Horticulturae | Title Story Papers from the First Half of 2025
We are delighted to present a list of title story papers selected for display at the top of the Horticulturae (ISSN: 2311-7524) homepage for the first half of 2025. These articles cover a wide range of topics, including edible coatings, reproductive biology, plant nutrition diagnosis models, micropropagation, stress mitigation, the grape variety “Malvasia”, the effects of nutrient deficiency, fertilization strategies, and non-destructive techniques. We hope you will find something of interest among these exceptional publications.
1. “Edible Coatings Enhance Storability and Preserve Quality of Kiwiberry (Actinidia arguta L.) cv. Ken’s Red”
by Adriana C. Guerreiro, Custódia Gago, Dário Passos, Jaime Martins, Sandra Cruz, Fernão Veloso, Rui Guerra and Maria D. Antunes
Horticulturae 2025, 11(1), 105; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11010105
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/1/105
2. “Why Olive Produces Many More Flowers than Fruit—A Critical Analysis”
by Julián Cuevas
Horticulturae 2025, 11(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11010026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/1/26
3. “Compositional and Machine Learning Tools to Model Plant Nutrition: Overview and Perspectives”
by Léon Etienne Parent
Horticulturae 2025, 11(2), 161; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11020161
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/2/161
4. “Efficient Micropropagation by Ex Vitro Rooting of Myrtus communis L.”
by Raimondo Pardi, Giuseppe Natale Basile, Giuseppe De Mastro, Maria Letizia Gargano, Anna Tagarelli and Claudia Ruta
Horticulturae 2025, 11(2), 207; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11020207
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/2/207
5. “Ascorbic Acid Mitigates Aluminum Stress Through Improved Antioxidant Mechanism in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.)”
by Paz Cárcamo-Fincheira, Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Braulio Soto-Cerda, Ricardo Tighe-Neira, Jaime Tranamil-Manquein, Rodrigo Mora-Sanhueza, Claudio Inostroza-Blancheteau and Marjorie Reyes-Díaz
Horticulturae 2025, 11(3), 330; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11030330
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/3/330
6. “Origin and Possible Members of the ‘Malvasia’ Family: The New Fuencaliente de La Palma Hypothesis on the True ‘Malvasia’”
by Francesca Fort, Luis Ricardo Suárez-Abreu, Qiying Lin-Yang, Juancho Asenjo, Leonor Deis, Joan Miquel Canals and Fernando Zamora
Horticulturae 2025, 11(6), 561; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11060561
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/6/561
7. “Over Half a Century of Research on Blackberry Micropropagation: A Comprehensive Review”
by Luca Regni and Arianna Cesarini
Horticulturae 2025, 11(5), 556; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11050556
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/5/556
8. “Nitrogen Forms and Nitrogen Deficiency Regulate Theanine Accumulation Patterns in Tea Plants (Camellia sinensis) During Winter Dormancy”
by Yi Chen, Jingwen Li, Ni Yang, Zhihang Hu, Wei Luo, Chen Chen, Yuhua Wang, Xuan Chen, Xinghui Li and Jing Zhuang
Horticulturae 2025, 11(4), 444; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11040444
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/4/444
9. “Comparative Effects of Nitrogen Fertigation and Granular Fertilizer Application on Pepper Yield and Soil GHGs Emissions”
by Antonio Manco, Matteo Giaccone, Luca Vitale, Giuseppe Maglione, Maria Riccardi, Bruno Di Matteo, Andrea Esposito, Vincenzo Magliulo and Anna Tedeschi
Horticulturae 2025, 11(6), 708; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11060708
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/6/708
10. “Assessment of Melon Fruit Nutritional Composition Using VIS/NIR/SWIR Spectroscopy Coupled with Chemometrics”
by Dimitrios S. Kasampalis, Pavlos Tsouvaltzis and Anastasios S. Siomos
Horticulturae 2025, 11(6), 658; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11060658
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/6/658
