Quality and Safety of Crops and Crop-Based Foods
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 29
Special Issue Editors
Interests: organic fruits; food production; food quality; food safety; food chemistry; food composition; food security; environmental footprint of agronomic systems and food production; sustainable food systems; sustainable diet
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Interests: organic farming; antioxidants; phenolic compounds; food science; food quality; food safety; food analysis; sustainable food systems; food commodities
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on various topics related to agricultural production, post-harvest practices, and processes determining various quality and safety aspects of crops and crop-based foods. It also looks into traditional and innovative methods and practices that could help to sustain crop quality during production, storage, and processing steps and even enhance these qualities. This leads to better quality foods with high nutritional value and high levels of health-promoting bioactive compounds, and it improves the overall safety of crops and crop-based processed foods. It looks into the crops’ quality features concerning plant species variety and various environmental and agronomic factors.
We would like to invite submissions investigating effective strategies that could help to satisfy the needs and expectations of consumers who are increasingly searching for high-quality crops and foods, free from residues of agrochemicals and rich in nutrients and antioxidants, ideally grown in environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable agricultural systems.
The main goal of this Special Issue is to report on the current developments regarding the broad range of the above-mentioned topics and identify research gaps that need further study to contribute to the production of nutritious and safe crops and crop-based foods.
Prof. Dr. Dominika Średnicka-Tober
Prof. Dr. Renata Kazimierczak
Dr. Jackline Freitas Brilhante De Sao Jose
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- nutritional quality
- crops
- bioactive compounds
- health-promoting compounds
- antioxidants
- macronutrients
- vitamins
- minerals
- food quality
- food safety
- agronomic systems
- agronomic practices
- storage
- processing
- plant genotype
