SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

Scientific Papers, USAMV Bucharest, Series A, Vol. LII, 2009, ISSN 1222-5339INFLUENCE OF FERTILIZATION ON MAIZE YIELD AND QUALITYUNDER CONDITIONS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ON ARGICCHERNOZEM FROM SCDA CARACALGH. MATEI*, E. PETRESCU**, ELENA ROŞCULETE*, C. ROŞCULETE***University of Craiova, Faculty of Agriculture**Agricultural Research and Development Station of CaracalKeywords: maize yields, nitrogen, phosphorus, yield’s qualityAbstractModernization of agricultural structures is an essential factor to ensure food securityworldwide, with differentiation from area to area, depending on the level achievedeconomic progress and the general concept of sustainable development and implementationof systems of production.Romania has special problems in the materialization of a sustainable agriculture, whereaslarge areas of agricultural technology are extensive, with limited resources, relying on alow degree of mechanization on human labor, and sometimes even animal traction. In mostcases, the technologies are applied on small agricultural land of 1-2 ha, and where theyare used as intensively in farms with large areas, are not always harmonize with localparticularities and requirements of plants grown.232