Special Issue "Phytotoxicity of Heavy Metals in Horticultural Plants and Security"

A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Biotic and Abiotic Stress".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Luisa Louro Martins
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Guest Editor
Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: abiotic stress biochemistry; plant response to oxidative stress caused by potentially toxic substances; heavy metal phytotoxicity; plant contamination; food safety
Prof. Dr. Miguel Pedro Mourato
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Guest Editor
Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: abiotic stress biochemistry; plant response to oxidative stress caused by potentially toxic substances; heavy metal phytotoxicity; plant contamination; mineral element quantification; effect of pharmaceutical products in plants; food safety

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Horticulture crops are very important in human nutrition and are an important source of nutrients like carbohydrates, proteins, organic acids, vitamins and mineral elements.

The current challenges, such as climate change, the growing world population and soil degradation, together with trends like the increase in urban agriculture, can lead to the use of marginal or contaminated lands and irrigation waters, to fulfil the growing needs of horticultural products.

It is thus necessary to evaluate how horticultural plants cope with contaminants like heavy metals, characterizing their acclimation mechanisms. 

This Special Issue welcomes studies regarding the effect of different heavy metals in different horticultural crops, including research in relation to uptake, accumulation and tolerance capacity, oxidative stress and antioxidative response, induced defence mechanisms, toxicity effects and food chain contamination.

Prof. Dr. Luisa Louro Martins
Prof. Dr. Miguel Pedro Mourato
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Horticulturae is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • horticultural plants
  • tolerance mechanisms
  • oxidative stress
  • antioxidative response
  • heavy metals
  • phytotoxicity
  • food security

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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