Cultivation and Utilization of Herbal and Aromatic Plants
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 106
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agriculture of herbal plants; essential oils; aromatic plants; gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS);
Interests: plant biology; horticulture; crop systems; quality
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Interests: food quality assessment; conventional and organic products; development of innovative food products; physico-chemical and sensory analyzes of foods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants have always accompanied humans on this planet, with the oldest reports of herbal plants dating back to around 3000 BC in Mesopotamia. Initially, people collected plants from natural sites, especially from the environment around them; however, over time, they began to consciously cultivate and use them for specific purposes. Currently, plants are used in medicine, phytotherapy, cosmetics and the food industry. Due to the growing demand, the cultivation of these plants, both conventional and organic, has been becoming increasingly widespread. In addition, herbal and aromatic plants are a valuable source of important biologically active substances and, therefore, an extremely interesting subject of scientific research.
In this Special Issue of Agronomy, we will present modern and up-to-date research regarding the cultivation of herbal and aromatic plants and their practical use in agriculture and the food industry. We also encourage the submission of manuscripts relevant to the relationship between plant growing in specific systems and the content of secondary metabolites. We also invite scholars to submit original research and review articles related to the use of herbal and aromatic plants in the modern economy.
Dr. Magdalena Walasek-Janusz
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Caruso
Dr. Otilia Cristina Murariu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant species and varieties
- organic herbal cultivation
- crop systems
- innovative strategies to enhance product quality
- chemical compounds
- essential oils
- bioactive substances
- biological activity
- processing of aromatic plants
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