1. ORAL PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS: COMBINING DIFFERENT BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR BETTER INTROGRESSION OF RESISTANCE TRAITS IN POTATO. Authors: RAMONA THIEME, ABDELMOUMEN TAOUTAOU, RALUCA ALINA MUSTATA, IMOLA MOLNÁR, ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN.2. ORAL PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS: IN VITRO MICROPROPAGATION OF LYCIUM BARBARUM. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, DOINA CLAPA, ALEXANDRU FIRA.3. POSTER ABSTRACTS : PRELIMINARY RESULTS REGARDING NBS PROFILING OF POTATO + SOLANUM BULBOCASTANUM SOMATIC HYBRIDS. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, CONSTANTIN BOTEZ, TÜNDE-ÉVA DÉNES, ABDELMOUMEN TAOUTAOU.4. POSTER ABSTRACTS : CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SOMATIC HYBRIDS AND BACKCROSS PROGENIES BETWEEN POTATO AND SOLANUM BULBOCASTANUM. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, IMOLA MOLNÁR, TÜNDE-ÉVA DÉNES.5. IN VITRO STRESS SELECTION OF MARKER FREE TRANSGENIC POTATO LINES IN ORDER TO PRODUCE POTATO RESISTANT TO BOTH PVY AND DROUGHT STRESS. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, TUNDE-EVA DENES, IMOLA MOLNAR, RALUCA-ALINA MUSTAȚĂ.6. REVIEW - RNAi AS A TOOL TO OBTAIN POTATO RESISTANT TO VIRUSES. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, RALUCA-ALINA MUSTAȚĂ.7. THE ETHICS OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, ALEXANDRU NICOLAE STERMIN.8. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TRICHOMES IN THREE PARENTAL SOLANUM SPECIES AND THEIR SOMATIC HYBRIDS, CULTIVATED IN GREENHOUSE OR PHYTOTRON. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, IMOLA ERDELYI-MOLNÁR, ANTONIA MARIA MARGINEANU.9. === REVIEW ===NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE INTERACTION BETWEEN CULTIVATED POTATO AND PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, IMOLA MOLNAR, TÜNDE-ÉVA DÉNES.10. THE APPLICATION OF COMBINATORIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY IN IMPROVING POTATO RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS. Authors: DANIEL CRUCERIU, ANTONIA-MARIA MĂRGINEANU, RALUCA ALINA MUSTAȚĂ, ENIKŐ BESENYEI, IMOLA ERDELYI-MOLNÁR, ADRIANA AURORI, RAMONA THIEME, ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN.11. PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE IN VITRO CULTURE ON EXPLANTS BELONGING TO SOLANUM GENUS. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, CARMEN SOCACIU, ADRIANA AURORI, ZORITA DIACONEASA, IMOLA ERDELY-MOLNAR, DANIEL CRUCERIU.12. ANTIBIOSIS AND ANTIXENOSIS PROPERTIES OF THE SOMATIC HYBRIDS AND BACKCROSS PROGENIES S. CHACOENSE + S. TUBEROSUM AGAINST COLORADO POTATO BEETLE. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, ENIKŐ BESENYEI, IMOLA ERDELYI-MOLNÁR.13. THE STATE OF THE ART IN INDUCING PVY RESISTANCE INTO POTATO CULTIVARS BY BIOTECHNOLOGICAL METHODS. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, CARMEN LILIANA BĂDĂRĂU, ADRIANA AURORI.14. PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSE UNDER LONG-TERM DROUGHT STRESS IN SOMATIC HYBRIDS BETWEEN POTATO AND SOLANUM BULBOCASTANUM. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, IMRE VASS, ANDRÁS CSERI, ISTVÁN VASS, RALUCA-ALINA MUSTAȚĂ, IMOLA ERDELY-MOLNAR, TÜNDE-ÉVA DÉNES.15. IN VITRO ANALYSIS FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE OF DIFFERENT TRANSGENIC POTATO LINES RESISTANT TO PVY. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, ADRIANA AURORI, TUNDE-EVA DENES, IMOLA ERDELY-MOLNAR, RALUCA-ALINA MUSTAȚĂ.16. THE APPLICATION OF COMBINATORIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY IN IMPROVING POTATO RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS. Authors: DANIEL CRUCERIU, ANTONIA-MARIA MĂRGINEANU, RALUCA ALINA MUSTATA, ENIKŐ BESENYEI, IMOLA ERDELY-MOLNÁR, ADRIANA AURORI, RAMONA THIEME, ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN.17. REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES AND ANTHOCYANIN ARE INVOLVED IN PLANT RESPONSE TO WOUNDING AS PART OF INSECT FEEDING – THE CASE OF THE SOMATIC HYBRIDS SOLANUM TUBEROSUM + SOLANUM CHACOENSE. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, RALUCA ALINA MUSTAȚĂ, IMOLA MOLNÁR.18. REVIEW - CHALLENGES IN THE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF POTATO VIRUS Y, AN IMPORTANT PATHOGEN OF POTATO. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, CARMEN LILIANA BĂDĂRĂU, ADRIANA AURORI.19. COMPARATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF SOMATIC HYBRIDS OF SOLANUM BULBOCASTANUM + S. TUBEROSUM CV. ‘RASANT’ WITH THEIR PARENTS IN RELATION TO BIOCHEMICAL RESPONSES TO WOUND STRESS AND TRICHOME COMPOSITION. Authors: ELENA RAKOSY-TICAN, ADRIANA AURORI, ANTONIA MARIA MARGINEANU, ZORITA DIACONEASA, IMOLA ERDELY-MOLNAR, DANIEL CRUCERIU.