Soiuri de plante noi și netradiționale create la Grădina Botanică Națională (Institut) „Alexandru Ciubotaru” a Universității de Stat din Moldova

Abstract

This article presents the results regarding the quality indices and the possibilities of using the new and non-traditional plant cultivars created at the "Alexandru Ciubotaru" National Botanical Garden (Institute) of Moldova State University: ‘Solar’ of Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus, ‘Ileana’ of elecampane Inula helenium, ‘Vital’ of cup plant Silphium perfoliatum, ‘Energo’ of Virginia fanpetals Sida hermaphrodita, ‘Vigor’ of milkvetch Astragalus galegiformis, ’Sofia’ of eastern galega Galega orientalis and ‘Gigant’ of giant knotweed Polygonum sachalinense. The registered and patented cultivars are suitable for the restoration of marginal and degraded land, providing pollen and nectar for bees and other useful insects, and the plant mass harvested during flowering season has an optimal nutrient content and can be used fresh and preserved forages in the diet of livestock or as a substrate for biogas stations, and the dry biomass harvested in winter – as a raw material for producing solid and liquid biofuels.