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Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) for Vegetables, Ornamental and Aromatic Plants

edited by

Antonios Chrysargyris

Silvana Nicola

and

Sasan Aliniaeifard

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2354 | Submission Open

Keywords: protected cultivation; greenhouse; vegetables; ornamental plants; medicinal and aromatic plants; specialty crops; soilless cultures; hydroponics; bioactive compounds; biological properties; LED; vertical farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Protected Culture)

Edible Mushrooms: Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding

edited by

Junjie Yan

, Jie Chen and

Mingwen Zhao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2225 | Submission Open

Keywords: edible mushrooms; genetics and breeding; functional genomics; comparative genomics; structural genomics; epigenomics; pan-genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinals, Herbs, and Specialty Crops)

Volatile Composition and Sensory Qualities of Emerging Horticultural Plants

edited by

Milica Aćimović

and Tijana Zeremski

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1835 | Submission Open

Keywords: essential oil; volatile aromatic compounds; medicinal and aromatic plants; biological activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Processed Horticultural Products)

New Technologies Applied in Horticultural Crop Protection

edited by

Zhichong Wang

Peng Qi

, Xianping Guan and Zhan Huang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1502 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant protection; applied agriculutre; precision agriculture; UASS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Protected Culture)

Postharvest Quality Characteristics and Storage Life of Horticultural Products

edited by Mingyi Yang, Xiaobo Wei, Yanpei Chen and Lei Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 589 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural plants; postharvest storage; quality regulation; molecular mechanism; packaging materials; technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology)

Advances in Soil and Plant Nutrient Management for Optimizing Horticultural Crop Yields and Soil Sustainability

edited by Željko Dželetović and

Aleksandar Simić

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 480 | Submission Open

Keywords: horticultural crops; soil sustainability; plant nutrients; yield

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

New Insights into Stress Physiology and Resistance Regulation in Horticultural Plants: 2nd Edition

edited by

Marko Kebert

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 459 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant stress responses; plant resistance; “ omics” tools; oxidative stress and antioxidants; gene expression; plant defense mechanisms; growth; yield and development; plant hormones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

Disease Diagnosis and Control for Fruit Crops

edited by Liqing Zhang, Lu Xu and

Zhen He

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: disease diagnosis; field efficacy evaluation; biological control; breeding; disease management; plant– pathogen interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM))

Heavy Metal Stress in Vegetable Production Systems and Amelioration Strategies

edited by

Lanqin Yang

, Yanyan Lu and Luji Bo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal stress; migration; risk assessment; toxicity; vegetable production system; source management; remediation technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

New Trends in Smart Horticulture

edited by

Adão Felipe dos Santos

Rouverson Pereira Silva

Aitazaz A. Farooque

and

Edgard Henrique Costa Silva

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart horticulture; precision agriculture; remote sensing; smart harvesting; artificial intelligence; machine learning; Internet of Things (IoT); automation and robotics; UAV and satellite imaging; digital twins; smart sensors; data-driven decision making; controlled-environment agriculture; crop monitoring and decision making; sustainable horticulture; yield prediction; high-throughput phenotyping

Agri-Food Waste Management for Sustainability in Horticultural Production

edited by

Ilenia Tinebra

Vittorio Farina

and

Giovanni Gugliuzza

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food waste; by-product management; sustainability; functional foods; agricultural practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Processed Horticultural Products)

Recent Advances in the Postharvest and Processing Technologies of Horticultural Crops: New Perspectives and Applications

edited by

Vitalijs Radenkovs

, Dalija Seglina and Karina Juhnevica-Radenkova

submission deadline 5 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5709 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit treatment; losses; postharvest; quality; shelf-life; storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology)

Characterization of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Medicinal Plants

edited by

Pablo Luis B. Figueiredo

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7269 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extracts; essential oils; in vitro methods; antiradical activity; phenolic compounds; natural antioxidants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinals, Herbs, and Specialty Crops)

Biological Control of Pre and Postharvest Diseases II

edited by

Alessandra Di Francesco

Gianfranco Romanazzi

and

Rosario Torres

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11676 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological control; fungal diseases; antagonists; pre- and postharvest phases; fruits; horticultural products; alternative methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM))

Omics Era in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Towards a New Age of Agriculture and Sustainability

edited by

Jong-Wook Chung

and Sebastin Raveendar

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3039 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal and aromatic plants; high-throughput omics; integrative approaches; active ingredients; phytochemicals; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinals, Herbs, and Specialty Crops)

Fruits Quality and Sensory Analysis—2nd Edition

edited by

Paola Sánchez-Bravo

and

Luis Noguera-Artiaga

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2396 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensory analysis; bioactive compounds; antioxidant; food quality; volatile compounds; consumers; aroma; descriptive; behavior; color

(This special issue belongs to the Section Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology)

Sustainable Management of the Mechanization of Works for Horticultural Crops

edited by

Ioan Ţenu

and Nicolae Valentin Vlăduţ

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1458 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanization of horticultural works; machinery; equipment sustainable management; operation; horticultural crops; precision agriculture; conservative and sustainable horticulture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Protected Culture)

Advances in Microbe-Assisted Breeding for Enhanced Fruit Quality and Plant Resilience

edited by

Francesco Spinelli

and

Giovanni Mian

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 484 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial-assisted breeding; plant resilience; fruit quality; plant– microbe interactions; biotic and abiotic stress; sustainable agriculture; omics technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2))

Advances in Bioactive Compounds of Horticultural Plants

edited by

Han Tao

, Lili Song, Fei Gao and Zuying Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 450 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; metabolome analysis; health-promoting; antioxidant; biosynthesis; regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Processed Horticultural Products)

Application of Multidisciplinary Technologies in the Conservation and Generation of Recycled Food Based on Horticultural Crops

edited by

Eber Addí Quintana-Obregón

Manuel Vargas-Ortiz

and Leticia Xochitl Lopez-Martinez

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled food; valorization; waste; by-product; sustainable; horticultural

(This special issue belongs to the Section Processed Horticultural Products)

Advancing Organic Viticulture: Sustainable Strategies for Enhanced Grape Cultivation and Wine Production

edited by

Anamaria Călugăr

Claudiu Ioan Bunea

and

Bora Florin Dumitru

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic; biodiversity; biological control; fungal diseases; organic wine; alternative methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Viticulture)

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Vegetable Crops

edited by

André Ricardo Zeist

, Tiago Benedito Dos Santos,

Valdir Marcos Stefenon

and

Juliano Tadeu Vilela de Resende

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular markers; gene editing; genetic diversity; marker-assisted selection; tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses; classical breeding; crop improvement strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2))

Gene Expression and Identification in Ornamental Plants Under Stress Conditions

edited by

Qikui Wu

and

Yang Liu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress adaptation; gene editing; molecular breeding; multiomics; ornamental plant resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Floriculture, Nursery and Landscape, and Turf)

Research Progress on Metabolic Regulation and Bioactivity of Functional Ingredients in Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms

edited by Mengyu Wang, Zuofa Zhang, Weiming Cai and Mei Wang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: edible mushrooms; medicinal mushrooms; cultivation systems; bioactive compounds; metabolic regulation; multi-omics analysis

Olive Stress Alleviation Strategies

edited by

Stefanos Leontopoulos

, Helen Kalorizou and

Georgios Koubouris

submission deadline 16 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 920 | Submission Open

Keywords: olive tree; abiotic stresses; biotic stresses; sustainable yield; stress responses; alleviation stress mechanisms; stress memory; genetic manipulation; applied stress recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

Breeding by Design: Advances in Vegetables

edited by

Yuyang Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9633 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vegetable Production Systems)

Vegetable Crops: Cultivation, Nutritional Value and Bioactive Components

edited by

Shivani Kathi

and

Catherine R. Simpson

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2822 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel; production; phytochemicals; quality; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vegetable Production Systems)

Fruit Tree Physiology, Sustainability and Management

edited by Nicola Cinosi and

Luca Regni

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2245 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic and biotic stresses; biostimulants and corroborants; floral and fruiting biology; fruit metabolism; fruit quality; genotype/cultivar characterization; innovative and sustainable cultural practices; tree biology; tree physiology; tree biochemistry; molecular aspects of trees; environmental and agronomical factors; propagation techniques; source– sink relationships

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fruit Production Systems)

Plant Secondary Metabolism and Its Applications in Horticulture

edited by Tengfei Zhao, Wanhong Liu, Xin Zhang and Fei Qiu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant secondary metabolites; metabolic engineering; stress responses; bioactive compounds; phenolic compounds; terpenoids alkaloids; post-harvest quality; regulatory mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology)

Phytochemistry, Bioactivity and Nutrition of Horticultural Crops

edited by

Jonas Viskelis

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional crops; plant metabolites; health-promoting plants; natural compounds; crop enhancement; phytochemical analysis; crop bioengineering; nutrient uptake

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Abiotic Stress Responses of Vegetable Crops—2nd Edition

edited by Haijun Gong

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetable; drought; salinity/salt stress; heavy metal pollution; cold/freezing stress; heat stress; light stress; adaptive response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

Plant–Microbial Interactions: Mechanisms and Impacts

edited by

Marius Stefan

Ana Cojocariu

and

Cristiana Virginia Petre

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3538 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal and bacterial biology; mutualism; antagonism; biological control; crop protection; plant defense response; biopesticides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM))

Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Vertical Farming of Horticultural Crops

edited by

Aikaterini Nikolaos Martini

and Lamprini Tassoula

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban horticulture; vertical farming; vegetable; fruit; flower and ornamental crops; cropping systems; ecological sustainability; hygienic sustainable food supply; controlled environment agriculture; indoor crop production; resource-use efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Floriculture, Nursery and Landscape, and Turf)

Molecular Mechanisms and Physiological Responses in Grapevine–Pathogen Interactions

edited by

Mate Čarija

and

Katarina Hančević

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: grapevine pathology; grapevine– pathogen interactions; disease management; disease progression; sustainable viticulture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM))

Suppressive Soils: Connecting Soil Health with Disease Management in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Popy Bora

Anoop Kumar Srivastava

José Antonio Pascual

and Hassan Etesami

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: agronomic response; communication signals; disease suppression; horticultural crops; microbial antagonists; microbial networking; plant beneficial microbes; soil health– pathogen interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

Controlled Environment Horticulture: Indoor Farming and Novel Cultivation Technologies

edited by Xiaotao Ding, Liying Chang and Qingliang Niu

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5195 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial light; LED lighting; precision agriculture; climate control; hydroponics; indoor farming; vegetables; flowers; fruits; nutrients; plant factory; soilless culture; modern greenhouse; product quality; phenotypic acquisition and analysis; artificial intelligence; crop growth models; production management decisions system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Protected Culture)

From the Field to the Table: Unearthing Wild Fruit Species for Enhanced Prospecting and Utilization—2nd Edition

edited by

Miriam Elisabet Arena

Silvia Radice

and Edgardo Giordani

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: subutilized fruits; genetic resources; phenotypic variability; phenology; reproductive biology; management; horticultural potential

New Strategies for Agrochemical-Conventional Management in Horticultural Crops

edited by

Tomás Rivas-García

and Bernardo Murillo-Amador

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2361 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; bioinputs; microorganisms; agroecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)

Mineral Nutrition of Plants

edited by

Gustavo Brunetto

and

Danilo Eduardo Rozane

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 499 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient availability; root system; nutrient absorption; diagnosis of nutritional status; symptoms of nutrient excess and deficiency; productivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

10th Anniversary of Horticulturae: Sustainable Practices in Table Grape Production

edited by

Sergio Ruffo Roberto

and

Gizella Gyorffyne Jahnke

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; table grape production; drip irrigation; soil health; breeding programs; pest resistance; disease resistance; drought tolerance; fruit quality; seedlessness; shelf life; chemical pesticides; mechanical harvesting; fair labor practices; renewable energy; carbon footprint; food waste

Productivity and Quality of Vegetable Crops under Climate Change

edited by

Loriana Cardone

Donato Castronuovo

and

Vincenzo Candido

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3997 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation; crop yields; food safety; agronomic management; water scarcity; food quality; bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vegetable Production Systems)

AI-Powered Phenotyping of Horticultural Plants

edited by Xu 'Kevin' Wang,

Shinsuke Agehara

and Jing Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3572 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenotyping; artificial intelligence; precision agriculture; horticultural science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2))

Advanced Omics Technologies and Regulatory Mechanisms of Ornamental Plants

edited by

Chao Ma

Daofeng Liu

Wen Chen

and Lin Ouyang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3345 | Submission Open

Keywords: ornamental plants; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; regulatory mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Floriculture, Nursery and Landscape, and Turf)

The Cutting-Edge Advances in Horticulture Research from IECHo2025

edited by

Luigi De Bellis

Alberto Pardossi

and

Yuyang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: cutting-edge horticultural research; precision horticulture; innovative systems; protected horticulture; crop stress physiology; high quality products; sustainability

Physiology and Biochemistry in Relation to Quality of Fruits and Vegetables—2nd Edition

edited by Athanasios Tsafouros,

Nikoleta Kleio Denaxa

and

Costas Delis

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: pre- and post-harvest treatments; fruit and vegetable quality; shelf life; storage; post-harvest physiology and biochemistry; plant productivity; fruit and vegetable composition; climate change; fruit and vegetable metabolites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology)

Recent Advances in Citrus Cultivation and Scion–Rootstock Interactions

edited by Mateus Pereira Gonzatto,

Ana Claudia Costa

and

Edson Bertolini

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: citrus ecophysiology; orchard management; abiotic stress; biotic stress; interstock; horticultural practices; interstock

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fruit Production Systems)

Applied Artificial Intelligence in Digital Horticulture: Innovations for Enhancing Shelf Life and Quality of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

edited by

Maria Concetta Strano

Francesco Genovese

and

Mahdi Rashvand

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; postharvest technology; shelf life extension; fresh fruits and vegetables; digital horticulture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology)

Sustainable Soil Management for Tea Plantations

edited by

Lingfei Ji

, Yiyang Yang and

Jianyun Ruan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: tea plantation soil; sustainable fertilization; soil acidification; nutrient management; soil microbial communities; tea quality parameters; different tea cultivars; climate-resilient tea cultivation; soil erosion control; organic soil amendment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Nutrition)

The Advances in Genetics and Biotechnology of Fruits

edited by Xiaowei Ma

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: fruit biotechnology; genetic engineering; molecular breeding; disease resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fruit Production Systems)

Sustainable Viticulture and Oenology—Adaptation in a Changing Climate

edited by