Green and Bio-technology for Food Corps: Advance, Challenge and Application in the Future of Sustainable Agriculture

Dear Colleagues,

At the present time, climate change, the sustainable use of natural resources, land degradation and environmental issue are some of the major challenges facing the agricultural system. In addition, a dramatic increase in population will inevitably result in an increase in agricultural production. New biotechnological processes will contribute significantly to maximize plant productivity and improve nutritional quality. Moreover, they will increase the resistance to diseases or plant adaptability under different climatic conditions. " Green Biotechnologies" include a wide range of processes from transgenic crops to new breeding techniques (NBTs including genome editing and targeted mutagenesis), Microbial Biotechnology, Agro-Nanobiotechnology, Bio-Nanotechnology, and Biofortification. The contribution of these technological innovations shall support sustainable agricultural development.

Significant questions regarding the role of Biotechnologies in sustainable agriculture should be investigated:

Could new agricultural technology have an essential role in sustainable agricultural systems development?

Could new technologies satisfy simultaneously the main aims of sustainable agriculture - the economic, environmental and social value of community?

Could next generation of desired traits crop be used sustainably in different agricultural systems?

This Special Issue will focus on ongoing developments in the application of green technology approaches. We invite original research papers and reviews that evaluate the potential of these technologies and redirect conventional agricultural towards a sustainable agricultural system. Discussions on the effects of biotechnologies on social, environmental, and health aspects are welcome.

Dr. Raffaella Petruccelli
Dr. Cristiana Giordano
Dr. Francesca Ieri
Guest Editors

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• agricultural biotechnology
• plant genomics
• sustainable agriculture
• crop improvement Nano-Biotechnology
• gene expression
• food quality
• socio-environmental challenges