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    Nanofertilizers: A New Approach to Horticultural Nutrition
    (International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2025)
    Marina T. Stojanova
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    Dragutin A. Djukic
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    Monika Stojanova
    Nanotechnology offers transformative potential in agriculture and horticulture, revolutionizing crop production, plant health, and resource management. Its dynamic influence is particularly evident in enhancing vegetable yields through targeted nutrient delivery. Nanofertilizers, which utilize nanoparticles with higher surface tension than conventional fertilizers, provide plants with slow-release, efficient nutrient availability. This improves nutrient uptake, reduces waste, and promotes more sustainable farming practices. Nanofertilizers are specifically designed to optimize plant growth, fertility, and pollination in flowers, resulting in higher yields and improved quality in horticultural crops. By enhancing the availability and use efficiency of nutrients, nano fertilizers reduce nutrient fixation and enhance overall productivity. This review focuses on the significance of nanotechnology development, nanomaterials, and nano fertilizers, highlighting their potential to improve productivity and quality in horticultural crops. It also explores how nanoparticles can enhance plant resilience, particularly in response to environmental changes, supporting food security for the growing global population. By providing targeted, efficient solutions, nanotechnology offers promising strategies for ensuring the long-term sustainability and health of horticultural production systems. The application of nanofertilizers in enhancing both crop quality and environmental sustainability positions nanotechnology as a key innovation for the future of agriculture.
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    IMPROVING THE BUDS' WINTER TEMPERATURE RESISTANCE AND CLUSTER CHEMICAL COMPOSITION FROM ‘CARDINAL’ GRAPEVINE USING SOIL AND FOLIAR FERTILIZATION
    (2024-10)
    Marina T. Stojanova
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    Yalcin Kaya
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    Monika Stojanova
    Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is one of the most economically important productive drought stress-adapted crops grown globally. Fertilization is an important agrotechnical measure, where by applying optimal doses and types of fertilizers in an appropriate period, it is possible to significantly influence the development of the grapevine, and thus the production of high-quality grapes. This research aimed to determine the influence of soil and foliar fertilizing on the chemical composition of the clusters and the resistance of the clusters to low winter temperatures of grapevine cultivar ‘Cardinal’ grown in the Tikves vineyard area, North Macedonia. In November, with the basic cultivation of the soil, the fertilizer NPK 10-20-30 was applied (500 kg∙ha-1). Foliar fertilizing was performed with 0.4%, 0.8%, 1.2% and 1.5% solution of NPK fertilizer 18-9-27+2MgO + ME (1000 mg∙kg-1Fe; 200 mg∙kg-1 B; 150 mg∙kg-1 Zn; 500 mg∙kg-1 Mn; 56 mg∙kg-1 Mo; 110 mg∙kg-1 Cu). Different concentrations of foliar fertilizing had a positive influence on the chemical composition of the clusters and the resistance of the oaks to winter temperatures in which a significantly higher (p<0.05) content at all tested temperatures in all variants was obtained compared to the control area. In the clusters of the ‘Cardinal’ cultivar, higher (p<0.05) content of nitrogen (0.98%), phosphorus (0.98%) and potassium (1.03%), as well as the lowest percentage of frozen buds (6.05%) at a temperature of –15 °C, 8.85 % frozen buds at a temperature of –18 °C and 18.10% frozen buds at a temperature of –21 °C was determined at the variant 4 (NPK 10-20-30 + 1.2% solution of NPK 18-9-27+2MgO+ME). The highest content of calcium (1.73%) and magnesium (0.51%) in the clusters was determined in the variant 3 (NPK 10-20-30 + 0.8% solution of NPK 18-9-27+2MgO+ME).
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    Aflatoxin in feedstuffs and raw milk in Republic of North Macedonia, occurrence and assessment
    (Digital ProScholar Media, 2021-12-30)
    SANTA, DUSHICA
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    SRBINOVSKA, SONJA
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    GJORGJIEVSKI, SREKJKO
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    GRUEVSKA, VIKTORIJA
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    ARSOVSKA, FROSINA
    <jats:p>The main objective of this research is to estimate the situation of occurance of aflatoxins in feedstuffs and aflatoxin M1 raw cow`s milk in Republic of North Macedonia. Detected average concentrations of total aflatoxins in the examined period 2014-2017 were below legal prescribed level. Within the official monitoring programme in the country, 1718 samples of raw cow's milk have been analyzed during 2017 and 2018. Comparison of the data showed that the number of examined samples with values for aflatoxin M1 above the allowed limits, according to the regulation is in 2018 (10 samples) and 2017 (5 samples). Additionally, the calculation of exposure assessment of the human population in North Macedonia demonstrated that the exposure to AFM1 of the adult population in N. Macedonia for 2017 is 0.0563 ng/kg bw/daily, and for 2018 is 0.0824 ng/kg bw/daily. The calculated hazard index (HI) In both years, was lower than one, which means that there are no significant health risks for the consumers. It is important to have continuously low levels of aflatoxins in animal feed and nutrition, especially that the climate changes create more favorable conditions for the development of moulds of Aspergillus.</jats:p>
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    X-ray Powder Diffraction and Supervised Self-Ogranizing Maps as Tools for Forensic Classification of Soils
    (Acta Chimica Slovenica, 2023-12-01)
    Hirijete Idrizi
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    Mile Markoski
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    Metodija Najdoski
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    Igor Kuzmanovski
    Due to its transferability, the soil has been commonly used as evidence in criminal investigations. In this work, 172 soil samples were taken from five urban parks from the town of Tetovo (North Macedonia) and from additional four rural locations in its vicinity. The soil samples were examined using X-ray powder diffraction. The collected diffractograms were used for development of classification models based on supervised self-organizing maps for determination of their origin. The examination of generalization performances of the developed models showed that they were able to correctly classify between 95.6 and 97.8% of the samples from the independent test set. The influence of the weather and the seasonal changes on the composition of the soil was also examined. For this purpose, three years after the initial soil samples were collected, additional 28 samples were analyzed from different locations. The best models presented in this work were able to successfully classify 27 of these additional samples.
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    Possible Replacement of Wheat Post Herbicides with Soil Herbicide Pendimethalin
    (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, CROATIA, 2022-01-23)
    Arben MEHMETI Jeton RAMADANI Zvonko PACANOSKI Rozafa FETAHAJ Elez KRASNIQI
    The experiment was conducted between 2016-17 to evaluate the efficacy of PRE emergence and POST herbicides for effective weed control in wheat crops and analyse if pendimethalin may replace usually spring post-applied herbicides. The applied PRE emergence herbicide was pendimethalin and POST herbicides were prosulfuron, amidosulfuron + iodosulfuronmethyl- natrium + mefenpyr-diethyl, pyroxsulam, amidosulfuron + iodosulfuron-methylnatrium + mefenpyr-diethyl + fenoxaprop-p-ethyl. The weed population consisted mainly of annual and some perennial weeds. Weediness comprised 31 plants m-2 in the control plots and 1.3-9.0 plants m-2 in the plots treated with herbicides. The highest numbers of individuals were recorded for Persicaria maculosa (8.0 plants m-2), Chenopodium album (7.3 plants m-2), Apera spica-venti (7.0 plants m-2) and Convolvulus arvensis (3.0 plants m-2). Most POST herbicides effectively reduced dominant weeds with the highest efficacy in plots treated with herbicide amidosulfuron + iodosulfuron-metil-natrium + mefenpir-dietil (95.9%). Furthermore, the efficacy of PRE herbicide pendimethalin with two doses was lower compared to POST herbicides, besides amidosulfuron + iodosulfuron-metil-natrium + mefenpir-dietil + fenoxaprop-p-ethyl. The treated plots with herbicides showed a statistically higher wheat yield compared to control plots. The PRE herbicide pendimethalin may replace POST herbicides, but this depends strongly on used dosage, climatic conditions and weeds that germinate in the spring. Wheat yields differed among PRE herbicide pendimethalin applications and POST herbicide, ranging between 5115 and 7003 kg ha-1.
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    Management Systems for Biannual Seed Crop of Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) Grown at Various Nitrogen Fertilization: I. First-Production Year Characterized by Limited Crop Lodging and High Seed Shattering before Direct Combine-Harvesting
    (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2022-02-26)
    Zlatko Sveˇcnjak, Dario Jareš, Ana Milanovi´c-Litre, Zvonko Pacanoski , Darko Uher and Dubravka Dujmovi´c Purgar
    Little is known about the best management systems for seed production of Italian ryegrass. The main objective of this study was to determine the influence of management systems on the firstyear seed crop grown under various nitrogen fertilization (0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha􀀀1). Management systems of single-purpose crops were with (SeedPGR-crop) and without (Seed-crop) plant growth regulator application. The dual-purpose crops incorporated early spring forage cut during stem elongation (EF-seed-crop) and late cut at the onset of heading (LF-seed-crop) followed by seed harvest. Compared to the single-purpose crops, the dual purpose-crops shattered much less seeds but still yielded less because their plants had lower number of visible nodes on stems, shorter ears, fewer spikelets per ear, fewer flowers per spikelet in various ear sections and lighter seeds. Despite similar lodging incidence, the SeedPGR-crop produced relatively small, but significantly larger seed yield than the Seed-crop because plants in the SeedPGR-crop had shorter stems with fewer vegetative tillers, and shattered seeds slightly less. Nitrogen fertilization consistently improved seed yields in all management systems regardless of associated increases in lodging and seed shedding. These yield increments were mainly associated with the increased number of early- and late-formed reproductive tillers, and partly due to improved number of florets per spikelet and slightly heavier seed in early formed reproductive ears. In spite of larger seed losses through shattering, the single-purpose crops largely out-yielded and had higher seed germination than the dual-purpose crops at all nitrogen fertilization rates, with maximized yields produced in the SeedPGR-crop.
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    EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT ADJUVANTS ON EFFICACY OF STELLAR (TOPREMAZONE PLUS DICAMBA) APPLIED AT REDUCED RATES IN MAIZE (Zea mays L.)
    (Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2022-05-07)
    Zvonko Pacanoski, Alirami Saliji, Arben Mehmeti
    Field experiments were carried out in 2017 and 2018 on two individual farms that grew maize for grain, in Tetovo and Skopje locality, to determine the effectiveness of different adjuvants on the efficacy of Stellar applied at reduced rates. Herbicide treatment selectivity and influence on grain yield were estimated, as well. Both sites were naturally infested with a high population of Polygonum lapathifolium L., Chenopodium album L., Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. and Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. Overall efficacy of herbicides in control of weeds 28 DAT was ranged of 77% (Stellar + White oil applied at 0.125 + 0.2 L ha–1) to 98% (Stellar + Trend applied at 0.75 + 1.0 L ha–1) in Tetovo locality, and 64% (Stellar + White oil applied at 0.125 + 0.2 L ha–1) to 99% (Stellar + DASH applied at 0.75 + 2.0 L ha–1) in Skopje locality, respectively. In both localities, the efficacy of the full rate of Stellar (90 and 80%, respectively) was on the level of Stellar + White oil applied at 0.25 + 0.2 L ha–1 (90 and 78%, respectively). Herbicide efficacy 56 DAT was similar to the previous period of estimation. Efficacy of herbicide and herbicide plus adjuvants treatments in control of prevailing weeds 28 and 56 DAT ranged from 22–100% in Tetovo locality and 30–100% in Skopje locality, respectively. No visual maize injured was determined by any herbicide treatments in both localities for both years. Maize grain yields for each treatment in both localities generally reflected overall weed control.
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    The impact of using combinations of N, S and B in oilseed rape - Brassica napus L. on quantitative properties of seed
    (ISAF, 2017-10)
    • Igor Iljovski, Romina Kabranova, Zoran Dimov, Vjekoslav Tanaskovikj, Ile Canev, Tatjana Prentovic
    As a result of the use of the following elements - nitrogen (N), sulphur (S) and boron (B) - quantitative properties of two genotypes of oilseed rape - Brassica napus L., Zorica (variety) and Rohan (hybrid) were determined. The main purpose of the study was determination of the production mode, set in both genotypes of oilseed rape versus managing various nutrients. An experiment was set in the Skopje region, on total experimental area of 650 m2. For this purpose, the following combinations of fertilizers were used: N1 with 110 kg/ha nitrogen, N2 with 150 kg/ha nitrogen, S1 with 30 kg/ha sulphur, S2 with 70 kg/ha sulphur, B1 with 1.0 kg/ha boron, and B2 with 2.0 kg/ha boron (at spring time, foliar application) versus standard variant: N:P:K in the ratio 10:20:30 (N 50 kg/ha, 90 kg/ha P2O5 and 180 kg/ha K2O) used in autumn. During the experiment the following parameters were monitored: height of plants (cm), number of branches per plant, number of pods per plant, length of pod (cm), number of seeds in the silique, and seed yield (t/ha). From the combinations of nutrients and variations that have been set in terms of genotypes, the results of yield showed statistical significance at level of 0.05 from variants N2PK, N2PK+S2+B2 in variety Zorica and N1PK+S1+B1 in the hybrid Rohan.
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    Introduction of Mating Disruption Pheromones in apple orchards in Fyr of Macedonia
    (Integrated Protection of Fruit Crops IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, 2017)
    Stanislava Lazarevska, Mile Postolovski, Zoran Dimov , Sterja Naceski, Vesna Krsteska3, Shpend Shahini , Ivan Postolovski
    During the 2014 and 2015 seasons, the control of codling moth (CM), Cydia pomonella (L.), in apple orchards in Prespa Region in Fyr of Macedonia was conducted with mating disruption pheromones. The apple is a dominant crop in this region and the codling moth pressure is constantly very high. Mating disruption technique in apple orchard was utilized for the first time with a single application of Isomate C TT dispensers per season. Population density of codling moth and fruit damage at harvest were kept at a low level. At the same time, population density of the pest and fruit damage in the conventionally treated orchards were higher and was serving as a reference. Based on our results, Isomate C TT dispensers may represent a promising alternative to traditional programs trying to control high initial infestation by codling moth and should be involved in the Integrated Pest Management practices on apple crops.
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    VARIABILITY OF QUANTITATIVE PROPERTIES IN OILSEED RAPE - Brassıca napus L., AND EFFICIENCY FROM APPLICATION OF CERTAIN MACRO AND MICROELEMENTS
    (Trakya University Publisher, 2019-11-06)
    Iljovski, Igor, Dimov Zoran, Kabranova Romina, Arsov Zlatko, Canev Ile, Tanaskovic Vjekoslav, Dimovska Daniela
    Determination of quantitative characteristics by using macro and microelements that have great importance on the development of oilseed rape - Brassica napus L. started by setting the experiment (2014), and applying Mg and Mn as elements corresponding for the purpose. The trials were set in order to see the impact of magnesium and manganese on the quantitative properties of winter oilseed rape genotypes - Brassica napus L.. For this purpose, certain concentrations of magnesium sulphate and manganese chelate by foliar fertilizer application was applied on 3 genotype winter oilseed rape (Hybrirock, Petrol and Speed) in 5 variants, as follows: Variant 1 Control Ø NPK, Variant 2 NPK+MgSO4 25%, Variant 3 NPK+MgSO4 35%, Variant 4 NPK+Mn chelate 20%, and Variant 5 NPK+Mn chelate 30%. By specifying the appropriate fertilizers with Mg and Mn (their concentrations), except for quantitative properties, the adaptability of the tested genotypes of specific agro-climatic and soil conditions was observed and the following parameters were monitored: plant height (cm), the number of branches/plant, number of pods/plant, pod length (cm), the number of seeds in the pod and seed yield (t/ha). According to the results of the preliminary experiment can be concluded that higher concentrations of magnesium sulphate (35%) and manganese chelate (30%) leads to increased the components of yield and seed in tested genotypes. Efficiency of variants, generated by certain concentrations of fertilizers has also confirmed impact of higher concentrations; in terms of dosages and prices of yields (NPK+Mn chelate 30% and NPK+Mg SO4 35%).