About this Research Topic
This Research Topic focuses on unveiling the resilience mechanisms of Mediterranean crops and exploring how they adapt to adverse edaphoclimatic factors. This research is crucial for the economic and environmental sustainability of Mediterranean agriculture. The growth, yield, and fruit quality are primarily influenced by environmental factors such as temperature, water availability, radiation, and air humidity, as well as human-related factors like management practices and socio-economic issues. Beyond the physiological performance of plants, abiotic stressors can also impact the timing and duration of phenological stages in fruit crops, potentially compromising both yield and fruit quality. These stressors can be manifested through the imbalanced production of secondary metabolites and alterations in quality traits, among others. Environmental adversities are already exerting their influence on various challenges regions globally, and challenges are expected to intensify according to climate change projections. The escalating occurrence of extreme weather events, including heat waves, floods, and prolonged droughts throughout the growing cycle, underscores the urgency of finding sustainable solutions. Nowadays, growers and farmers increasingly need to understand the intrinsic characteristics of the crops and how they respond to these threats and the surrounding environment (soil and climate). It is also crucial to identify and implement strategies to ensure the continued productivity and quality of yields in the years to come.
The Edaphoclimatic Adversities encompasses a range of challenges, including water scarcity, soil degradation, and extreme temperatures, all exacerbated by climate change. Understanding Mediterranean crops' molecular, biochemical, physiological, and morphological resilience mechanisms can inform the development of mitigation strategies and breeding programs to implement in this region. These strategies enhance agricultural sustainability by improving soil health, water use efficiency, crop yield, and quality. Ultimately, the research contributes to the broader goal of ensuring food security in the face of evolving environmental conditions, promoting a resilient and sustainable agricultural system in the Mediterranean region.
While focusing on unveiling the resilience mechanisms of Mediterranean crops, this research addresses sustainable agriculture's critical role in the region's economy. Environmental factors, including temperature and water availability, profoundly affect crop growth, yield, and fruit quality. Abiotic stressors, exacerbated by climate change, impact phenological stages and physiological performance that influence yield and quality traits. With global agricultural regions already experiencing environmental adversities, urgent sustainable solutions are imperative. Understanding crop characteristics and their responses to abiotic threats is essential for growers. Identifying and implementing strategies to maintain productivity in the face of climate challenges is crucial for ensuring the future success of Mediterranean agriculture.
This Research Topic will help promote sustainability and adapt to adverse environmental conditions and climate change impacts within the realm of fruit crop production and quality. This includes (but is not limited to) Mediterranean fruit crops such as grapes, olives, cherries and apples.
The expected contributions should encompass studies conducted in both field and controlled conditions. This Research Topic welcomes original research papers, letters, reviews, and short communications pertaining to (but are not limited to) the following topics and themes:
• Plant stress physiology, biochemistry, stress-related metabolites, and morphological resistance mechanisms
• State-of-the-art breakthroughs in agricultural management practices
• Strategies to enhance soil health, water-use efficiency
• Crop behavior and defense responses in abiotic stress conditions
• Environmental factors that influence crop growth, yield, and fruit quality parameters
The Edaphoclimatic Adversities encompasses a range of challenges, including water scarcity, soil degradation, and extreme temperatures, all exacerbated by climate change. Understanding Mediterranean crops' molecular, biochemical, physiological, and morphological resilience mechanisms can inform the development of mitigation strategies and breeding programs to implement in this region. These strategies enhance agricultural sustainability by improving soil health, water use efficiency, crop yield, and quality. Ultimately, the research contributes to the broader goal of ensuring food security in the face of evolving environmental conditions, promoting a resilient and sustainable agricultural system in the Mediterranean region.
While focusing on unveiling the resilience mechanisms of Mediterranean crops, this research addresses sustainable agriculture's critical role in the region's economy. Environmental factors, including temperature and water availability, profoundly affect crop growth, yield, and fruit quality. Abiotic stressors, exacerbated by climate change, impact phenological stages and physiological performance that influence yield and quality traits. With global agricultural regions already experiencing environmental adversities, urgent sustainable solutions are imperative. Understanding crop characteristics and their responses to abiotic threats is essential for growers. Identifying and implementing strategies to maintain productivity in the face of climate challenges is crucial for ensuring the future success of Mediterranean agriculture.
This Research Topic will help promote sustainability and adapt to adverse environmental conditions and climate change impacts within the realm of fruit crop production and quality. This includes (but is not limited to) Mediterranean fruit crops such as grapes, olives, cherries and apples.
The expected contributions should encompass studies conducted in both field and controlled conditions. This Research Topic welcomes original research papers, letters, reviews, and short communications pertaining to (but are not limited to) the following topics and themes:
• Plant stress physiology, biochemistry, stress-related metabolites, and morphological resistance mechanisms
• State-of-the-art breakthroughs in agricultural management practices
• Strategies to enhance soil health, water-use efficiency
• Crop behavior and defense responses in abiotic stress conditions
• Environmental factors that influence crop growth, yield, and fruit quality parameters
Keywords: Plant Physiology, Sustainability, Abiotic Stress, Mitigation Strategies, Crop Resilience
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