Dr. Cătălina DAN

Cătălina DAN (PhD)

Prof. Univ. Dr. Radu SESTRAŞ (PhD Advisor)

PhD Thesis "RECURRENT SELECTION AND MARKER ASSISTED SELECTION APPLIED ON INTERSPECIFIC APPLE HYBRID POPULATIONS, TO CREATE ORNAMENTAL CULTIVARS AND IDENTIFY RESISTANT GENOTYPES TO DISEASES ATTACK"

The thesis was sustained on February 16, 2012, UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

The field of the PhD: Horticulture - Genetics and Plant Breeding.

 Summary (in Romanian):
http://www.usamvcluj.ro/files/teze/2012/dan.pdf

Links to PhD candidate CV (in Romanian) from doctoral school website:
http://www.usamvcluj.ro/files/comisie/2012/dan3.pdf

PhD Assessment Committee:

Prof. dr. Viorel MITRE - president

Prof. dr. Radu E. SESTRAS - PhD advisor

Prof. dr. Doru PAMFIL - member

Prof. dr. Aurelian Adrian BACIU - member

Prof. assoc. dr. Lorentz JÄNTSCH - member

Prof. Univ. Dr. Viorel MITRE (President of the PhD Assessment Committee) - mitreviorel@yahoo.com

Prof. Univ. Dr. Radu E. SESTRAŞ (PhD Advisor) - rsestras@yahoo.co.uk

PhD candidate Cătălina DAN - catalina_dan@yahoo.com

Papers published containing experimental data of doctoral thesis

            1. SESTRAS, R., D. PAMFIL, A. SESTRAS, L. JÄNTSCHI, S. BOLBOACA, C. DAN (2009). Inheritance of Vigour Tree in F1 Apple Interspecific Hybrids, Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 37(1):70-73.     http://notulaebotanicae.ro/nbha/article/view/3155

            2. SESTRAS, R., C. DAN, D. PAMFIL, A. SESTRAS, L. JÄNTSCHI, S. BOLBOACA (2010). The Variability of Juvenile Period, Fruits Size and Response to Diseases Attack on F1 Interspecific Apple Hybrids and the Efficiency of Selection. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 38(1):234-240.

            http://notulaebotanicae.ro/nbha/article/view/4682/4450

            3. DAN, C., R. SESTRAS, A. SESTRAS, D. PAMFIL, S.D. BOLBOACA, L. JANTSCHI (2010). Heritability and Genetic Parameters Estimated for Fruits Size in F1 Interspecific Apple Hybrids. Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Horticulture 67(1):65-71.

            http://journals.usamvcj.ro/horticulture/article/view/4907/4567

            4. SESTRAS A.F., PAMFIL D., DAN C., BOLBOACA S.D., JÄNTSCHI L., SESTRAS R.E. (2011). Possibilities to improve apple scab (Venturia inaequalis (Cke.) Wint.) and powdery mildew [Podosphaera leucotricha (Ell. et Everh.) Salm.] resistance on apple by increasing genetic diversity using potentials of wild species. Australian Journal of Crop Science 5(6):748-755.

            http://www.cropj.com/sestras%20_5_6_2011_748_755.pdf

            5. DAN C., PAMFIL D., BOLBOACA S.D., JÄNTSCHI L., SESTRAS R.E. (2011). The Potential of Wild Species for Obtaining New Cultivars of Dessert and Ornamental Apple. First International Symposium of the FIP “Global Strategy for Plant Conservation”, Sep 13-17, 2011, Valencia, Spain. Book of Abstracts 135.

            http://www.scienzadellavegetazione.it/sisv/fip2011/abstracts.jsp

            6. DAN C., SESTRAS A.F., PAMFIL D., BOLBOACA S.D., JÄNTSCHI L., SESTRAS R.E. (2011). The Use of Wild Species for Increasing Apple Diversity and Genetic Found. Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Horticulture 68(1):512.

            http://journals.usamvcj.ro/horticulture/article/view/7033/6293

The doctoral study was partial financed by the National Council for Higher Education Research (CNCSIS), the Executive Unit for the Funding of Higher Education and Academic Research (UEFISCSU), Romania, project PCE-IDEI, nr. 1105, code CNCSIS 1499.

Partial results was presented by Cătălina DAN as member and PhD student on CNCSIS: Sestras Idei 1105 2008 PPT rezultate 2010[1].ppt — Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, 10681Kb (http://sestras.ro/research/grants/idei-1105-2009/2010-results/view)