From Wild Genetic Resources to Specialty Horticultural Crops: Domestication, Diversity, Propagation and Crop Development
A Special Issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524) belonging to the section "Medicinals, Herbs, and Specialty Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2027 | Viewed by 109
Editors
Interests: plant genetics; genetic diversity; plant genetic resources
Interests: plant breeding; plant biotechnology; tissue culture; crop genetic resources; abiotic stress tolerance
Interests: systematics; taxonomy; biodiversity; conservation biology; species distribution; ecology; phytochemicals; prehistory; conservation; cultural heritage
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the domestication pathway and horticultural development of wild edible plants, crop wild relatives, and underutilized plant resources. Wild food plants and crop wild relatives represent not only genetic resources for cultivated crops or current food sources, but also direct candidates for domestication and horticultural development. The core objective of this collection is to document and advance the transition from wild or locally used plant species to cultivated or nursery-propagated specialty crops. Contributions should clearly address at least one of the following dimensions:
(i) domestication strategies and selection of wild plants for horticultural use;
(ii) propagation and nursery production of wild or underutilized species;
(iii) agronomic evaluation, cultivation trials, or crop management;
(iv) product quality, or postharvest performance;
(v) market potential, value chain analysis, or socio-economic assessment of emerging specialty crops.
Studies on genetic diversity, molecular characterization, morphology, ecogeography, ethnobotany, taxonomy, phylogenetics, pharmacology, or phytochemistry are welcome only when supported by substantive discussion on the horticultural development potential of the studied species. Purely descriptive studies with no connection to horticulture fall outside the scope of this Special Issue.
Dr. Álvaro Monteros-Altamirano
Dr. Liliana Corozo-Quiñonez
Prof. Dr. Diego Rivera-Nuñez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- domestication
- propagation
- agronomic evaluation
- product quality
- crop wild relatives
- wild food plants
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