Postharvest and Storage of Horticultural Plants
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 January 2026 | Viewed by 83
Special Issue Editor
Interests: postharvest physiology
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Dear Colleagues,
The growth rate of horticultural products has increased considerably in recent years. However, they are susceptible to environmental stresses related to postharvest and storage, resulting in quality deterioration and even decay, causing great losses of horticultural products worldwide. Scientists have carried out a lot of work on crop responses to environmental stress and have made positive progress regarding cold signaling perception and transduction, interactions between different plant hormones, transcription, and metabolic regulation. The study of postharvest and storage of horticultural plants products must now consider the metabolite perspective. It is necessary to carry out systematic research from physiological, molecular, genetic, multi-omics, and other perspectives to explore the response mechanism mediated by phytohormones in plant products.
Dr. Yuquan Duan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- postharvest
- storage
- horticultural plants
- physiology
- mechanism
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