Metabolic Profiling During Horticultural Fruit Development
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular regulation of fruit quality formation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ultimate goal of the horticultural industry is to satisfy consumers’ various requirements. Thus, high-quality horticultural fruits should have a positive taste, smell, and appearance, with nutrients and healthy benefits for consumers, which are determined by their pigments, volatiles, flavonoids, and other metabolite profiles. Metabolomics serves as a critical approach for understanding the dynamics of metabolite changes during fruit development, while also providing technical support for improving and maintaining fruit quality. The Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the analysis of metabolomic changes during fruit development, methodologies in metabolomics, correlation analysis between quality traits, and studies on synergistic regulation mechanisms.
Recently, a number of publications have focused both on the flavor and biochemistry profiles of horticultural fruits, extending researchers’ attention from omics science to the intersection of the metabolites and quality. This Special Issue will present recent advances in metabolic profiling during horticultural fruit development.
Dr. Haipeng Zhang
Dr. Shuai Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metabolomics
- omics
- horticultural plants
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