Testing the Influence of Climatic Conditions on Nutritional Content of some Wild Berries Species from Mărișel Area, Romania

  • Antonia ODAGIU University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
  • Camelia OROIAN University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
  • Csaba Pál RACZ Babeș-Bolyai University
  • Petru BURDUHOS University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
  • Cristian IEDERAN University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
  • Cristian MALINAS University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
  • Daniela BORDEA University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca
Keywords: multiple correlation, rainfall regimen, response areas, temperature

Abstract

The present study was conduceted in order to identify the influence of specific climatic conditions of the harvesting area on dry matter content of four species of wild berries (Rubus idaeus L., Ribes nigrum L., Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. and Vaccinium myrtillus L.), being known the direct proportionality between above mentioned trait and the nutritional value of the plant, harvested from Marisel area Cluj County, in 2020. The results of the study emphasizes that only environmental temperature and precipitation has an influence. The coefficients of multiple correlation between the two above mentioned climatic factors and dry matter emphasize moderate multiple correlations, the strongest (R = 0.561) being reported in lingonberry, and the lowest value (R = 0.458) in bilberry.

 

Author Biographies

Antonia ODAGIU , University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca

Faculty of Agriculture

Camelia OROIAN, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca

Faculty of Horticulture and Affairs in Rural Development

Csaba Pál RACZ, Babeș-Bolyai University

Faculty of Chemistry and Chemistry Engineering

Petru BURDUHOS, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca

Faculty of Agriculture

Cristian IEDERAN, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca

Faculty of Agriculture

Published
2023-06-01