Sprouts, Microgreens, and Baby Leaf Vegetables
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2024 | Viewed by 9168
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microgreens; lighting; light-emitting diodes; antioxidant; leafy greens; controlled environmental agriculture
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Interests: photophysiology; physiology of plant productivity; metabolism; phytochemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
The demand for fresh and functional food is constantly increasing. In addition, vegetables are an excellent source of bioactive compounds with health-promoting properties. Emerging specialty crops such as sprouts, microgreens, and baby leaf vegetables are attractive for consumers because of their shapes, colours, taste, and small leaves for easy preparation to consume. Furthermore, they can be quickly produced in controlled-environment agriculture systems all year. While the growth, metabolism, and safety implications of sprouts, microgreens, and baby leaf greens have been studied, the abundance of species and varieties and new technologies in horticulture expand the research.
Therefore, for this Special Issue, articles (original research papers, perspectives, hypotheses, opinions, reviews, modelling approaches, and methods) that focus on sprouts, microgreens, and baby leaf production—including agronomical, physicochemical, biochemical, and microbiological evaluation at harvest and shelf life—are welcomed.
Dr. Viktorija Vaštakaitė-Kairienė
Dr. Giedrė Samuolienė
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- controlled environment agriculture
- specialty crops
- leafy greens
- mini greens
- vegetables
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: The Biometric Parameters of 28 Microgreen Crops Grown Under Various Light Conditions
Author: Frąszczak
Highlights: • The biometric features were influenced by both the spectrum with an increased part of red and blue light.
• For most species, higher values of fresh and dry weight were obtained in the cultivation under the light with a greater part of red light.
• Light treatments had a smaller effect on the length of the plants.