Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Production: Physiology, Breeding and Sustainability
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 106
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fruit quality; phytochemicals; genetics; sensorial analysis; Mesoamerican fruits
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Interests: tomato; banana; plant genetics and breeding; biostatistics; agrobioinformatics; big data in agriculture; ogm and nbt regulation
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Interests: mediterranean and subtropical fruit crops; pollination; pollen–pistil interaction; fruit set and thinning; fruit crop physiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advances in tropical and subtropical fruit production influence our consumption of food containing vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants, all of which improve human health. New and old systems of fruit production must consider sustainability in order to boost production without harming the environment. Thus, a large amount of new knowledge about the physiology, breeding, and orchard management of tropical and subtropical fruit is required. The molecular and phytochemical characterization of germplasms opens up the possibility of obtaining new varieties of fruit. The determination of phytochemicals and their changes postharvest, achievable through sensorial studies, are vital to promote the selling points of these fruits. Cultural practices that manipulate the transport of carbohydrates and minerals into the fruit to improve quality are also key to modern fruit production.
This Special Issue welcomes studies on the following areas:
- The physiological and genetic aspects of fruit focused on to improve quality.
- Techniques used in the orchard to reduce damage to the environment.
- Phytochemicals and sensorial evaluations.
- Molecular and morphological characterization of germplasms.
- The application of biostimulants and growth regulators.
Dr. Juan Guillermo Cruz-Castillo
Dr. Guillermo Raúl Pratta
Prof. Dr. Julián Cuevas González
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biostimulants
- sink
- source
- rootstocks
- thinning
- postharvest
- phenols
- gens
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