Dear Colleagues,

Since the success of the first Special Issue "Enhanced Product Quality of Plant Material from Field Crops: Series II " in Agronomy, the Editorial Office is willing to launch a second series of the issue. The subject, the editorial team, and the submission process are maintained through this series.

Issues relating to the production of safe and healthy food and herbal products play an important role in basic research in the vegetable production system. Raw materials of plant origin, due to their specific qualities and specific chemical properties, should be of high quality. The quality of the plant material is largely influenced by the natural growing environment, primarily the condition of the soil and climatic conditions. Due to the changing climate, it is extremely important to comprehensively understand the functions of nutrients and bioactive substances, in view of consumers' expectations regarding the quality of plant raw materials. For this reason, priority should be given to the development and application of new technologies that positively affect the parameters and quality characteristics of plant products. This Special Issue is focused on the ‘Enhanced Quality of Plant Materials from Field Crops’. We welcome high-quality submissions which focus on the improvements in plant agrotechnics and the post-harvest treatment of consumable and herbal raw materials. In particular, this Special Issue will include new research relating to all related topics, including vegetable, spice and medicinal plants, the improvements in plant quality, post-harvest consumer and herbal raw material processing, an evaluation of the quality of plant raw materials and products, modern and more precise research methods, etc.

Dr. Andrzej Salata
Dr. Hector Moreno Ramón
Dr. Gaetano Pandino
Dr. Agnieszka Najda
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• vegetable plants 
• medicinal and aromatic plants 
• plant growth and development 
• plant nutrition 
• irrigation and fertilization 
• cover crops 
• organic farming 
• produce quality 
• nutraceutical properties 
• primary and secondary metabolism 
• pre- and post-harvest factors