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Abstract

The papers published in Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, Issue 4, Volume 51, 2023 represent new exciting research in different topics of life science, respectively in plant science, horticulture, agronomy, crop science, and forestry. Among the interesting articles we invite you to find news about: Role of silica nanoparticles in enhancing drought tolerance of cereal crops; The role of endophytes and rhizobacteria to combat drought stress in wheat; In vitro evaluation of the antiproliferative activity of Piper retrofractum on human cholangiocarcinoma cells; Hexane extract of Telosma cordata enhances neurite outgrowth via the epigenetically regulated genes expression in neuronal cells; Investigations on the chemical composition of volatile oils extracted from the leaves of spontaneous and cultivated Taxus baccata L. trees; The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on maize (Zea mays L.) under boron toxicity stress; Potential impact of iron oxide conjugated nano-fertilizer on growth, flowering and isozyme expression in Gardenia jasminoides; Water ecological requirements of Characeae taxa in eastern Spain; Agronomic biofortification with magnesium nanofertilizer and its effect on the nutritional quality of beans; ZnO nanoparticles improve bioactive compounds, enzymatic activity and zinc concentration in grapevine; Effect of mycorrhization on growth and physiology performance of Quercus species; Jointly soil properties affect N and P uptakes and utilizations in Pinus tabuliformis Carr. and Quercus liaotungensis Koidz. subjected to growing media with decomposed litter.

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• Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca