Advances in Postharvest Fresh-Keeping Technology and Metabolomics of Horticultural Plants—Second Edition
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 596
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multi-omics; metabolome; browning; sulfide metabolism; sulfur fumigation and alternative strategies; postharvest biology
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Interests: multi-omics; preservation of litchi, longan and horticultural crops in south China; packaging; sulfur fumigation; postharvest biology
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Interests: fresh-cut; enzymatic browning; molecular mechanism; chilling injury; multi-omics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the tremendous success of the first edition of the Special Issue “Advances in Postharvest Fresh-Keeping Technology and Metabolomics of Horticultural Plants” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/horticulturae/special_issues/KI5SJE71Z7), a second edition is being launched.
Horticultural plants are still alive during and after harvesting, and programmed and complex metabolic processes take place postharvest. The metabolic processes in horticultural crops are spatio-temporally specific, resulting in the formation or even deterioration of quality during postharvest ripening or senescence. Advanced preservation technologies have been widely explored and used to keep horticultural products fresh. However, systematic investigations into their effect on the metabolism of horticultural crops are still limited. The development and wide application of metabolomics technology has provided a powerful means to study the postharvest metabolism and regulation of horticultural crops. For this Special Issue, we welcome the submission of research on innovative postharvest fresh-keeping technology, as well as metabolic analyses of fruits, vegetables, medicinal, aromatic and ornamental plants during postharvest handling, storage and logistics; this scope is not limited to physiological, biochemical and molecular regulation (at the transcription, post-transcription, translation or post-translation level) analyses.
Dr. Tao Luo
Prof. Dr. Zhenxian Wu
Dr. Yunfen Liu
Dr. Xiaomeng Guo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- horticultural crops
- postharvest quality
- preservation technology
- regulation mechanism
- metabolomics
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