Advances in Stress Responses and Quality Formation in Horticultural Crops
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 1026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fruit quality
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Dear Colleagues,
Horticultural plants, including fruits, vegetables, ornamental plants, as well as medicinal and beverage plants, are grown worldwide. They are of high economic value and play a vital role in human nutrition and overall wellbeing. In recent years, with global climate change and shifts in the agricultural ecological environment, China’s horticultural industry has faced numerous challenges. On the one hand, abiotic stresses such as drought, high temperatures, low temperatures, and saline-alkali conditions, along with biotic stresses like pests and diseases, have severely affected the growth and development of horticultural crops and the sustainable development of the industry. On the other hand, as living standards improve, consumers’ demands for fruit quality are increasing. Research on the regulatory mechanisms of fruit flavor, nutrition, and appearance has become a focal point of study.
We invite researchers to submit advanced research manuscripts focused on the identification of key genes regulating fruit quality, the genetic regulatory network of fruit quality, and the regulation mechanism of stress responses of horticultural plants.
Dr. Ting Fang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- horticultural crops
- fruit quality
- biotic stress
- abiotic stress
- stress responses
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