Effects of Water Stress on the Biosynthesis and Accumulation of Secondary Metabolites in Fruit
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 7644
Special Issue Editors
Interests: abiotic stress; fruit quality; grapevine; grafting; plant ecophysiology; plant hydraulics; precision agriculture; rootstocks; secondary metabolites; sustainable agriculture; water stress
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Interests: profiling value-added bioactive compounds from plant-derived resources for biotechnological and therapeutical applications; characterization of the genetic diversity of species of forest and agricultural of interest in relation to nutritional value and yield
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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Interests: drought; plant ecophysiology; plant hormones; polyphenols; secondary metabolites; water relations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fruits constitute an important commercial and nutritional food commodity. They also represent a unique potential source for food additives, flavorings, relaxing drugs, as well as essential oils. Fruits produce and accumulate a wide range of secondary metabolites throughout their development. During fruit ripening, dramatic changes in gene expression, enzymatic activities, and metabolism lead to the production of secondary metabolites which shape the final quality characteristics. These metabolites are also major players in plant defense against biotic and abiotic environmental cues. In that sense, there is a growing interest in the effects of changed climate on the quality of many fruits. It is established that water stress coupled with higher temperature is going to definitely alter quality. However, the response to water stress depends on the stress level and on the phenological stage at which it occurs: Short-term and mild stress often leads to increased production of secondary metabolites, whereas long-term water shortage could generate the opposite results, associated with an acclimation process.
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together the latest advances in various aspects of physiological, biochemical, and molecular impacts of limited water availability on fruit quality, with a focus on the biosynthesis and accumulation of secondary metabolites.
We warmly welcome articles (original research, reviews, modelling approaches, perspectives, opinions) that focus on factors affecting sustained fruit growth and production under water scarcity, in plants grown in an open field or greenhouse, in any fruit species, including those industry-oriented.
Dr. Olfa Zarrouk
Dr. Carla Pinheiro
Dr. Isabel Lara
Dr. Cecilia Brunetti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aroma
- alkaloids
- deficit irrigation
- drought
- flavonoids
- fruit
- phenolics
- terpenes
- cuticle
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