physiological quality of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray seeds as a function of harvest period and storage conditions

Eduardo Pacca Luna Mattar, Tiago Teixeira Vianna, Wander Douglas Pereira, Bruno Portela Brasileiro, Paulo Cesar Hilst, Denise Cunha Fernandes dos Santos Dias

Received: January, 19, 2019; Accepted: September, 24, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Pilot scale cultivation and production of Vanilla planifolia in the United Arab Emirates

Khalil Ur Rahman, Mohamed Khalifa Bin Thaleth, George Mathew Kutty, Ramachandran Subramanian

Received: December, 27, 2018; Accepted: November, 4, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Study of weather conditions influence on the grapes quality and some technological practices on the chemical composition, aromatic profile and organoleptic characteristics of white wines

Tatyana Yoncheva, Vanyo Haygarov, Dimitar Dimitrov

Received: February, 4, 2019; Accepted: May, 6, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Evaluation of the efficiency of oil radish agrofitocenosis construction by the factor of reproductive effort

Yaroslav H. Tsytsiura

Received: February, 25, 2019; Accepted: November, 15, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

PLANT PATHOLOGY AND PROTECTION

Spreading of diseases caused by phytoplasma on local and foreign grape varieties grown in Bulgaria from 2005 to 2018

Zhelyu Avramov, Marco Mihaylov

Received: November, 1, 2018; Accepted: December, 12, 2018; Published: December, 31, 2019

The influence of some herbicides on seed production in standard wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum (Fisch.) Schultes)

Plamen Marinov-Serafimov, Irena Golubinova

Received: December, 20, 2018; Accepted: January, 4, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Allelopathic effect of dodder (Cuscuta epithymum L.) on different genotypes bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.)

Irena Golubinova, Plamen Marinov-Serafimov,

Received: December, 20, 2018; Accepted: January, 4, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

AGROCHEMISTRY, SOIL SCIENCE AND ECOLOGY

Relations between crop rotation with pea and soil structure

Elpiniki Skoufogianni, Kyriakos Giannoulis, Dimitrios Bartzialis, Nicholaos Danalatos

Received: March, 21, 2019; Accepted: June, 27, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

In vitro propagation of the Balkan endemic species Stachys leucoglossa Griseb

Desislava I. Mantovska, Veneta M. Kapchina, Zhenya P. Yordanova

Received: May, 14, 2018; Accepted: December, 5, 2018; Published: December, 31, 2019

Acrisols on the territory of training and experimental forest range “Petrohan”

Ludmila Malinova, Kameliya Petrova

Received: March, 28, 2019; Accepted: June, 4, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Assessment of efficacy of sodium silicate on morphological parameters of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. under water deficit conditions

Chanchal Malhotra, Riti Thapar Kapoor

Received: November, 21, 2018; Accepted: June, 26, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

DTPA-extractable micronutrient content of soils in Southern Bulgaria

Penka Zaprjanova, Gergana Hristozova

Received: January, 23, 2019; Accepted: June, 13, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

A study on the effects of water quality, cultivars, organic and chemical fertilizers on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) growth and yield to calculate the economic feasibility

Duraid K. A. AL-Taey, Imad J. C. Al-Naely, Bassim H. Kshash

Received: January, 4, 2019; Accepted: November, 1, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

ANIMAL SCIENCE

The effect of different housing system on quality parameters of eggs in relationship to the age in brown egg-laying hens

Adam Kraus, Lukáš Zita, Ondřej Krunt

Received: March, 22, 2019; Accepted: October, 30, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Study on the exterior of cow Limousin cattle breed, bred in Bulgaria

Svetoslav Karamfilov, Vasil Nikolov, Radka Malinova

Received: July, 31, 2019; Accepted: August, 5, 2019; Published: October, 31, 2019

Comparative study of rations for milking cows with soybean meal or cake added to the diet in equivalent amounts for metabolizable protein

Evgeniy Kharitonov

Received: December, 20, 2018; Accepted: January, 4, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Phenotypic and genetic parameters of the complex assessment of BV in two-year-old tested horses from the East Bulgarian breed

Iliana Sabeva

Received: September, 25, 2018; Accepted: October, 22, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

The influence of queen bee age, the number of brood combs, and the useof a queen excluder on comb brood size in Apis mellifera bees during the blossom season

Mochammad Junus

Received: November, 23, 2018; Accepted: February, 27, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Protected fat in the diet of lactating ewes affects milk composition, lamb body weight and their biochemical parameters

Elena Zdorovieva, Gennady Boryaev, Elena Kistanova, Alexey Nosov, Yuri Fedorov, Nikolay Semigodov

Received: December, 20, 2018; Accepted: January, 4, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

ANIMAL GENETICS

The effect of the crossing of Yellow Hungarian chicken breed with different commercial lines on meat production and meat quality

Arpad Drobnyak, Laszlo Bodi, Monika Heincinger, Karoly Kustos, Istvan Tibor Szalay, Anita Almasi, Agnes Zimboran, Rubina Tunde Szabo, Maria Weber

Received: March, 29, 2019; Accepted: June, 27, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES

Storage studies of subtropical fruit lucuma in powdered form

A. Durakova, A. Bogoeva, V. Yanakieva, Tzv. Gogova, I. Dimov, R. Krasteva, K. Dosheva

Received: July, 31, 2019; Accepted: August, 5, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019

Comparative study on the polyphenols content and antioxidant activity of local wine grape varieties from the island of Paros, Greece

Nikolaos Gougoulias, Dimitrios Kalfountzos, Panagiotis Vyrlas, Dimitrios Kritikos, Maria-Nektaria Ntalla

Received: January, 8, 2019; Accepted: June, 28, 2019; Published: December, 31, 2019