Crop Authenticity in Organic Horticultural Production: Recent Studies and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, demand for organic products has grown as consumers consider them to be safer and healthier than conventional ones. Research has been conducted over the years to investigate old and new reliable systems for testing the authenticity of products obtained using organic cultivation methods.

This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, short communications and review articles on different agronomic practices and techniques (such as fertilization and pest management) that address crop authenticity in organic agriculture.

We welcome research that focuses on the application of approaches to tracking chemical components and/or gene transcript levels derived from the primary and/or secondary metabolism of organic and conventional products. We also accept papers that discuss the isotopic distribution of elements and that highlight the diversity induced by conventional and organic production techniques with the final aim of establishing new tools for organic horticultural crop characterisation and authenticity. The use of spectroscopic techniques and metabolomics is of interest in this Special Issue, as is the application of agronomic practices in organic cropping systems. Finally, we welcome data analysis through chemometrics tools that enable the validation of multivariate implemented approaches.

Dr. Simona Fabroni
Dr. Francesco Montemurro
Dr. Luana Bontempo
Guest Editors

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