Cultivation Practices, Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Value of Weeds
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Weed Science and Weed Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2021) | Viewed by 11126
Special Issue Editor
Interests: weed biology; crop–weed interactions; weed management in field crops and vegetables; integrated weed management; herbicide-resistant weeds; pharmaceutical and nutritional value of weeds; agronomy
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Dear Colleagues,
It is well known that weeds adversely affect crop production due to competition for water, nutrients, and light. Despite this fact, weeds that exhibit nutritional value and pharmaceutical properties have significant potential uses. Due to these properties, several weed species are currently grown for the production of various products.
Some weed species with biological properties that are cultivated in several countries are as follows: 1) milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.), 2) common purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.), 3) liqorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.), 4) cow cockle (Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert), and 5) common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus L.).
This Special Issue will focus on various aspects of “Cultivation Practices, Pharmaceutical, and Nutritional Value of Weeds”. We welcome original research papers, communications, and reviews covering all issues related to “Cultivation Practices, Pharmaceutical, and Nutritional Value of Weeds” such as cultivation practices of weeds (fertilization, irrigation, crop establishment, etc.), genetic material and crop improvement, pharmaceutical properties of weeds, nutritional value of edible weeds, and yield and quality improvement. There should be a particular focus on the main bioactive compounds contained in edible or medicinal weeds since its content determines the final product quality and its biological properties. It is important to submit articles about plants that are considered weeds.
Dr. Anestis Karkanis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- edible weeds
- medicinal weeds
- pharmaceutical properties
- nutritional value
- bioactive compounds and content
- cultivation practices
- fertilization
- irrigation
- breeding
- genotypes
- organic farming
- conventional farming
- yield
- quality