Effects of Agronomical Practices on Crop Quality and Sensory Profile—3rd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 1737
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Interests: food quality; food safety; bioactive compounds; sensory analysis; consumer acceptance of food products; almonds; nuts; tropical fruits; water stress; stress markers; water scarcity; deficit irrigation strategies; spray drying; microencapsulation; probiotic bacteria
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Interests: farm to fork research gaps in olive food chain; olive growing new technologies to increase sustainability; mill technology; olive oil quality assessment; developing the premium oil sector in marginal areas
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
According to the FAO’s “produce more with less” campaign, global population growth projections show that feeding almost 10 billion people by 2050 would require raising overall food production and, accordingly, natural resources. Climate change introduces an additional obstacle in this challenge, as it impacts not only the quantity of agricultural products but also their industrial, nutritional, functional, and sensorial properties. Agronomical practices have focused on increasing total crop production and products’ general quality. However, currently, a more direct approach considering technological behavior and sensorial characteristics is feasible. Climate change has led growers to change their agricultural practices and develop smart agriculture strategies to deliver improved control over fruit production in an unprecedented way. In addition, consumer behavior has rapidly evolved in the last few years, leading to more responsible purchases of organic, local, traditional, and sustainable, as well as healthy and tasty, food products. Overall, these aspects necessitate continuous research in this field; thus, the aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest findings in the agronomy field, including fruit quality, processing aptitude, and sensorial properties. New approaches to transcriptomics and environment–gene interactions and their impact on crop traits relevant to processing aptitude and quality are of particular interest. In light of the above considerations, this Special Issue invites submissions of research results and scientific reviews that consider connections between agronomical production, processing characteristics, product quality, and sensory attributes relevant to agricultural products.
Dr. Leontina Lipan
Dr. Agustí Romero
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- agricultural practices
- breeding programs
- new cultivars
- industrial aptitude
- bioactive compounds
- sensory quality
- consumers
- descriptive
- sensory drivers
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