Journal
Discover Agriculture
Discover Agriculture is an open access journal publishing research across all areas of agricultural science, technologies and policy.
Climate change is impacting several agricultural areas worldwide, and the predicted climate projections are pushing forward the current challenges for sustainable production patterns. The incidence of extreme weather events such as heat waves, floods and prolonged drought, has raised and the water scarcity is a reality. Environmental (e.g. radiation, temperature, precipitation and humidity) and anthropogenic factors (e.g. management practices and socio-economic issues) provoke changes on plant growth, yield and fruit quality. These abiotic stress factors affect crops phenology timing and duration and plant physiological performance compromising yield and the potential fruit quality by imbalanced sugar accumulation and production of secondary metabolites and quality traits. So, the aim of this Topical Collection is searching for sustainable solutions that growers and farmers could apply to sustain yield and fruit quality in the upcoming years.
Keywords:
Plant physiology; Foliar protectors; Biostimulants; Biofertilizers; Soil management practices; Clonal resistance; Varietal resistance; Fruit, must and wine quality; Plant growth promoters
Submit your manuscript to this collection through the participating journal.
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Lia-Tânia Dinis
Dr. Lia-Tânia Dinis, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal She received PhD in Agricultural and Forestry Sciences by the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, received 4 Prizes for their research. In her activities, she studies strategies to mitigate the negative effects of climate change interacting with several collaborator(s) in co-authoring scientific works. Their main works are in: Photosynthesis; Phytohormones; Secondary metabolism; Flavonoids; Fruit quality; Grape berry; Kaolin; Metabolic changes; Stress mitigation; Vitis vinifera; Summer stress; Oxidative damage; Antioxidant systems; Grapevine leaf; etc. -
Cátia Queijo Brito
Dr. Cátia Queijo Brito, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal She received PhD in Agricultural Production Chains - From Fork to Farm from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro in association with the University of Minho, Portugal. Her research is to increase crops economic and environmental sustainability. For this, seeks to develop and disseminate innovative agricultural practices and technologies to mitigate climate change, through the reduction of greenhouse gases and the increase of carbon sequestration, and to adapt crops to adverse environmental conditions. -
Sandra Isabel Ribeiro Pereira
Dr. Sandra Isabel Ribeiro Pereira, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal She received PhD in Agricultural Production Chains - From Fork to Farm from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro in association with the University of Minho, Portugal. Her research focuses in the study of strategies to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, namely the application of foliar compounds and biostimulants in several crops, evaluating physiological, biochemical and quality parameters of the fruits and leaves. She performed analysis on photosynthesis, phytohormones, secondary metabolism, flavonoids, etc.
