Fruits, vegetables, fresh flowers, tea and other horticultural crops provide numerous beneficial merits for humans, e.g. sugars, organic acids, vitamins, polyphenols, flavonoids and other secondary metabolites, which are favored by consumers worldwide. However, due to physiological deterioration, pathogen infection, improper cultivation and postharvest treatments, a considerable percentage of horticultural products are lost before they reach the tables of consumers. Therefore, it is crucial to maintain higher quality and induce intrinsic resistance of horticultural crops to tackle this situation, while appropriate techniques and measures have also appealed extensive research interests. There is an urgent need for investigate the mechanisms underlying quality formation and maintenance of horticultural crops, which may substantially provide valuable references for producing delicious fruits and vegetables with superior quality, higher resistance and longer shelf-life.
In this Research Topic, we welcome research papers or reviews substantially advance our knowledge in understanding how horticultural crops or their products develop and defense mechanistically. Descriptive studies solely based on bioinformatics investigation of publicly available genomic/transcriptomic data do not fall within the scope unless significant biological or mechanistic insights are provided into the process being interrogated. This Research Topic welcomes, but is not limited to, the following subtopics:
• Molecular mechanisms concurrent with quality trait formation of horticultural crops;
• Defense responses of horticultural crops upon pathogen invasion;
• Quality formation and maintenance during processing of horticultural products (tea, fresh-cut flowers, etc.);
• Preharvest / postharvest measures for delaying quality deterioration and preventing diseases of horticultural products;
• Biosafety of horticultural products and controlling strategies.
Articles should be based on experimental data for quality traits during growth or at postharvest stage of horticultural crops/horticultural products. Reviews documenting recent advances in relevant fields are also welcome. Descriptive studies that reports identification of new pathogenic strains for horticultural crops do not fall within the scope of this section.
Fruits, vegetables, fresh flowers, tea and other horticultural crops provide numerous beneficial merits for humans, e.g. sugars, organic acids, vitamins, polyphenols, flavonoids and other secondary metabolites, which are favored by consumers worldwide. However, due to physiological deterioration, pathogen infection, improper cultivation and postharvest treatments, a considerable percentage of horticultural products are lost before they reach the tables of consumers. Therefore, it is crucial to maintain higher quality and induce intrinsic resistance of horticultural crops to tackle this situation, while appropriate techniques and measures have also appealed extensive research interests. There is an urgent need for investigate the mechanisms underlying quality formation and maintenance of horticultural crops, which may substantially provide valuable references for producing delicious fruits and vegetables with superior quality, higher resistance and longer shelf-life.
In this Research Topic, we welcome research papers or reviews substantially advance our knowledge in understanding how horticultural crops or their products develop and defense mechanistically. Descriptive studies solely based on bioinformatics investigation of publicly available genomic/transcriptomic data do not fall within the scope unless significant biological or mechanistic insights are provided into the process being interrogated. This Research Topic welcomes, but is not limited to, the following subtopics:
• Molecular mechanisms concurrent with quality trait formation of horticultural crops;
• Defense responses of horticultural crops upon pathogen invasion;
• Quality formation and maintenance during processing of horticultural products (tea, fresh-cut flowers, etc.);
• Preharvest / postharvest measures for delaying quality deterioration and preventing diseases of horticultural products;
• Biosafety of horticultural products and controlling strategies.
Articles should be based on experimental data for quality traits during growth or at postharvest stage of horticultural crops/horticultural products. Reviews documenting recent advances in relevant fields are also welcome. Descriptive studies that reports identification of new pathogenic strains for horticultural crops do not fall within the scope of this section.