Agricultura no. 3 –4 (111-112)/2019 Agriculture - 413 - SEED GERMINATION STUDY ON WILD STRAWBERRYES MORNEA PETRACHE Alina, Teodora MORAR, Svetlana MICLE, Vlad FALUP, Camelia SCHEAU, Andreea MOLDOVAN, Madalina COSOVANU, Viorel Cornel POP * , Emil LUCA University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Horticulture, 3-5 Calea Mănăştur Street, 400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; *Corresponding author: viorel.pop@usamvcluj.ro Abstract. The aim of the research was to investigate the way in which homeopathic remedies and magnetic field, influence the germination experiment of Fragaria Vesca L. (wild strawberry) in vitro. Applying homeopathic treatment and magnetic field proved to make a difference in germination, growing and development of wild strawberry plants. The Dr. Schuessler’s 12 tissue salts (homeopathic treatment) had a positive influence on the germination process and the exposure to magnetic field had an inhibitory influence. These types of treatment can be an alternative for plant development without changing the quality of plants and soil. Keywords: Fragaria vesca L., germination, agro-homeopathy, magnetic field, Schuessler’s salts. INTRODUCTION The wild strawberries are widely known to humans since prehistoric times and became popular only after the plant was brought to Europe in the 16th century. The wild strawberries are widely adapted to different types of agro-climates across the temperate to subtropical regions of the world (Sharma, Pandey, and Pandey n.d.). The substantial use of synthetic fertilizer in agriculture is causing environmental problems. We are at the point that we need to find alternative substances that would increase plant development without changing the quality of plants and soil, and agro-homeopathy could be the answer to these problems (Nuruzzaman et al. 2016). Agro-homeopathy is one of the newest subjects in agricultural research. Latterly various scientific studies showed that homeopathic treatments can influence physiological properties of plants. The homeopathic medicines can influence the enzymatic activities, sugar, protein and chlorophyll content in plants. The use of homeopaths has helped to reduce or eradicate biotic or abiotic stress. In case of biotic stresses, activities of various homeopathic remedies had an antimicrobial, anti- insecticidal and antifungal effect. Also homeopathic remedies can influence the plant growth, the phytochemical composition and the quantity of secondary metabolites (Pereira et al. 2019). The homeopathic dilution of homeopathic medicines can be used for different purposes like: seed germination, soil health, growth of seedlings, flowering, fruiting, stress management and protection against diseases. It is important to select the right homeopathic drugs and its potency and also the correct dilution of the drug. The wrong drug selection can manifest detrimental effects on plant cultivation. Higher