Vegetable and Fruit Production, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 68
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Interests: horticulture; biostimulants; compost; abiotic stress
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Interests: environmental stress; ecophysiology; plant physiology; biostimulants; horticulture
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Dear Colleagues,
Vegetables and fruits are known to contain important vitamins, fibers, essential minerals, and vital bioactive compounds possessing anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticancer properties. While these compounds can help protect against cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases, their composition is dependent on plant genotypic, environmental, and management factors. Vegetable and fruit production inherently requires high inputs and intensive management practices compared to other crops. Consequently, collaboration between industry, researchers, and policymakers has led to the development and adoption of novel technologies to improve vegetable and fruit crop growth, productivity, and harvest, as well as their edible qualities. Therefore, this Special Issue of Plants welcomes research papers that focus on the entire chain of vegetable and fruit production, including microgreens and leaf, roots, tuber, and starchy (e.g., green peas) vegetables under both field and greenhouse production systems and marketing. Specific areas of interest include soil/growing media, irrigation, germplasm evaluation, environmental effect, pest and disease management, new crops, postharvest quality, processing, storage, and marketing.
Dr. Lord Abbey
Dr. Mason MacDonald
Dr. Josephine Ampofo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- olericulture
- pomology
- fruit production
- vegetable production
- plant nutrition
- fruit quality
- vegetable quality
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