Alternatives for a Sustainable Management of Invasive Plant Species 2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2024) | Viewed by 1162
Special Issue Editors
Interests: exotic plant invasion; impacts on native communities; plant invasion of new areas by releasing exotic allelochemicals (allelopathy); potential uses for the allelopathic compounds and plant residues (mainly from invasive plants) to palliate environmental problems related to conventional agriculture (phytotoxicity, natural compounds); new strategies to control invasive plants and its impacts on native communities
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Interests: fruits; postharvest; quality preservation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Invasive plant species have proven to cause negative ecological and economic impacts on agroforestry ecosystems. The most common strategy to manage invasive plants is still based on chemical or mechanical control methods without post-control management. This strategy is not environmentally safe, involves huge costs, is insufficient, and fails for large invaded areas. For these reasons, alternative and sustainable management is urgently needed. The most recent idea proposed consists of finding alternative strategies to control invasive plants by the valorization of their waste. The valorization of invasive waste provides new natural resources and stimulates a long-term sustainable control of invaded areas, allowing to partially recover invested funds that otherwise would be lost. This strategy is also aligned with the principles of circular bioeconomy.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of reviews, research papers, and short communications on a large array of potential uses such as, bioactivity, agriculture, raw material, paper production, animal feeding, etc. Innovative uses also included, but are not limited to, those briefly indicated by the keywords presented below or any other use that can facilitate and promote alternatives for long-term sustainable management of invasive plants.
Dr. Paula Lorenzo
Dr. Maria Cristina Morais
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waste valorization
- novel potential uses
- allelopathy
- bioactivity
- bioenergy
- raw material
- sustainable agriculture
- sustainable horticulture
- organic fertilizers
- green waste
- compost integrated management control
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