Breeding, Propagation and Cultivation Techniques of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 761
Special Issue Editor
Interests: optimizations of the cultivation and quality of spice and oil plants; introduction of cultivated plants to a temperate climate
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The usefulness and value of medicinal and aromatic plants are determined by secondary metabolites such as essential oils and other active substances. Their accumulation depends on endogenous and exogenous factors. Endogenous factors include genetic features and the development phase in which the plant is at the time of harvesting the raw material, whereas exogenous factors are broadly understood to be agrotechnical, climatic and meteorological factors. Technologies of harvesting and post-harvest procedures also influence the raw materials’ quality.
Therefore, we would like to invite you to share recent advances from your research for this Special Issue. This SI is open to extensive review papers and innovative research studies on problems related to the identification and impact of agrotechnical properties on the yield and quality of medicinal and aromatical plants. Subject areas of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- breeding and propagation;
- method of establishing plantations;
- cuttings and seedlings;
- irrigation;
- fertilization;
- harvesting technology;
- organic farming;
- method of cultivation;
- agrotechnical level;
- commodity production, small-area and hand production.
Dr. Anna Kiełtyka-Dadasiewicz
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- medicinal plants
- plants rich in essential oils
- health-promoting plants
- yield and quality
- agrotechnical factors
- method of cultivation
