The Biology of Fruit Quality in Horticulture: Formation and Regulation
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Fruit Production Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editors
Interests: tree fruits; rootstock; breeding; biotechnology; cultivation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Current biological research on the formation and regulation of fruit quality in horticultural plants is advancing toward more refined molecular analysis, systematic network construction, and precise regulatory applications. One of the critical tasks in horticultural plant research is to integrate fundamental research findings more rapidly into breeding and cultivation practices, enabling precise regulation of fruit quality and the development of new varieties that are more flavorful, nutritious, and resilient to storage and transportation.
This Special Issue invites cutting-edge and foundational research in the following areas, including but not limited to, hormone interactions and synergistic regulation of fruit maturation, flavor compound accumulation, anthocyanin accumulation, sugar conversion, and softening processes; nutrient transport and accumulation, and the cytological basis of texture softening; molecular mechanisms of fruit size and color formation; QTL mapping and candidate gene mining related to quality traits; regulation of fruit set and mechanisms of postharvest quality preservation; and multi-omics integration and systems biology approaches to systematically analyze the genetic basis and regulatory networks of quality traits. Additionally, studies on inter-organ interactions (e.g., between fruits, leaves, and roots) and the networks between fruit quality formation and environmental factors (e.g., microorganisms and abiotic stress) are also encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Haoyuan Sun
Dr. Xueqing Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fruit quality
- horticultural practices
- physiology
- molecular mechanism
- functional genes
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