New Insights into Vegetable Biofortification

A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Vegetable Production Systems".

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Institute of Agrarian Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Monte Carmelo 38500-000, Brazil
Interests: vegetable breeding; biotic stress in vegetables; abiotic stress in vegetables
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Institute of Biotechnology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Monte Carmelo 38500-000, Brazil
Interests: biotechnology; biofortification; vegetables
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Institute of Agrarian Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Monte Carmelo 38500-000, Brazil
Interests: metabolic pathway; plant fertility and nutrition

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Vegetable biofortification is a strategy used to increase the content of micronutrients and bioactives without adding additives. The consumption of vegetables is essential to human life and survival, capable of filling nutritional deficiencies and preventing diseases, in addition to improving public health. Allied to this observation, there is a global population increase, which together with malnutrition reflects current levels of food security. The scientific knowledge detailed in this Special Issue can be applied to the design of policies and mitigation strategies in relation to eradicating hunger, improving nutrition, and ensuring food security, as advocated by the Sustainable Development Goals. In this context, all precision techniques capable of improving the time and resources used to obtain and select biofortified vegetables are important. This Special Issue proposes the following themes:

  • Specific metabolic pathways for vegetable biofortification;
  • Biofortified vegetables with agronomic potential;
  • New biofortified vegetable cultivars;
  • Metabolism of the antioxidant system in vegetables;
  • Mineral biofortification in vegetables;
  • Economical technologies for improving the nutritional values ​​of vegetables;
  • Genome editing aimed at the biofortification of vegetables;
  • New technologies applied to the development and evaluation of biofortified vegetables;
  • Image phenotyping for the selection of biofortified vegetables.

Prof. Dr. Gabriel M. Maciel
Prof. Dr. Ana Carolina S. Siquieroli
Prof. Dr. Douglas José Marques
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Keywords

  • vegetables
  • food
  • nutrition
  • functional agriculture

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Genotype-Specific Response to Silicon Supply in Young Tomato and Unripe Melon Plants Grown in a Floating System
by Annalisa Somma, Onofrio Davide Palmitessa, Massimiliano D’Imperio, Francesco Serio and Pietro Santamaria
Horticulturae 2024, 10(1), 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10010069 - 9 Jan 2024
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Agronomic biofortification of crops is a promising approach for the accumulation of Si in plant organs and can be achieved through the application of Si-containing fertilizers in the nutrient solution (NS) using a soilless technique. In the present research, a local variety of [...] Read more.
Agronomic biofortification of crops is a promising approach for the accumulation of Si in plant organs and can be achieved through the application of Si-containing fertilizers in the nutrient solution (NS) using a soilless technique. In the present research, a local variety of Cucumis melo L. called Carosello and two tomato hybrids, ‘Alfa 200’ (TA) and ‘Versus’ (TV), were cultivated in a floating system with three levels of Si (0, 50, and 100 mg·L−1) in the NS with the aim to study the Si translocation/accumulation in leaves, stems, and roots of these genotypes. In general, by adding Si to the NS, Si accumulation in plants increased. Regarding Si translocation, it was found that Carosello exhibited a better translocation capacity than tomato hybrids, and Si movement from roots to shoots was very much dependent on tomato genotypes. With the highest Si content in the NS, TA had a similar Si concentration in leaves and stems, while TV showed a greater Si concentration in leaves. In conclusion, Carosello landrace is confirmed as a good Si accumulator, while the tomato is confirmed as a species with low Si accumulation capacity. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of Si biofortification in tomatoes is very much dependent on the genotype. Full article
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