The Fifth Special Issue of The Horticulture Journal—Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical/Subtropical Horticultural Crops—

 

The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science has published special issues of The Horticulture Journal (Hort. J.) to further enhance the value and attractiveness of this journal. The topic of the fifth special issue is “Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical/Subtropical Horticultural Crops”.

Currently, horticulture is expected to have an important role in contribution to sustainable development based on the SDGs, expectations for healthy living, and the development of smart agriculture, and is expected to continue to grow. The various issues related to the import and export of agricultural products are also very important for achieving these SDGs goals, and post-harvest research is expected to grow in importance.

The ongoing climate change, also known as global warming, is changing the growing environment for horticultural crops, and globalizing the areas in growth. Furthermore, the quality of fruit is also affecting the quality of the fruit. From the viewpoint of responding to these environmental changes and post-harvest quality changes, pre- and post-harvest physiological studies of horticultural crops have become more important in recent years.

This special issue was launched with the aim of informing the world’s academic community on horticulture of the current research results by the academic members of the society.