Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 4
Written by Maria-Mihaela ANTOFIE, Camelia SAND SAVA

Home-gardens survived in many villages in Romania especially in the historical province of Transylvania and the rich diversity of species an heir varieties recorded for vineyards, fruit trees and shrubs may further contribute to define the concept of traditional home-gardens. Mor han other cultivated species, vineyards and fruit trees that are positioned inside, or outside urban areas, are connecting these agro-ecosystems to the wild ecosystems in a very specific landscape, making possible the preservation of an impressive number of wild specie iversity for the region. The scope of this article is to record and discuss the diversity of domesticated species and their varieties relat o three groups of plant species such as following: vineyards, fruit trees and shrubs in Moșna commune, Sibiu county, Romania. Our results revealed that even the vineyards decreased 23 times compared to 1750, local community continued to cultivate the first hybrids that have bee ntroduced after the first attack of Phylloxera during the 19^th century. Fruit tree species were also recorded in fossils excavated from hum ettlements in South Eastern Transylvania, the fruit diet being almost unchanged for so many centuries. This is the case also for bushes species that are towering all traditional home-gardens inside urban areas. However, the population expressed an obvious openness for testing nd integrating new varieties, new species as well to preserve all old inherited plant genetic resources for centuries supporting us to further define a new type of gastronomic footprint in the support of food security for the future.

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