Physiology and Fruit Quality of Temperate Fruit Crops
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 1836
Editors
Interests: cultivation; water-saving irrigation; salinity stress; soil amelioration; fruit quality
Interests: germplasm innovation; cultivation practices; fruit quality formation and regulation; rootstock-scion interaction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Crop physiological indicators serve to quantify the invisible life processes of crops, providing scientifically grounded management insights for agricultural production. By monitoring key parameters such as the photosynthetic rate, water potential, chlorophyll fluorescence, and enzyme activity, early warnings for stressors like drought and salinity can be issued before visible symptoms emerge, while the intrinsic mechanisms governing yield formation and fruit quality accumulation can be precisely elucidated. These indicators can guide precise irrigation, fertilization, and cultivation practices, promoting sustainable agricultural development.
Fruit quality acts as a critical link between agricultural production and consumer markets. Its significance is multifaceted. It directly determines economic value, as visual traits combined with functional components like sugar–acid balance, aroma, and nutritional content form the foundation of market competitiveness; additionally, high-quality fruits generally exhibit superior postharvest durability, effectively reducing losses and enhancing efficiency across the supply chain.
This Special Issue aims to gather research concerning physiological indicators and fruit quality in temperate fruit crops. It focuses on the impacts of various factors—including soil management practices, cultivation techniques, irrigation methods, fertilization strategies, modern agricultural technologies, and different cultivars—on the physiological and ecological parameters of temperate fruit crops and on fruit quality attributes (such as size, shape, appearance, yield, maturation period, sugar–acid content, vitamin C levels, and various volatile aromatic compounds). Submissions should aim to enhance production efficiency in temperate fruit crop systems.
Dr. Yang Wu
Dr. Qingjiang Wei
Dr. Xiao Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biotic stress
- abiotic stress
- cultivation practices
- nutritional content
- economic benefits
- horticultural production
- labor-saving cultivation
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