Spices Crops: Genetic Analysis, Growth Physiology and Postharvest Biology
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinals, Herbs, and Specialty Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 21 June 2024 | Viewed by 2462
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ginger cultivation; ginger breeding; spices crops
Interests: innovation and utilization of characteristic plant germplasm resources; evolutionary genomics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Spices, including pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), garlic (Allium sativum L.), ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe), Sichuan Pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim.), and Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), are commonly used in daily life and are of high economic values. Many of them are important medicinal material containing abundant bioactive substance and exhibiting many biological properties, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory properties. This Special Issue plans to provide an overview of the most recent advances in the field of the breeding, planting, and postharvest storage of spice crops and their applications in diverse areas. This Special Issue aims to publish these research results for scientific advancement, ultimately helping to improve spice production and postharvest storage.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Evaluating the interactions of spice plants with non-spice plants, directly and/or through the soil microbiome.
- Enhancing tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, heat, and pathogens on a morphoanatomical, physiological, and biochemical basis.
- Improving the postharvest properties of spices such as ginger and pepper.
- Omics research for the genomic analysis and bioengineering of spice crops.
Prof. Dr. Yiqing Liu
Dr. Honglei Li
Dr. Yongxing Zhu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- postharvest biology
- biotic and abiotic stress
- interplanting
- transcriptomics