Women’s Special Issue Series: Horticulturae
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2022) | Viewed by 4952
Special Issue Editors
Interests: horticultural sciences; advanced production systems; protected cultivations; urban horticulture; postharvest of fresh produce
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Interests: biopesticides; semiochemicals; arthropod-plant interactions; biological control
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Interests: cuticle; cell wall; flavor; fruit ripening; fruit quality; postharvest biology and technology of fruit; fruit cuticles as modulators of post harvest quality
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In order to embrace gender equality, recognize the career progression made by women, and to celebrate the achievements of women in the field of horticulture, we are launching the Special Issue “Women’s Special Issue Series: Horticulturae”.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Conventional, sustainable and organic production—planting to harvest;
- Precision horticulture and technological innovation;
- Protected cultivation;
- Smallholder production systems;
- Urban horticulture;
- Propagation and seed production;
- Genetics, genomics, breeding, and biotechnology;
- Physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology;
- Interactions with pests and pathogens;
- Effects of abiotic stresses and climate change;
- Modeling plant growth and productivity;
- Pre- and post-harvest quality;
- Nutritional and phytochemical composition;
- Product processing, storage, transport, and wastage;
- Economics and marketing;
- Outreach, extension, and education.
Communications, original research papers and review articles are all welcome. Biographies and articles celebrating outstanding female researchers are also welcome.
Articles with female lead authors, or those that are authored entirely by women, are encouraged. We welcome submissions from all authors, irrespective of gender.
Prof. Dr. Silvana Nicola
Dr. Giulia Giunti
Prof. Dr. Isabel Lara
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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. Horticulturae is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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