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Fruit and Vegetable Production

Summary

This editorial reviews research on improving how fruits and vegetables are grown, harvested, and stored. Scientists studied various methods like using special water treatments, different soil mixtures, and natural soil microbes to help plants grow better and produce more nutritious food. New technologies like special cameras can now check fruit quality without damaging them. The research shows that by working together, farmers and scientists can grow healthier, more nutritious fruits and vegetables while reducing the need for chemical inputs.

Background

Fruits and vegetables contain important vitamins, fiber, minerals, and bioactive compounds with health benefits including anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticancer properties. These compounds help protect against chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. However, fruit and vegetable production requires high input and intensive management practices and crops are susceptible to various environmental stressors.

Objective

This Special Issue focuses on the entire chain of fruit and vegetable production including post-harvest and marketing topics under field and greenhouse production systems. The objective is to present novel technologies and techniques to improve fruit and vegetable crop growth, productivity, and harvest and edible qualities through collaboration between researchers and stakeholders.

Results

The Special Issue presents findings on spatial variations in papaya composition, magnetic biostimulation in beans, optimal growing media for microgreens, irrigation effects on potatoes, municipal compost applications, biogenic amines in grapes, hyperspectral imaging for peach quality assessment, and cultivar differences in melons and bioactive compounds in tomatoes, cucumbers, and broccoli.

Conclusion

Effective collaboration between researchers and stakeholders across various food systems jurisdictions is essential for advancing fruit and vegetable production. Novel technologies and biostimulants show promise for improving crop productivity, quality, and nutritional value while reducing chemical inputs. These approaches support sustainable and organic farming practices.
  • Published in:Plants (Basel),
  • Study Type:Review,
  • Source: PMID: 37687371, DOI: 10.3390/plants12173125
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