Sustainable Crop Production and Plant Science: Theories, Methods, Modeling and Applications
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 117
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Interests: sustainable agriculture; biostimulants; food technology; quality of plants materials; quality management; crops; modeling; allelopathy; plant extracts; optimization
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Interests: plant biology; horticulture; fruit science; fruit quality; plant physiology; hydroponics; antioxidants; postharvest physiology; vegetable production; horticulture research; postharvest biology; fruit crops production processing; postharvest handling; postharvest technology; pomology; horticulture engineering; nutrients; segars
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Presently, the development of sustainable and environmentally friendly systems, to meet the nutritional demands of global population, is among the biggest challenges faced by agriculture. In this respect, conceiving, prototyping, and implementing new agricultural technologies, as well as improving the existing ones, represent appropriate solutions to increase yields and protect crops, developing awareness that sustainability is closely connected with the goals and principles of "green chemistry". Current research trends relate to the search for new agricultural and food products, modeling and optimizing the related production processes, and also aiming to valorize agri-food waste under the perspective of the circular economy. The production and use of plant extracts with antioxidant, biostimulants, and pesticide potential within food production and sustainable agriculture are promising directions. The broad composition and potential of plant extracts are interesting properties for increasing the tolerance of crops to changing climatic conditions, consistent with the current growing trend of research regarding natural compounds to replace synthetic products, including agrochemicals. The alleviation of the abovementioned essential challenges which agriculture has been facing relies upon the contributions of many other scientific disciplines, which will enable the sustainable development and management of agricultural chains.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of original articles or reviews relevant to interdisciplinary scientific research within plant science from the sustainable perspective, including: innovative laboratory activities and methodologies; studies regarding new products as well as the modeling and optimization of the related technological processes; and field experiments and/or case studies critically approaching the application of natural products for plant fertilization or protection.
This Special Issue aims to identify scientific research approaches to the important problem of sustainable development, having a huge impact on the global population, and targets to unveil both the benefits and drawbacks or dilemmas connected to the agronomical and ecological choices made within agriculture and plant science. Therefore, we encourage researcher engineers, decision makers, and practitioners focused on the abovementioned issues to submit their works to this Special Issue.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Agnieszka Szparaga
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Caruso
Prof. Dr. María Cecilia Pérez Pizá
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable crop production
- modeling and optimization of sustainable systems
- innovations and challenges for biostimulants and biopesticides production and application
- low-input agriculture
- novel natural resources for biostimulants and biopesticides
- screening new agricultural products
- efficient and sustainable methods for the extraction and isolation of natural products
- naturally derived chemicals and potential applications to science, industry, and agriculture
- novel experimental studies regarding plant products to reinforce sustainable agriculture
- rational and sustainable management of agri-food waste: an innovative approach to waste conversion into high-quality and environmentally friendly products
- plant extracts: chemical composition, biological activity, and applications within sustainable agriculture
- plant extracts or naturally derived compounds, as botanical biostimulants or pesticides, to manage sustainable crop production
