Special Issue "From Biofortification in Microelements of Grains to Food Products by Traditional and Innovative Methods"
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability"
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biofortification is the process used to increase the concentration of a nutrient in edible portions of plants through agronomic techniques, post-harvest processes (i.e., malting), and genetic selection by plant breeding. Some soils in the Mediterranean area are poor in some minerals, and so are the plants that grow in these soils.
ARTICLE - Phenolic Compounds Characterization and Antioxidant Properties of Monocultivar Olive Oils from Northeast Algeria
Agriculture 2020, 10(11), 494;
Fig 1. Biogeographical Algerian area were olives are grown
In Algeria, the olive tree is one of the main fruit species and plays a very important socioeconomic role. The objective of this study was firstly, to identify and quantify the phenolics of some Algerian olive oils, and secondly, to assess the antioxidant activity of the samples. The olive oils used in this study were derived from Algerian cultivars, including Tefahi, Gelb Elfarroudj, Chemlal, and imported cultivar Manzanilla and Zebboudj.
ARTICLE - Forest production efficiency increases with growth temperature
Nature Communications volume 11, Article number: 5322 (2020)
ARTICLE - Targeting the soil quality and soil health concepts when aiming for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the EU Green Deal
SOIL, 6, 453–466, 2020 Published: 05 Oct 2020
The concepts of soil quality and soil health are widely used as soils receive more attention in the worldwide policy arena. So far, however, the distinction between the two concepts is unclear, and operational procedures for measurement are still being developed. A proposal is made to focus soil health on actual soil conditions, as determined by a limited set of indicators that reflect favourable rooting conditions.