Special Issue "Biodiversity 2021: Agriculture, Environment and Wellbeing"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Pietro Santamaria
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Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70120 Bari, Italy
Interests: agrobiodiversity; vegetable production; greenhouse production; plant nutrition; soilless culture; vegetable quality; nitrate
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Prof. Dr. Antonio Elia
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Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Interests: horticulture and floriculture
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Prof. Dr. Giulia Conversa
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Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Interests: agriculture; soil fertility; plant nutrition; crop production; crop management; soil analysis; nutrient management; crop science; biofertilizers; field experimentation
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Dr. Massimiliano Renna
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Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy, via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: nutritional and sensorial evaluation of vegetables; biofortification of vegetables; food processing of vegetable products; gastronomy and Mediterranean diet; soilless cultivation technique; microgreens production; exploitation of underutilized crop and wild edible plant
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue will include a selection of papers that will be presented at the XIII National Conference on Biodiversity (https://sites.google.com/unifg.it/biodiversity2021). Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference has been delayed until 7–9 September 2021. Therefore, this Special Issue represents the continuation of the former Special Issue, "Biodiversity 2020: Agriculture, Environment and Wellbeing" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Biodiversity_Agriculture_Environment_Wellbeing), with which the conference was originally linked.

The event, organized by the Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural resources and Engineering (DAFNE) at the University of Foggia, represents an important opportunity for scientific debate among researchers, experts from national and international organizations, and technicians of public administrations on the protection and valorization of biodiversity.

The conference program is based on various aspects of scientific research and policies, related to plant, animal, and microbial biological diversity for food and agriculture, as well as to natural ecosystems.

The main objectives of the conference are (1) to examine the urgent issues of biodiversity protection in a scenario of climate change and food insecurity; (2) to disseminate current knowledge on the identification, application, and development of strategies aimed at promoting diversification in natural and anthropized systems, as well as cultural, and food diversity; (3) to increase knowledge on the function, distribution, and abundance of biodiversity; (4) to communicate scientific knowledge on biodiversity.

Prof. Pietro Santamaria
Prof. Antonio Elia
Prof. Giulia Conversa
Dr. Massimiliano Renna
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • biodiversity of terrestrial and aquatic agrosystems and ecosystems
  • genomic evaluation of biodiversity
  • biodiversity monitoring and conservation
  • biodiversity and water systems regulation and quality
  • pollination
  • biodiversity and crop protection from pests/pathogens/weeds
  • breeding and product quality of animal biodiversity
  • biodiversity and regulation of natural events
  • biodiversity, air quality, and climate mitigation
  • biodiversity, climate change, and alien species
  • biodiversity management on a territorial scale
  • biodiversity, territory, and landscape
  • biodiversity and historical rural landscapes
  • biodiversity and agroforestry
  • biodiversity in agrosilvopastoral systems
  • biodiversity in urban, peri-urban, fringe areas
  • biodiversity landscape enjoyment
  • biodiversity and recovery of abandoned and marginal areas
  • species/habitat conservation and regeneration of compromised environments
  • biodiversity, ethnobotany, and traditional cultures and knowledge
  • biodiversity, human wellbeing, and health
  • biodiversity and human nutrition
  • biodiversity and diversification of the diet
  • wild plants properties and medicinal herbs
  • value of biodiversity and of ecosystem services, economic and social impact
  • policies on biodiversity

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Morpho-Biometrical, Nutritional and Phytochemical Characterization of Carrot Landraces from Puglia Region (Southern Italy)
Sustainability 2021, 13(7), 3940; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073940 - 02 Apr 2021
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The explorations as a part of the regional BiodiverSO Programme of vegetable genetic resource rescue revealed that in the arenili (sandy shores) of “Salterns of Margherita di Savoia” (SMS), a coastal landscape area of Puglia region (southern Italy), along the commercial genotypes of [...] Read more.
The explorations as a part of the regional BiodiverSO Programme of vegetable genetic resource rescue revealed that in the arenili (sandy shores) of “Salterns of Margherita di Savoia” (SMS), a coastal landscape area of Puglia region (southern Italy), along the commercial genotypes of small rooting species, landraces are still cultivated. The morpho-biometrical, nutritional and phytochemical properties of two carrot landraces (“Carota a punta lunga” and “Carota a punta tonda”) and a commercial carrot hybrid (“Presto”) collected from the SMS area are examined. The study highlighted that the pedological conditions of the arenili of the SMS area are the main driving force in controlling the nutritional and nutraceutical characteristics of carrot, conferring to genotypes grown in this area a high profile in comparison with literature data. In the site of cultivation of arenili, a large variability in the morpho-qualitative traits emerged among carrot genotypes. “Carota a punta tonda” stands for a promising genotype being very rich in phenols (209.8 mg kg−1 fw) (mainly di-caffeic acid derivative and chlorogenic acid), ß-carotene (21,512 µg 100 g−1 fw), and high antioxidative proprieties. “Carota a punta tonda” could be considered as a healthy product for consumers and also amenable to selection for breeding purpose. Increasing the knowledge about nutritional and nutraceutical properties of local landraces may push the preference of consumers beyond the local community and, at the same time, farmers can be stimulated to continue their cultivation. Thus, the promotion of their on-farm/in situ conservation (cultivation) could represent an efficient strategy for agro-biodiversity preservation. Full article
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Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Priority in Italy: Distribution, Ecology, In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation and Expected Actions
Sustainability 2021, 13(4), 1682; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041682 - 04 Feb 2021
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The study presents an updated overview of the 14 non-endemic threatened crop wild relatives (CWR) in Italy: Aegilops biuncialis, Ae. uniaristata, Ae. ventricosa, Asparagus pastorianus, Beta macrocarpa, Brassica insularis, B. montana, Crambe hispanica subsp. hispanica, [...] Read more.
The study presents an updated overview of the 14 non-endemic threatened crop wild relatives (CWR) in Italy: Aegilops biuncialis, Ae. uniaristata, Ae. ventricosa, Asparagus pastorianus, Beta macrocarpa, Brassica insularis, B. montana, Crambe hispanica subsp. hispanica, C. tataria subsp. tataria, Ipomoea sagittata, Lathyrus amphicarpos, L. palustris, Vicia cusnae and V. serinica. Geographical distribution, ecology (with plant communities and habitat 92/43/EEC aspects), genetics (focused on gene pools), property, and in situ and ex situ conservation were analyzed. In addition, with the aim of their protection and valorization, specific actions are recommended. Full article
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Assessment and Valorization of Non-Wood Forest Products in Europe: A Quantitative Literature Review
Sustainability 2021, 13(6), 3533; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063533 - 22 Mar 2021
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This article presents a quantitative review of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) at the regional scale in Europe. A text mining approach was applied to titles, abstracts, and keywords extracted from articles in the Scopus database. Different investigations, such as concept mapping and specificity [...] Read more.
This article presents a quantitative review of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) at the regional scale in Europe. A text mining approach was applied to titles, abstracts, and keywords extracted from articles in the Scopus database. Different investigations, such as concept mapping and specificity analyses of textual corpus, were performed. Our search yielded a massive number of NWFP-related papers. Specifically, research was distributed in different countries, being more prevalent in the Mediterranean and Scandinavian contexts. Several NWFPs were analyzed, with mushrooms, resin, cork, and other forest fruit being the most common ones. Local socioeconomic improvement was one of the major aspects investigated in scientific literature. The proposed methodology applies specific scripts that can be updated, and the output of the present research can be compared with that of the future works. For instance, interest trends of products and methods can be investigated, and gap analyses performed. Finally, the potential implications of this review for researchers and stakeholders are discussed. Full article
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