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Citizenship:
Ph.D. degree award:
2012
Mrs.
Floriana Maria
Stefan
Researcher
Researcher
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INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV
Researcher
15
years
Web of Science ResearcherID:
ISA-2410-2023
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Curriculum Vitae (26/06/2023)
Expertise & keywords
Growing and plant breeding
Plant breeding
Molecular breeding
Projects
Publications & Patents
Entrepreneurship
Reviewer section
Romanian Excellence Center on Artificial Intelligence in Earth Observation Data for Agriculture
Call name:
EC - Horizon Europe
Horizon-240836-101079136
2022
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2025
Role in this project:
Partner team leader
Coordinating institution:
Institution
Project partners:
National Institute of Research and Development for Potato and Sugar Beet Brasov (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRASOV (RO); UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA (IT); UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III (FR); UNIVERSITE TOULOUSE II-JEAN JAURES (FR)
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRASOV (RO)
Project website:
Abstract:
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Energetic efficiency biogas plants improvement by integrated system: biogas-microalgae-biofuels in frame of biorefinery concept (AlgalBiogasConceptEnergy)
Call name:
P 1 - SP 1.2 - Proiecte complexe realizate in consorții CDI
PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0541
2018
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2021
Role in this project:
Coordinating institution:
Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti
Project partners:
Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie - ICECHIM Bucuresti (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU INGINERIE ELECTRICA ICPE - CA BUCURESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV (RO); UNIVERSITATEA PETROL GAZE PLOIESTI (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICĂ "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IAŞI (RO)
Affiliation:
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV (RO)
Project website:
http://www.icechim-rezultate.ro/proiect.php?id=38&lang=ro; http://www.icechim-rezultate.ro/proiect.php?id=39&lang=en
Abstract:
The complex project propose the development and demonstration of innovative technologies to optimize the biogas plants by integrating the open ponds for microalgae cultivation using the digestate resulted from anaerobic digestion as a culture medium. The integral valorization of microalgae biomass consists in: obtaining of algal extracts (for co-digestion), lipid fraction (for biofuels) and spent biomass (co-digestion substrate); advanced separation and valorization of biogas by carbon dioxide conversion to biomethane; biorefining of the solid digestate and lipid fractions obtained from algal biomass into biochar, fuel components, bitumen fluxes, biohydrogen and liquefiable gaseous fractions. As results of this project will be: a demonstrated technology at TRL 6 level within the biogas-microalge integrated and an experimental stand for the evaluation of biomethane and liquefied gaseous hydrocarbons combustion efficiency and emission control.
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Eco-nanotechnologies and intelligent equipment for soil properties mapping and evaluating the dynamics of the plant in order to improve agricultural production and environmental protection.
Call name:
P 1 - SP 1.2 - Proiecte complexe realizate in consorții CDI
PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0560
2018
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2021
Role in this project:
Coordinating institution:
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU MASINI SI INSTALATII DESTINATE AGRICULTURII SI INDUSTRIEI ALIMENTARE - INMA
Project partners:
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU MASINI SI INSTALATII DESTINATE AGRICULTURII SI INDUSTRIEI ALIMENTARE - INMA (RO); UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU PEDOLOGIE, AGROCHIMIE SI PROTECTIA MEDIULUI - ICPA BUCURESTI (RO); INSTITUTUL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU PROTECTIA PLANTELOR (RO); UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRICOLE SI MEDICINA VETERINARA "ION IONESCU DE LA BRAD" (RO); UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRICOLE SI MEDICINA VETERINARA CLUJ-NAPOCA (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV (RO)
Affiliation:
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV (RO)
Project website:
http://eni.inma.ro
Abstract:
The level of digital transformation applied in agriculture is very low and remains stucked at this point because of changes of any kind in most European countries. The basic idea of the complex project is research and development of eco-nanotechnologies and intelligent equipment combined with the know-how for the purpose of independent use or integration into a digital platform in order to make agricultural production more efficient and improve environmental protection.
Projects:
1.Development and implementation of eco-nano-technologies and smart equipments for mapping of soil properties
2.Smart modules for the control and acquisition of soil properties mapping processes
3.Adaptation of the elaboration methodology of agrochemical studies to the information provided by eco-nano-technologies and intelligent equipment for mapping of soil properties in order to increase the efficiency of agricultural production and environmental protection
4.Eco-nano-technology and UAV system for monitoring of biotic components within organic matter modeling of the soil in order to reduce the impact of climatic changes in agro-eco-systems
5.Evolution of vegetable plants in dynamics using biosensors and intelligent equipment for soil properties scanning
Starting from agricultural field scanning before establishment of the crop and determination of soil properties, available GIS databases are obtained in colored electronic or printed format easily interpretable. Acording to the map, the farmer chooses the optimal plot for the desired culture. Then it requires from the digital platform the fertilization plan for the plot in an interactive way and automatically execute it if it has VRT equipment or can divide the parcel into lots of optimal dimensions for evenly distribution at parcel level of fertilizer. During crop vegetation using unnamed aerial vehicle (UAV) and plant dynamics sensors, the necessary water and nutrients will be obtained and the optimal fertilization of the crop wi
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Design, Implementation and Testing of a Mechatronic System for Multispectral Monitoring of Crops Vegetation Status – MoniCult
Call name:
Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA 2013 - call
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-1629
2014
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2017
Role in this project:
Coordinating institution:
UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA BRASOV
Project partners:
UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA BRASOV (RO); INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV (RO); UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DIN CLUJ - NAPOCA (RO); HIBRIDUL S.A. (RO)
Affiliation:
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV (RO)
Project website:
http://www.unitbv.ro/dpm/CercetareStiintifica/C04Sistememecatroniceavansate/ProiectParteneriate-MoniCult.aspx
Abstract:
Climate, economic and anthropic changes (pressure exerted by human activities on agrosystems - biodiversity loss and environmental pollution) led to alterations in the stability of agricultural systems, increasing their vulnerability and therefore reducing food safety and security.
Crop management, under new conditions created in the last period, increasingly requires monitoring of the soil resources and dynamics of crop vegetation status, for real time interventions regarding the precise allocation (localized and economic) of technological inputs (fertilizers, pesticides etc.).
In this context, the project proposal entitled "Design, Implementation and Testing of a Mechatronic System for Multispectral Monitoring of Crops Vegetation Status – MoniCult" it constitutes an efficient and effective tool for implementing the concept of precision agriculture as part of the sustainable agriculture.
Precision agriculture management considers, among other things, also the monitoring of the crops vegetation status. This is done by calculating and interpreting vegetation indices based on spectral data collected by specialized acquisition systems.
Vegetation indices are correlated with the degree of plant health and development. Information about thermal and water stress, pests and so on, of the utmost importance for timely intervention in all that means the need for water, pesticide and fertilizer to be supplied at the proper time, in the necessary quantity and in the adequate place, leading to a major economic and environmental protection impact.
Products developed under this project are the result of complementarities and synergies of the research and implementation teams that form the consortium: Acquisition, Processing, Storage and Transmission System for Multispectral Information (APSTSMI), an innovative system that provides the basic tool for field data collection, Multispectral Terrestrial Mobile Mechatronic System (MTMMS), and Multispectral Autonomous Aerial Mobile Mechatronic System (MAAMMS) – consisting of mechanical components, electronics and software, starting from simple elements, providing a solution for farmers with limited financial possibilities, and reaching at a “jewel” of the art technology that is the drone, for monitoring the vegetation state of the crops. To these products, the Innovative Technology for Multispectral Monitoring of the Vegetation Status of Crops (ITMMVSC) is added, based on artificial intelligence techniques, containing GIS elements on which agricultural information is overlapped, offering through a friendly user graphical interface, a valuable decisional tool in what means today precision crop management.
Such a complex project could not be addressed individually by any of the partners. The skills and the expertise of a National Agricultural Research Institute (P1) regarding multispectral information for the precision management are valorised by designing and implementing by the other two partners (CO and P2) of some mechatronic system models (terestrial and aerial) which allow the dynamic data aquisition and their interpretation using a Decision Support System. The role of testing and validation of results is the responsibility of partner P3 (SME), which assures the implementing of management at the farm level, organizing and conducting of demonstration crops, monitoring of the crop vegetation status, ensuring so the most significant pole of dissemination of the innovative solutions offered by the project.
The impact of precision agriculture management implementation is focused on obtaining large productions and quality, on optimizing the economical profits, achieving of an integrated environmental protection and increasing of the sustainability of agricultural systems. All of these lead to a significant improvement of our life quality.
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Innovative technology for improving the control system efficiency of necrotic, emergent strains of potato virus Y, pathogen with high spatial incidence related to the climatic changes in Romania
Call name:
Joint Applied Research Projects - PCCA 2013 - call
PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-0452
2014
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2017
Role in this project:
Key expert
Coordinating institution:
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV
Project partners:
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV (RO); UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI (RO); STATIUNEA DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF (RO); "SOLFARM" S.R.L. (RO)
Affiliation:
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU CARTOF SI SFECLA DE ZAHAR-BRASOV (RO)
Project website:
http://potato.ro/ro/tinpvy/index.php?opt=despre
Abstract:
Infections with potato virus Y could reduce yield with 50-90%. An imposed priority is to identify healthy initial material and to use resistant varieties against this virus attack. On last three decades new aggressive viral strains (necrotic strains) appeared. These strains broke some varieties resistance, some of them causes tubers symptoms. Damages are quantitative (yield decreasing), qualitative (tubers marketable depreciation), financials (ware potato is un-saleable, seed potato is rejected from certification). The researches of this project will contribute to find solutions, new methodological concepts to reduce these damages through identification and implementation of new methodological solutions. The main project objectives are: elaboration of an innovative solutions to improve control system efficiency of necrotic, emergent strains of potato virus Y, pathogen with high spatial incidence, elaboration of a study regarding evolution of Y virus strains spectrum in Romania, correlated with imports level and climatic conditions from the last 20 years, identification of native and foreign varieties, resistant breeding lines to PVY necrotic strains.
To achieve the proposed objectives, the main activities of the project are oriented in three directions, pursuing assessment of the following aspects: 1) the pathogen biology (PVY viral strains identification- establishment of spatial spread of PVY strains at different genotypes collected from 4 geographical areas of potato: Brasov, Cluj, Harghita, Covasna ); 2) the host biology (identification of some potato genotypes with high resistance/tolerance to necrotic strains); 3) environmental aspects (climate, edaphic data collecting; correlations between the frequency of necrotic PVY strains viral infections and climatic conditions from areas where potato tested material was cultivated; identifying areas with high frequency of PVY necrotic strains infection to achieve the risk maps).
The results of the researches will be used for:
- elaboration an innovative technologies for improving the control system efficiency over the new PVY necrotic strains, especially those that produce necrotic staining ring on tubers (use of recommended varieties, strict control of these viral strains on potato certification, using of PCR technique for samples indexing, avoiding areas with epidemiological risk, new techniques of identifying-spectral analysis, precision agriculture-of pathogens and rapid information transmission to all actors on potato pathway, thereby avoiding the virus expansion).
- formulation virtual models regarding potato future situation in our country, if necessary measures will not be taken in order to stop viral diseases caused by these pathogens, measures that are specified in the innovative technology.
The project promotes original researches, development of knowledge on domain (new viral strains affects world potato crops).
Gaining new information upon evolution of the new viral strains in our country, establishing correlations with different factors, original concepts will be formulated (these will contribute to increasing visibility of Romanian researches). The project will elaborate a new strategy for potato crop protection against PVY new necrotic strains to get health, clean seed material. From these results will benefits potato producers, decisional organisms of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, National Federation of Potato from Romania, which will establish adequate policy for potato producing, varieties structure, orientation of potato production in our country.
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List of research grants as project coordinator or partner team leader
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