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Practices and Innovation in Vegetable and Mushroom Production
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Practices and Innovation in Vegetable and Mushroom Production

A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Vegetable Production Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2023) | Viewed by 4289

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Jolanta Lisiecka

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Department of Vegetable Crops, Faculty of Agronomy, Horticulture and Bioengineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences, ul. Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-594 Poznań, Poland
Interests: greenhouse horticulture; strawberry soilless cultivation; sustainable horticulture; spent mushroom substrates; biostimulants

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Vegetables and mushrooms are widely known for their taste and health benefits. They provide us with fiber, minerals, vitamins, and a variety of phytochemicals. It is well recognized that they play a vital role in our daily diet and contribute to combat a range of human health problems.

The growing population, increasing health concern, and demands for vegetarian-based diet have driven the compulsion for innovative practices in vegetable and mushroom production. To deliver healthy and nutritious products to consumers, there is a need for scientific recommendations on effective and efficient greenhouse and field management, at the same time achieving economic and environmental sustainability.

The advances and development in horticulture production systems, i.e., greenhouse horticulture, soilless cultivation, LED-based illumination systems, organic and integrated farming, hydroponics, multistory farming, and urban agriculture help to achieve qualitative and quantitative vegetable and mushroom production. On the other hand, innovative knowledge addressing vegetable cultivation undercover and in the open field, reducing resource consumption and optimizing fertigation, irrigation, substrates, cultivars, growing conditions, and bio-fortification, is of great significance. When it comes to mushrooms, production advancements including climate control, the need for alternative substrates, new strains, and other constituents contributing yield and quality of mushroom fruiting bodies remain a challenge to date.

The main goal of this Special Issue is to gather the most recent practices and research results, delivering a wide range of studies on “Practices and Innovation in Vegetable and Mushroom Production”. This Special Issue aims to bring expert research work together to deliver the most up-to-date knowledge, in order to address various challenges and opportunities in vegetable and mushroom production from a local, national, and international perspective.

Dr. Jolanta Lisiecka
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • bio-fortification
  • bio-innovation
  • food-security
  • fertilizers
  • alternative substrates
  • hi-tech farming
  • soilless culture
  • vegetable
  • mushroom
  • sustainability
  • yield

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Combined Effect of Biostimulants and Mineral Fertilizers on Crop Performance and Fruit Quality of Watermelon Plants
by Ângela Fernandes, Nikolaos Polyzos, Filipa Mandim, Carla Pereira, Jovana Petrović, Marina Soković and Spyridon A. Petropoulos
Horticulturae 2023, 9(7), 838; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9070838 - 23 Jul 2023
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible effects of two different biostimulant formulations at different application regimes and combined or not with mineral fertilizers (e.g., W1–W8, including the control treatment (no formulations added)) on the yield parameters and fruit [...] Read more.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible effects of two different biostimulant formulations at different application regimes and combined or not with mineral fertilizers (e.g., W1–W8, including the control treatment (no formulations added)) on the yield parameters and fruit quality of watermelon plants. The highest yield was recorded for the W5 treatment due to the formation of more fruit. The highest content of fat, proteins and ash was recorded for treatment W1, whereas carbohydrates were the most abundant in the control treatment, resulting also in the highest energetic value. The main detected sugars in all the tested samples were sucrose and fructose, which were the highest for the W4 and W5 treatments (sucrose) and W4 treatment (fructose). Malic and citric acid were the most abundant compounds, especially in the W4 treatment. In terms of tocopherols, only α-tocopherol was detected, with the highest amounts being recorded for the W4 treatment. Regarding bioactive properties, the lowest IC50 values for OxHLIA were recorded for the W2, W3 and W8 formulations. Moreover, all the extracts exhibited significant anti-inflammatory activity comparable to the positive control, while a variable efficacy of the tested extracts against the studied bacteria and fungi was recorded. In conclusion, our results indicate that simple agronomic practices such as biostimulant application may improve crop performance and improve the proximal composition and the overall quality of watermelon fruit within the context of sustainable crop production. Full article
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Combined Dairy Manure-Food Waste Digestate as a Medium for Pleurotus djamor—Mineral Composition in Substrate and Bioaccumulation of Elements in Fruiting Bodies
by Agnieszka Jasinska, Raghavendra Prasad, Jolanta Lisiecka, Michal Roszak, Ketil Stoknes, Miroslaw Mleczek and Przemyslaw Niedzielski
Horticulturae 2022, 8(10), 934; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8100934 - 11 Oct 2022
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The present investigation aimed to study the utilisation of combined dairy manure-food waste digestate as a substrate (experimental mushroom substrate—EMS) for Pleurotus djamor (strain 2708, Mycelia) cultivation. Considering the lack of scientific information about the influence of elements concentration in growing substrates on [...] Read more.
The present investigation aimed to study the utilisation of combined dairy manure-food waste digestate as a substrate (experimental mushroom substrate—EMS) for Pleurotus djamor (strain 2708, Mycelia) cultivation. Considering the lack of scientific information about the influence of elements concentration in growing substrates on the bioaccumulation of elements in cultivated mushrooms and their residual concentrations in substrates left after cultivation (spent mushroom substrate—SMS), a multi-elemental analysis of 38 elements was carried out. In the study, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES) was used for elemental analysis. The P. djamor cultivated on EMS resulted in a yield of 196.50 g/bag, achieving a biological efficiency (BE) of 39.90%. High variability in the elemental concentrations among substrates both before and after mushroom cultivation was evident. The studied elements accumulation in P. djamor was in an increasing trend in three subsequent flushes and was also reflected in the bioconcentration factors (BCFs). The highest BCF (2.35) was determined for Fe. Interestingly, the BCF values for all studied trace elements with detrimental health effects were lower than 1.00. The estimated daily intake (EDI) reflected that the P. djamor fruiting bodies grown on EMS can serve as an excellent dietary source of essential major and trace elements: Ca, Mg, Na, Mn, Mo, Ni, Se and Zn. On the other hand, EDI values for K, Cu, Fe, Ag, Ba, Cd, Al, Sb and Sr were greater than the referred guideline values corresponding to higher intake. Overall, the study presented an insight into elemental accumulations and demonstrated the potential utilisation of combined dairy manure-food waste digestate. Full article
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