Harnessing Biological and Abiotic Solutions for Enhanced Productivity and Phytochemical Profile of Plants
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2025 | Viewed by 34
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant physiology; pharmaceutical botany; ecotoxicology
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Interests: pharmaceutical botany
Interests: phytochemistry; plant bioactive compounds; plant specialized metabolism
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Growing plants with the addition of biological (microorganisms, plant extracts) and/or abiotic (inorganic chemical-based) solutions is a sustainable way to enhance the productivity and phytochemical profile of plants that could be used in human nutrition or for the production of plant-based dietary supplements. According to the literature, improvement in the phytochemical profile and biological activity of plants can be achieved by the application of donor plant extracts rich in alkaloids or polyphenols and vitamin C, and/or by abiotic stress induction using NaCl, drought, and high and low temperature during plant cultivation. Such an increase in concentration following natural transfer from a donor to an acceptor plant or by abiotic stress induction represents a sustainable method in comparison to expensive transgene technologies.
This Special Issue focuses on harnessing biological and abiotic solutions for enhancing the productivity and/or phytochemical profile of plants. The goal is to gain an insight into changes in the nutritional value and biological activity of plants that are exposed to biological and/or abiotic solutions and are used in human nutrition. Original research articles and reviews are welcome to be submitted.
Dr. Valerija Vujčić Bok
Prof. Dr. Željan Maleŝ
Dr. Ivana Sola
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biological solutions
- abiotic solutions
- plant productivity
- phytochemicals
- biological activity
