Selected Papers from “Utilisation of Underutilized Species for Future Food Security and the Conservation of Biocultural Diversity”
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 1016
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biodiversity and agrobiodiversity; ethnobotany; ethnopharmacology; ethnoecology; natural products chemistry; plant taxonomy; sustainable agroecosystem
Interests: bioactive compound
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Dear Colleagues,
The Local Edible Food Plant Diversity conference (FEDxMekong 2024) (https://agri.cmu.ac.th/fedxmekong2024), sponsored by MDPI’s open access journal Diversity, will be held from 10th–12th December 2024 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This conference endeavours to bring together participants from around the world to underscore the significance of almost forgotten and underutilised edible plants. The thematic areas encompass crop diversity, ethnobotanical studies, cultural food, nutritional and phytochemical importance, breeding and omics approaches, as well as the physiological and molecular responses of various underutilised edible crops to environmental cues. Research related to edible flowers will be encouraged at the conference. The event will comprise various sessions, including keynote addresses, plenary sessions, invited lectures, oral and poster presentations, and workshops. The overarching goal of the conference is to promote interdisciplinary exchange, fostering new collaborations to share evidence and the opportunities presented by currently underutilised crops for the benefit of societies worldwide. The journal Diversity will publish a Special Issue for this conference. Every accepted paper which successfully passes the peer-review process will receive a discount of 20% regarding the article processing charge (APC). MDPI has an institutional open access program (IOAP). As such, affiliated researchers of participating universities can receive a discount on APCs. This can be combined with the 20% discount hitherto mentioned.
The Topics of Interest:
S1. The documentation and digitalisation of edible plant diversity;
S2. The nutrition, phytochemistry and bioactivities of food plants;
S3. The introduction, domestication and cultivation and ecology of edible plants;
S4. Physiology and molecular responses to environments;
S5. Wild edible flowers.
Prof. Dr. Chunlin Long
Dr. Sarana Sommano
Guest Editors
Keywords
- edible plant diversity
- conservation
- biocultural diversity
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