ACADEMIA DE ŞTIINŢE
A MOLDOVEI
INSTITUTUL DE GENETICĂ ,
FIZIOLOGIE ŞI PROTECŢIE A
PLANTELOR
Str. Pădurii 20, Chişinău, MD-2002,
Republica Moldova
tel: (373-22)770447, fax (373-22) 556180
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
OF MOLDOVA
INSTITUTE OF GENETICS,
PHYSIOLOGY AND PLANT
PROTECTION
20, Padurii St., Chisinau, MD-2002,
Republic of Moldova
tel: (373-22)770447, fax (373- 22) 556180
E-mail: asm_igfpp@yahoo.com
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HORIZON 2020 PROJECT PROPOSAL SUMMARY
Associate professor Maria GONCEARIUC
Head of the Laboratory of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
Institute of Genetics, Plant Physiology and Plant Protection www.igfp.asm.md
Academy of Sciences of Moldova www.asm.md
E-mail: mgonceariuc@yahoo.com
Phone/Fax:+373 22 77 04 47; + 373 22 660 394, +373 791 60 411
To use the knowledge for creation and evaluation of the new varieties of medicinal &
aromatic plants , seed production for biomass production that is necessary for food
industry in spices and essential oils production
1: ISIB-2-2014/2015 or 2: SFS2 2014/2015
1: Closing the research and innovation divide: the crucial role of innovation support
services and knowledge exchange
or 2: Sustainable crop production
The creation of new varieties of medicinal and aromatic plants with different harvest
periods, high quality of bio mass, that is ensured by the composition and concentration of
the active principles that are contained in plants.
1: 26th June 2014
Research and innovation actions, cultivation (implementation) of farms
BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION
A sustainable agriculture is indispensable to the use at the culture of high-performance varieties that
ensures the good quality of biomass. A sustainable food production is indispensable to the production
of spices, flavoring and coloring agents as well as natural preservatives that can be produced from
medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP). For this reason the cultivation and processing of highperformance varieties of MAP has an incontestable role. Also, in this case we can utilize the efficient
use of arable land in Europe. Our perennial research showed that qualitative and quantitative
composition of active principles, in first of all, essential oils varies from variety to variety, from
genotype to genotype are influenced inclusive by the use in the field and climatic conditions. For
example, the essential oil separated from different genotypes of Ocimum basilicum contains from 30
to 52 components that depend on the genotype. In dependence of the concentration of the major
component these genotypes can be classified into different chemotypes. Genotypes of another species
- Origanum vulgare differ so much on the content of chemical composition of essential oils that
some of these can be used as spices and also as a preservative, and others - as a phytotherapeutic
product with sedative, antispasmodic, antiseptic, carminative, digestive, and diuretic action.
All of these represent one of the challenges which guarantees and stimulate the increase of the
quantity and assortment of natural products used in food, pharmaceutical industry, perfumery,
cosmetics. We have rich experience in creation and evaluation of genotypes, varieties of MAP. We
created and homologated over 30 varieties and hybrids of MAP and have a variety patent on MAP
varieties in the Republic of Moldova. Our varieties can be cultivated in firms, specialized households
and also in farms in relatively small areas in different countries of South-Eastern and Central Europe.
This is an opportunity to increase the potential of biomass production and improve its quality.
The cultivation of aromatic and medicinal plants necessary for food, pharmaceutical industry,
perfumery, cosmetics will exclude their uncontrolled collection from the spontaneous flora, thus
preserve the plant gene pool.
The wastes from biomass processing of MAP are excellent organic fertilizers for the growth of
cereals, maize etc.
The object of research - implementation for spices production could be the varieties of Anethum
graveolens L., Coriandrum sativum L., Origanum vulgare L., Salvia officinalis L., Pimpinella
anisum L. etc., in order to produce the colorants for food - Calendula officinalis L. and production of
natural preservatives for food - Origanum vulgare L., Salvia officinalis L. For essential oils
production could be use: Lavandula angustifolia Mill varieties., Salvia sclarea L., Salvia officinalis
L., Anethum graveolens L., Pimpinella anisum L., Origanum vulgare L. (genotypes, chemotypes)
Hyssopus officinalis L. (genotypes, chemotypes).
EXPECTED OUTPUTS AND IMPACT
The method of guaranteed high productions; improvement of the quality of biomass to
exclude the collection of these species from the wild flora;
New varieties, genotypes of MAP with high productivity, harvesting period - early, medium
and late, high content of active principles;
Increase the growth potential of MAP biomass with superior quality;
Increase the quantity and assortment of natural products used in food, pharmaceutical industry,
perfumery, cosmetics.
Production of organic biomass by replacing the chemical fertilizers with organic fertilizers
from MAP waste.
We offer the idea, our experience and hope to collaborate as partners on a project that consists in
research, implementation of MAP in South-Eastern and Central Europe. Our involvement in a
partnership, provided by Horizon 2020 should extend the area of beneficial impact on the EU
countries and EU associated countries.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş Z., Gille E., Spac A., Botnarenco P. Differences in essential oil content and
chemical composition of new Ocimum basilicum L. genotypes in relation to some
quantitative characters. Journal of Medical Plants Research. 2012, 6(8), pp. 1447-1454,
ISSN 1996-0875 DOI: 10.5897/JMPR11.409
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş Z. Diversity of the essential oil content and chemical composition of
Hyssopus officinalis L. genotypes Oltenia Journal For Studies in Natural Sciences 29(1)
p.71-77, 2013 ISSN 1454-6914 B+
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z., Kulcitki, V., Gonceariuc, N., Romanciuc, G., Sîrbu, T. Essential oil
content and composition of Salvia officinalis L. genotypes cultivated in Moldova. Oltenia
Journal For Studies in Natural Sciences, 2012,28/1, pp.7-13, Craiova, România ISSN
1454-6914 B+
Gonceariuc, M., Gille, E., Cotelea, L.; Ghita, G.; Spac, A. Heterosis effect in Salvia sclarea L. (Clary
Sage) perspective hybrids. Proceedings 6th Conference on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
of 6th CMAPSEEC, Antalya, Turkey, 2010, p.363-372. ISSN 1233-4345
Gonceariuc, M. Cercetări de genetică şi ameliorare la Salvia sclarea L. (Genetic and improvement
researches to Salvia sclarea L.) Akademos, 3 (30), p.77-84 2013 ISSN 1857-0461
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z. Performand new varieties of Salvia sclarea L. wits different period of
vegetation carried out in Moldova Republic. Oltenia Journal For Studies in Natural
Sciences, 26, 1/2010, pp.9-13, Craiova, România. Pub. House Tip. SITECH. P-ISSN:
1454-6914
Mascovteva S., Gonceariuc, M.. The expression of heterosis in the perspective F1 polycross hybrids
of the Lavandula angustifolia Mill. 7th CMAPSEEC, Serbia, Proceedings, 2012, p.374380, ISBN 978-86-83-141-15-9
Plant varieties PATENTS, Republic of Moldova:
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z. BREVET pentru soi de (plant variety PATENT) MD 84 2011.07.31
ŞERLAI (Salvia sclarea ), soi NATALY-CLARY
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z. BREVET pentru soi de plantă (plant variety PATENT) MD 123.
2013.03.31 JALEŞ (Salvia officinalis L., ssp. major Gams.), soi MIRACOL
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z. BREVET pentru soi de plantă(plant variety PATENT) MD 85 2011.
04.30 ŞERLAI (Salvia sclarea ), soi DACIA 99
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z. Jacota, A. BREVET pentru soi de plantă (plant variety PATENT)
MD 83 2011.07.31, ŞERLAI (Salvia sclarea), soi VICTOR
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z. BREVET pentru soi de plantă (plant variety PATENT) MD 87 2011.
05.31 GĂLBENELE (Calendula officinalis L.),soi DIANA
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z., Jacota A ., Florea, V. BREVET pentru soi de plantă (plant variety
PATENT) MD 86 2011.05.31 GĂLBENELE (Calendula officinalis L.), soi NATALY
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z., Jacota A. BREVET pentru soi de plantă (plant variety PATENT)
MD 78 2010.10.31, MĂRAR (Anethum graveolens), soi AMBASADOR Nr.
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z. BREVET pentru soi de plantă (plant variety PATENT) MD 73 201007-31 LEVĂNŢICĂ (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) Moldoveanca-4
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z. BREVET pentru soi de plantă (plant variety PATENT) MD74 201007-31 LEVĂNŢICĂ (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) Vis magic-10
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z. BREVET pentru soi de plantă (plant variety PATENT) MD 75 201007-31 LEVĂNŢICĂ (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) Alba-7
Gonceariuc, M., Balmuş, Z., Cotelea L., Botnarenco, P., Maşcovţeva S., Butnaraş, V. BREVET
pentru soi de plantă (plant variety PATENT) MD 133 2013.10.31 CORIANDRU
(Coriandrum sativum L.) soi Aromat.
IGPPP – A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
IGPPP (INSTITUTE OF GENETICS, PHYSIOLOGY AND PLANT PROTECTION) is part
of the ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF MOLDOVA
The state-of-art instrumentation enables an interdisciplinary research in the subjects of life: The major
source of funding is the state budget, specifically the Operational Programme Research and
Development for Innovations: Genetics and breeding, Plant Physiology and Plant Protection. The
research is carried out in 15 institutional research projects, three international projects and technology
transfer projects.
Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Laboratory has a staff of 15 people: 2 PhD, including a professor,
five doctors, and five scientists with doctorates, 3 of which now perfected PhD thesis, two researcher
and a laboratory assistant.
The researchers from above mentioned, are working in the field for creating and evaluating new
genotypes of aromatic and medicinal plants, elaborating varieties and hybrids adapted to growing
conditions in Moldova, efficient not only for productivity but also for the quality of raw material,
essential oils etc due to high concentration of active principles and unique correlation of the
components. In this laboratory is maintained, completed and studied a collection of medicinal and
aromatic plants. Also, we created and homologated 32 varieties of aromatic and medicinal plants, 14
of which are patented. Annually all varieties and hybrids are reproduced. The laboratory performs
scientific service, supply the producers with raw material, essential oils, concret with seeds and
planting material, through suitable contracts.
We are willing to collaborate and participate in a consortium formation. If our topic sounds interesting for
you, please do not hesitate to contact us.