Agronomic Performance and Nutraceutical Value of Vegetables in Sustainable Agricultural Systems
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 1704
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wild edible plants; antioxidant activity; ROS scavenging mechanisms; secondary metabolism; food quality; enzyme activity
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: organic farming; weed science; agroecology; cover crops; intercropping; plant-plant interactions; plant nutrition; plant secondary metabolism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The agricultural model that originated during the green revolution was based on large-scale, intensive, and simplified farming systems. Consumers, environmentalists, and policymakers, but also farmers themselves, have started to increasingly question the sustainability of this agricultural paradigm. Indeed, it has been proven that this model is unable to adapt to major environmental and economic shocks as well as diminishing yield stability and food safety and quality. Therefore, the call for more sustainable cropping systems has led to increased interest in new cropping practices based on the use of local natural resources and functional agrobiodiversity to reduce reliance on external inputs, maintain adequate yield, and improve the nutritional and nutraceutical value of crops. On the other hand, there is also increased interest in the research of functional foods rich in bioactive compounds, which are able to prevent neurodegenerative chronic diseases. The aim of this Special Issue is the assessment of new sustainable vegetable systems supporting crop diversification and investigating the effect of the interactions between the different components of agroecosystems on the nutraceutical value of vegetable crops.
Original papers, reviews, opinions, and perspectives concerning these topics are welcome.
Dr. Costanza Ceccanti
Dr. Federico Leoni
Dr. Stefano Carlesi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- crop diversification
- agrobiodiversity
- plant-based diet
- food quality
- nutraceutical value
- functional food
- nutrient optimisation
