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From Farm to Plate: Studying the Nutritional Quality and Safety of Crops and Crop-Based Foods

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Innovative Cropping Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 3420

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Dominika Średnicka-Tober

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Department of Functional and Organic Food, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: food production; food quality; food safety; food chemistry; food composition; food security; environmental footprint of agronomic systems and food production; sustainable food systems; sustainable diet
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Dr. Renata Kazimierczak

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Department of Functional and Organic Food, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: organic farming; antioxidants; phenolic compounds; food science; food quality; food safety; food analysis; sustainable food systems; food commodities
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Dr. Krystian Marszałek

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Department of Fruit and Vegetable Product Technology, Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology—State Research Institute, 36 Rakowiecka Street, 02532 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: fruits; vegetables; emerging techniques; food processing and preservation; bioaccessibility and bioavailability; high-pressure processing; high-pressure homogenization; high-pressure carbon dioxide; ultrasounds; microwaves; food chemistry
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on topics related to agricultural production, post-harvest practices, and processes that determine the nutritional quality and safety of crops and crop-based foods. It also looks into traditional and innovative methods and practices that could help to sustain crop quality during production and the storage and processing steps, and even enhance these qualities to ensure high nutritional value, high levels of health-promoting bioactive compounds, and the expected safety status of crops and crop-based processed foods.

We would like to invite submissions investigating effective strategies that could help to satisfy the needs and expectations of consumers increasingly searching for high-quality crops and foods, free from residues of agrochemicals and rich in nutrients and antioxidants, ideally grown in environmentally, economically and socially sustainable agricultural systems.

The main goal of this Special Issue is to report on current state-of-the-art processes and technologies, and also to identify research gaps that need further study to contribute to the production of nutritious and safe crops and foods.

We invite researchers to contribute original studies and reviews covering all of the abovementioned aspects related to the nutritional quality and safety of crops and crop-based foods. 

Dr. Dominika Średnicka-Tober
Dr. Renata Kazimierczak
Dr. Krystian Marszałek
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agronomy is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • nutritional quality
  • crops
  • bioactive compounds
  • health-promoting compounds
  • antioxidants
  • macronutrients
  • micronutrients
  • vitamins
  • minerals
  • food quality
  • food safety
  • agronomic systems
  • agronomic practices
  • storage
  • processing
  • plant genotype

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Heavy Metal Allocation to Pea Plant Organs (Pisum sativum L.) from Soil during Different Development Stages and Years
by Andrzej Wysokinski, Beata Kuziemska and Izabela Lozak
Agronomy 2023, 13(3), 673; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030673 - 25 Feb 2023
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The incorporation of heavy metals contained in soils into the food chain is mediated by plants. Plants show varying abilities to take up and accumulate these elements during vegetative growth. In this study, changes in the content, rate of uptake, accumulation, and translocation [...] Read more.
The incorporation of heavy metals contained in soils into the food chain is mediated by plants. Plants show varying abilities to take up and accumulate these elements during vegetative growth. In this study, changes in the content, rate of uptake, accumulation, and translocation of heavy metals during six stages of development of pea plants were determined. In field experiments, two pea cultivars were cultivated in two consecutive growing seasons. The harvested plants were divided into the roots and aerial parts, and at full maturity the seeds were separated additionally. Significant changes in the content of the heavy metals in the separated parts and on average in the entire plant, as well as their bioaccumulation factors (BAFs), were most often noted up to the flowering stage of pea plants, after which these values usually did not change significantly. The highest rate of uptake of heavy metals per day of growth was noted between the full flowering stage and the stage when 50% of pods were of typical length. Their translocation factor (TF) was most often highest between the three-internode stage and the full flowering stage. The content, uptake, BAF, and TF of the heavy metals most often varied between years of the study, but did not significantly depend on the pea cultivar. The BAF indicates the potential of pea plants to hyperaccumulate lead and zinc and moderate accumulation of other heavy metals in their aerial parts. Excessive concentrations of lead and cadmium disqualified pea’s seeds to be used as human food, whereas excessive concentrations of lead prevented their use as fodder. Green mass of pea plants can be used as animal fodder according to the EU directives. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue From Farm to Plate: Studying the Nutritional Quality and Safety of Crops and Crop-Based Foods)
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Comparative Nutrient and Antioxidant Profile of High Lycopene Variety with hp Genes and Ordinary Variety of Tomato under Organic Conditions
by Amani Romdhane, Anissa Riahi, Apolka Ujj, Fernanda Ramos-Diaz, Jana Marjanović and Chafik Hdider
Agronomy 2023, 13(3), 649; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13030649 - 23 Feb 2023
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Organic tomato cultivation is growing all over the world due to its healthy functional properties and environmental concerns. Recently, some new varieties with increased functional properties, particularly high lycopene, have been developed. However, few were assessed under organic farming systems. The objective of [...] Read more.
Organic tomato cultivation is growing all over the world due to its healthy functional properties and environmental concerns. Recently, some new varieties with increased functional properties, particularly high lycopene, have been developed. However, few were assessed under organic farming systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate physico-chemical properties and the main bioactive compound contents, as well as lipophilic, hydrophilic and total radical scavenging activities of a recently developed high lycopene tomato variety homozygous for hp-2dg genes (HLT-F71) grown under organic conditions for two non-consecutive years (2019 and 2021) compared to the ordinary control ‘Nemador’ variety. The lycopene, β-carotene, total phenol, flavonoid, vitamin C, radical scavenging activity and tocopherols were analyzed by using spectrophotometric and HPLC methods, respectively. The high lycopene content variety presented suitable marketable yield, average fruit weight, pH, titratable acidity, firmness and higher °Brix, pulp color than the control. Additionally, it has significantly higher lycopene, β-carotene, total phenol, flavonoid, vitamin C and particularly considerable α-tocopherol contents, as well as radical scavenging activity. The high lycopene tomato variety with hp genes proved to be an effective sustainable variety for enhancing tomato fruit yield and functional properties even under organic grown conditions. Full article
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