Chinese Date - A New Promising Fruit Plant for Romania Southern Areas

Variation of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) Fruits at Different Stages of Ripening

“…In Romania, the Chinese date palms can be found in semispontaneous status in Dobrogea region (Ciocarlan, 2000), located between the Danube and the Black Sea; there are several places where the Chinese date palms exist in naturalized populations (Stanica, 2008). This fruit tree has been growing for several hundred years in Ostrov and Jurilovca villages and is called by local people "Dobrogea's olive tree" (Stanica, 2016).…”

The historical and current research progress on jujube–a superfruit for the future

“…During this period, jujube began to be introduced to neighboring countries in Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, and began to spread to Central Asia and Europe through the ancient Silk Road. Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23-79), better known as Pliny the Elder, mentioned in his 'Historia Naturalis' that a counselor of the Roman Emperor Octavian Augustus introduced the Chinese date (jujube) for the first time from Syria to Italy; from there it was distributed to other Mediterranean countries and around the Black Sea basin 13,14 .…”

“…(5) Environmentally friendly and high-efficiency pest management integrating physical, agricultural, and biological approaches: minimizing the use of chemical pesticides and reducing chemical residues; promoting laborsaving and low-cost pest and disease control systems; and ensuring high yields, high fruit quality, and food safety. (6) Quality and nutrition preservation with postharvest and processing technology: adapting to internet and international marketing and upgrading the jujube market structure; making jujube an essential raw material in several 'superfoods' that are increasingly requested by the market in addition to being directly used as fresh or dried fruit 13 ; extending different production and processing certification systems (e.g., Global GAP, Organic, etc.) for jujube products to respond to the demands of different international markets and especially of large distribution channels.…”

“…At present, it is one of the main cultivated fruit species, the foremost dried fruit in terms of production, and the main income source of~20 million farmers in China 2,3 . Since it was introduced into neighboring countries such as Korea and Japan 2000 years ago, jujube has spread to at least 48 countries, commercial jujube cultivation has developed at different levels in China, South Korea, Iran, Israel, the United States, Italy, Australia, and other countires 2,3,[6][7][8] . Jujube is becoming increasingly important in arid and semiarid marginal lands because of its outstanding endurance and adaptability to drought as well as barren and salty soil and deserves to be considered a superfruit for the future due to its distinct advantages.…”

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) – a promising fruit from Traditional Chinese Medicine

“…Ciocarlan (2000) reported that the Chinese jujube could be found in a semi-spontaneous status in the Dobrogea region, which is located between the Danube and the Black sea in Romania; there are several places where the Chinese jujube exists in naturalised populations. In Romania, the tree was brought "via the Silk road" 2,000 years ago (Stănică, Vasile, 2008;Stănică, 2009). It is cultivated in Europe, but its primari- Fig.…”