Abstract:

Wheat (Tritucum aestivum) is of particular economic importance for Romania's agriculture grace to its national tradition, economic conditions of cultivation, high productivity and convenient preservation methods for long-term storage. The nutritional and technological processing potential allows multiple uses for wheat grains, both for direct human feeding and for industrial processing. The paper forwards a presentation of the multiplication plan for the surfaces sown with Romanian and imported wheat seeds lots and the certification thereof. The certification implies an extensive and rigorous series of technological sequences of the multiplication, conditioning, packaging, labelling and sealing process, procedures compliant e with the specific rules and technical norms meant to lead to the production of quality seeds. The research carried out aimed at assessing the potential of the Braila County, Romania, in the production of certified wheat seeds, in a national context, highlighting the conditions imposed by the Romanian legislation in the field. Braila County occupies the first positions on the national level in the production of certified seeds and sowing/planting material. The cultivated areas, the number of producers and the wheat varieties cultivated for seed have exhibited a positive evolution during the analysed period, on teh background of a growing demand due to a better use of the agricultural potential of the area and the interest of local farmers for this activity.