Innovative Horticultural Crop Cultivation and Management
This special issue belongs to the section "Protected Culture".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In horticulture, an important challenge is the yield increase without extending the cultivation area, but safeguarding product quality and safety, as well as reducing the environmental impact. The mentioned goal is required in the current global agro-economic and climate-changing context, which are likely to cause a global food crisis.
The optimal plant growth in greenhouses and open field crops should be achieved by developing new or improved cultivation techniques, also benefiting from precision horticulture, along with efficient management of water, energy, fertilizers, human resources, soil health, and pest control. Precision horticulture can be pursued through digitalization and advanced technologies such as automation of plant monitoring, equipment for pest and disease identification and management, efficient recyclable of waste, and use of biocontrollers for plant growth stimulation.
The goal of this Special Issue "Innovative Horticultural Crop Cultivation and Management" is to encourage the publication of the latest studies, methods, technologies and innovative practices in this field. We are inviting all scientists to submit original or review articles relevant to the mentioned topics.
Dr. Ilie Bodale
Prof. Dr. Vasile Stoleru
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Caruso
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- innovations in horticulture
- smart horticulture
- digitalization in organic food processing
- nutrient and irrigation management
- vegetable waste management
- food quality
- food security
- sustainable crops
- abiotic stress
- biosensors
- climate change
- organic horticulture
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Published Papers
Horticulturae - ISSN 2311-7524