PhD, Prof. Dănuţ Petru SIMIONIUC

Disciplines

• Plant breeding;
• Seed producing

Competences

• Plant breeding methods;
• Molecular markers (RAPDs, AFLPs, SSRs);
• Genetic diversity.

Research areas

• White lupine breeding (Lupinus albus L.);
• Genetic diversity among some species (L. albus, Pisum sativum L. Hordeum vulgare L., Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

Books

1. A. Cretu, D. Simioniuc, L. Cretu, 2000 – Plant breeding and seed production, Ed. “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” Iasi, 506 pag., ISBN 973-8014-06-9.

Publications

1. D. Simioniuc, Jutta Ahlemeyer, W. Friedt, F. Ordon, Violeta Simioniuc, 2004 – Analysis of genetic diversity among some barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars using molecular markers (SSR – Simple Sequence Repeat), Scientific papers U.S.A.M.V. Iasi, Vol. 47, Agronomy Series, pg. 1213-1224, ISSN 1454-7414, (CD-ROM).
2. Jutta Ahlemeyer, D. Simioniuc, W. Koehler, W. Friedt, F. Ordon, 2004 – First results on SSR analysis of German winter barley cultivars to reflect the breeding progress over the last decade, Proc. 9th Int. Barley Genetics Symposium, 20.-26.06.2004, Brno, Czech Republic, Session 10, 1011-1016 (CD-ROM).
3. C. Leonte, D. Simioniuc, Violeta Simioniuc, 2004 – Studies on some recently collected pod beans landraces in SDE Iasi conditions, Scientific papers U.S.A.M.V. Iasi, Vol. 47, Agronomy Series, pg. 204-210, ISSN 1454-7414 (CD-ROM).
4. D. Simioniuc, R. Uptmoor, W. Friedt, F. Ordon, 2002 – Genetic diversity and relationships among pea cultivars revealed by RAPDs and AFLPs, Plant Breeding 121, pg. 429-435, Blackwell Verlag Berlin.
5. D. Simioniuc, W. Friedt, F. Ordon, 2002 – Genetic diversity within some mutant lines of white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) revealed by molecular markers, Scientific papers U.S.A.M.V. Iasi, Vol. 45, Agronomy Series, ISSN 1454-7414 (CD-ROM).
6. D. Simioniuc, 1998 – Behavior of some white lupine cultivars (Lupinus albus L.) in Ezareni-Iasi conditions, Scientific papers U.S.A.M.V. Iasi, Vol. 41, Agronomy Series.
7. D. Simioniuc, 1998 – The effect of Gamma rays upon some quantitative characters at some white lupine cultivars (Lupinus albus L.) in M1 generation, Scientific papers U.S.A.M.V. Iasi, Vol. 41, Agronomy Series.

National and international research grants

2002-2003, Molecular markers in the study of white lupine (Lupinus albus L.) germplasm, CNCSIS, leader;
2003-2004, Genetics of resistance to virus diseases and fungal pathogens in cereals (barley, wheat, sorgum) as a basis for breeding of disease resistant varieties – Justus von Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, member;
2002-2004, Molecular markers in the study of the germplasm variability in pod beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Moldova Counties, CNCSIS, member.

Member in Scientific Journals redactions

• USAMV “Scientific papers”, “Agronomy series”, member in 2004, 2002, 2001.

Scientific and professional associations

• National Society of Agricultural Engineers from Romania (since 1994)

Mentions

2003-2004, research stage (5 months) in “Justus von Liebig” University Giessen – Germany
2001, research stage (2 months) in “Justus von Liebig” University Giessen – Germany
2000-2001, DAAD research scholarship (6 months) “Justus von Liebig” University Giessen – Germany
1999, visiting professor in University of Agronomy from Prague- Czech Republic (3 weeks).
1999, LOLA (Learning About Open Learning) course graduate, 22 weeks – European Training Foundation, Scottish Knowledge and Institute for Computer Based Learning under Heriot-Watt University, Scotland – UK.