Biofortification in Crop Plants: The Role of Selenium and Other Micronutrients
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (12 January 2024) | Viewed by 4262
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vegetable crops; biofortification; selenium; iodine; microorganism inoculation; soil chemical analyses; plant chemical analyses; functional food; quality indicators; cholophylls; antioxidants; ascorbic acid; carotenoids; polyphenols; flavonoids; antocyanyns; mineral element composition
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Interests: biofortification; selenium; plant nutrition; plant chemical analyses; functional food; biological active compounds; antioxidants; polyphenols; flavonoids; agri-food waste; extraction processes
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Interests: plant biology; horticulture; fruit science; fruit quality; plant physiology; hydroponics; antioxidants; post-harvest physiology; vegetable production; horticulture research; post-harvest biology; fruit crop production processing; post-harvest handling; post-harvest technology; pomology; horticulture engineering; nutrients
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Interests: plant eco-physiology; biotic and abiotic stresses; biofortification and biostimulation of horticultural crops and cultivated mushrooms; functional food
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Interests: selenium; plant nutrition; secondary plant metabolism; antioxidants; medicinal plants; functional food; microalgae; crop systems; quality indicators
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The synchronous increase in crop yield and product quality is considered one of the main goals of modern agriculture. Among the different technological approaches available, genetic modifications, the optimization of nutrition and plant growth, and plant biofortification with different microelements all provide significant prospects to enhance yield and obtain functional food with a high content of biologically active compounds and essential nutrients, which are highly valuable in medicine and pharmacology. Despite the intensive investigations in this area, there remain many unsolved questions regarding: the efficiency improvement of biofortification methods, species and varietal differences in plant response to selenium and other micronutrient supplies; the relationship between Se (as well as other micronutrients) and other elements; and the intensity of biologically active compounds' synthesis. Moreover, new aspects of the efficiency of different chemical forms of elements supplied (inorganic, organic or nano-forms) on the yield, biofortification and quality parameters of the products are extremely important. The effect of stress factors on the efficiency of biofortification is of special interest.
The proposed Special Issue aims to combine new investigations not only related to selenium, but also to iodine, zinc and other micronutrients.
The Special Issue on “Biofortification in crop plants: the role of selenium and other micronutrients” intends to gather the most prominent researchers in selenium and other micronutrients biofortification via publication of the most prominent research studies and reviews. We look forward to receiving your manuscripts and improving the significance of the world's biofortification community in modern agriculture, nutritionology and health care.
Dr. Nadezhda A. Golubkina
Dr. Liubov Skrypnik
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Caruso
Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Sękara
Dr. Alessio Vincenzo Tallarita
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Keywords
- selenium
- micronutrients
- biofortification methods
- yield and quality
- chemical forms
- stress
- the interaction between selenium and other elements and nutrients
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