Agronomic Biofortification Practices on Crops
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2025 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: phytochemistry; agronomy; food additives; agrifood technology; biofortification
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Dear Colleagues,
Currently, the agri-food sector faces several challenges (such as land/hydric resource shortages and climate change) that could affect crop productions and quality, thereby impacting sustainability and food availability. In fact, abiotic stresses (extreme temperature, drought/waterlogging, etc.) often imply adjustments to plants’ mechanisms to safeguard survival and production. Hence, in recent years, investments have been made to ensure the development of technologies and practices to ensure crop quality. Incidentally, agronomic biofortification practices are being developed/tested to increase mineral element levels in edible parts of various plants. These substances can be applied either to soils or the plants themselves (with fertilizers or foliar applications); however, monitoring practices are further required to ensure that plant development, growth, natural physiological processes, and tolerance are not affected (avoiding toxicity situations).
This Special Issue (where research articles and reviews are welcomed) aims to contribute to our scientific knowledge on innovative agronomic practices, mainly related to edible crops. Thus, research areas may include (but are not limited to) the optimization of fertilizers/foliar sprays in crop production and physiological and biochemical regulation of/improvements to plant tolerance amidst abiotic stress.
I look forward to receiving insightful contributions.
Prof. Dr. Maria Manuela Abreu da Silva
Dr. Cláudia Campos Pessoa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agronomy
- abiotic stress response
- biofortification
- edible crops
- mineral elements
- nutritional improvement
- plant science
- plant metabolism
- quality assessment
- stress tolerance
