Nutrition Management of Hydroponic Vegetable Crops

Dear Colleagues,

One way of meeting future food needs, with the world’s population nearing 7.5 billion with a productivity of agricultural production systems challenged by climate change and a shortage of the fundamental natural resources such as water and arable land, could be hydroponics—also known as “soilless cultivation”. Hydroponics include any system of growing plants without the use of soil as a rooting medium. In this system, all inorganic nutrients are supplied exclusively via irrigation water. One of the major advantages of hydroponics, besides being independent of the soil and hence of all problems related to it, is the complete control of nutrition via the nutrient solution.

The general idea of this Special Issue is to provide an international base for revealing the underlying physiological and molecular mechanisms of the nutritional management of hydroponically grown vegetables, with the aim of increasing their organoleptic, nutritional, and functional qualities. In particular, submissions of review papers and original research reporting novel scientific findings on (but not limited to) the following topics are welcome: (1) Macronutrient Management for Enhancing the Nutritional Quality of Hydroponically Grown Vegetables, (2) Biofortification of Vegetables with Essential and Beneficial Micronutrients, (3) Salinity Management in Closed Hydroponic Systems, (4) Decision Support Systems, (5) Optimization of Nutrient Solutions According to Crop Needs and Nutrient Uptake, (6) Recycling–Reusing–Saving Input Strategies, (7) Organic Hydroponics, (8) PGPRs and Biostimulants in Soilless Culture, and (9) (A)biotic Stresses Affecting Physiology and Product Quality of Hydroponically Grown Vegetables.

Dr. Georgia Ntatsi
Dr. Damianos Neocleous
Collection Editors

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