TY - BOOK ID - 138373407 TI - Managing the Product Quality of Vegetable Crops under Abiotic Stress PY - 2022 PB - Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - ascorbic acid KW - biostimulants KW - Allium cepa KW - Phulkara KW - Nasarpuri KW - Lambada and Red Bone KW - gibberex KW - Momordica charantia L KW - dismutase KW - peroxidase KW - catalase KW - vegetative growth KW - flesh firmness KW - flowering KW - harvest time KW - lycopene KW - rootstock-scion combination KW - total soluble solids KW - elevated CO₂ KW - modified atmosphere package KW - sensory and physiological-biochemical characteristics KW - total phenol KW - DPPH KW - heirloom beans KW - drought KW - abiotic stress KW - local farming KW - nutraceutical properties KW - zinc KW - Solanum lycopersicum KW - drought potassium KW - vacuolar transporter KW - tomato KW - product quality KW - nitrogen KW - shelf life KW - carotenoids KW - antioxidants KW - taste KW - minerals KW - fatty acids KW - oxalate KW - nitrate KW - phytochemicals KW - ammonium KW - climate change KW - food quality KW - photosynthesis KW - nitrogen source KW - vegetable KW - Ocimum basilicum KW - salt KW - NaCl KW - yield KW - quality KW - polyphenols KW - grafting KW - water-use efficiency KW - nutrient use efficiency KW - vegetable production KW - n/a UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138373407 AB - Vegetables are an important part of the human diet due to their nutrient density and, at the same time, low calorie content. Producers of vegetable crops mainly aim at achieving high yields with good external quality. However, there is an increasing demand of consumers for vegetables that provide good sensory properties and are rich in secondary compounds that can be valuable for human health. Sub- or supra-optimal abiotic conditions, like high temperatures, drought, excess light, salinity or nutrient deficiency, may alter the composition of vegetable crops and at the same time, result in yield loss. Thus, producers need to adapt their horticultural practices such as through the choice of variety, irrigation regime, light management, fruit thinning, or fertilizer application to improve the yield and quality of the vegetable product. In the future, altered climate conditions such as elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations, rising temperatures, or altered precipitation patterns may become additional challenges for producers of vegetable crops, especially those that cultivate in the open field. This raises the need for optimized horticultural practices in order to minimize abiotic stresses. As well, specific storage conditions can have large impacts on the quality of vegetables. This Special Issue compiles research that deals with the optimization of vegetable product quality (e.g. sensory aspects, composition) under sub- or supra-optimal abiotic conditions. ER -