Integrated Farm Management Strategies for Sustainable Production of Horticultural Fruit Crops
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 111
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart farming; cultivation technology; horticultural machinery; plant physiology; crop production; plant nutrients; bioactive compounds; post-harvest technology; fruit quality
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: cultivation technology; crop physiology; post-harvest technology; fruit quality; bioactive compounds
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: cultivation technology; post-harvest technology; crop physiology; fruit quality; cell wall; plant metabolites
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Horticultural fruit crops are an important source of carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals and organic acids for human nutrition. Therefore, the production of high-quality fruits with high nutritional values is essential to achieve better marketability and ensure food security. However, the factors including elevated daily temperature and climate change, pests and diseases, postharvest losses and market volatility have been significant challenges for the sustainable production of fruit crops. These challenges can lead to reductions in fruit quality, nutritional values and productivity, resulting in food insecurity. Therefore, the integrated practices of farm management strategies are essential to ensure the continued growth, productivity and sustainability of horticultural crops, securing benefits for future generations.
This Special Issue invites submission of high-quality articles focusing on plant physiology and biotechnology of fruit trees, cultivation technologies improving in productivity and nutritional values of fruit crops, water and nutrient management strategies to enhance yield and quality of fruit crops, controlled-environment technologies to improve tree performance and integrated farming practices that support the sustainable production of fruit trees.
We also encourage submissions that study advanced farming approaches, including, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Mechanization and automation of fruit trees
- Climate-smart farming systems
- Application of plant-growth regulators
- Precision agriculture
Dr. Nay Myo Win
Dr. Jingi Yoo
Prof. Dr. Inkyu Kang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cultivation technologies
- sustainable agriculture
- plant physiology
- smart farming
- precision agriculture
- fruit quality
- nutritional values
- bio-active compounds
- antioxidants
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