I am pleased to draw attention to two papers published in Horticulture in 2019 which the Editorial Board has recognized as worthy of special attention as “Best Papers of 2019”, among the many excellent papers from that year [...

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University of Kentucky UKnowledge Horticulture Faculty Publications Horticulture 7-7-2021 Best Papers Introduction Douglas D. Archbold University of Kentucky, darchbol@uky.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/horticulture_facpub  Part of the Horticulture Commons Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits you. Repository Citation Archbold, Douglas D., "Best Papers Introduction" (2021). Horticulture Faculty Publications. 53. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/horticulture_facpub/53 This Editorial is brought to you for free and open access by the Horticulture at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Horticulture Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact UKnowledge@lsv.uky.edu. Best Papers Introduction Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7070186 Notes/Citation Information Published in Horticulturae, v. 7, issue 7, 186. © 2021 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This editorial is available at UKnowledge: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/horticulture_facpub/53 horticulturaeEditorialBest Papers IntroductionDouglas D. ArchboldCitation: Archbold, D.D. Best PapersIntroduction. Horticulturae 2021, 7,186. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7070186Received: 21 June 2021Accepted: 28 June 2021Published: 7 July 2021Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutralwith regard to jurisdictional claims inpublished maps and institutional affil-iations.Copyright: © 2021 by the author.Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.This article is an open access articledistributed under the terms andconditions of the Creative CommonsAttribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, N318 Agricultural Sciences North,Lexington, KY 40546, USA; darchbol@uky.eduI am pleased to draw attention to two papers published in Horticulture in 2019 whichthe Editorial Board has recognized as worthy of special attention as “Best Papers of 2019”,among the many excellent papers from that year. They are both noteworthy publicationswhich have generated significant interest in the horticultural sciences community.These papers are:“Recent Advances in Hormonal Regulation and Cross-Talk during Non-ClimactericFruit Development and Ripening.” 2019. Fuentes, L., Figueroa C.R., Valdenegro, M.“Evaluation of Two Wild Populations of Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale (L.)Scop.) as a Potential Leafy Vegetable.” 2019. Guarise, M., Borgonovo, G., Bassoli, A.,Ferrante, A.Fuentes et al. have published an extensive review on the potential involvement ofplant hormones in the ripening of non-climacteric fruit [1]. These types of fruit have been amuch greater challenge to manage in the postharvest chain compared to climacteric fruit.They discuss the similarities between the ripening types, especially their quality changes.The concept that plant hormones may control non-climacteric fruit ripening has evolvedover the years, and they review the literature covering what has been established about theinvolvement of abscisic acid, indoleacetic acid, ethylene, gibberellins, cytokinin, brassinos-teroids, and jasmonates in non-climacteric ripening. In addition, they present a review ofstudies on hormonal crosstalk among these phytohormones in the ripening process. Grape,strawberry, and raspberry are presented as models/examples of non-climacteric fruit, andthese are compared and contrasted to one another and to the climacteric model. Theyconclude that the molecular dissection of these non-climacteric fruit models has shown thatvarious phytohormones may act together or regulate each other to affect several molecularand biochemical processes that contribute to fruit quality at the onset of ripening. Theyalso note that the growing body of information on the identification and characterization ofkey genes associated with the signaling and perception of these hormones, most notably ingrape and strawberry, could widen our knowledge of the ripening of other non-climactericfruit species, and contribute to improving strategies for postharvest quality maintenanceand food security.Guarise et al. have published an original study on the possible use of hedge mustard(Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.) as a new leafy green crop [2]. They note that the significantgrowth in production and consumer interest in minimally processed leafy greens has beenaccompanied by changes in production systems to the greater use of protected culture andunique substrates, away from traditional field culture. The introduction of new species canbe useful for diet enrichment and crop diversification. Hedge mustard has been a traditionalmedicinal plant that belongs to the Brassicaceae family. They evaluated its productionpotential for spring and fall in a commonly used system for leafy greens, in a peat substratein a greenhouse, and measured a number of quality attributes including carotenoids,phenolics, anthocyanins, and ascorbic acid. They demonstrated that hedge mustard canbe successfully grown in a greenhouse and has desirable nutritional components. Itsnutritional aspects were similar to other leafy vegetables, but its lower nitrate and higherascorbic acid concentrations may make it preferable to some consumers over other leafycrops. Because no breeding work has yet been done with hedge mustard, it has unknownHorticulturae 2021, 7, 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7070186 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/horticulturaeHorticulturae 2021, 7, 186 2 of 2but perhaps great potential to add to the list of leafy greens that growers can offer toconsumers.Conflicts of Interest: The author declare no conflict of interest.References1. Fuentes, L.; Figueroa, C.R.; Valdenegro, M. Recent Advances in Hormonal Regulation and Cross-Talk during Non-ClimactericFruit Development and Ripening. Horticulturae 2019, 5, 45. [CrossRef]2. Guarise, M.; Borgonovo, G.; Bassoli, A.; Ferrante, A. Evaluation of Two Wild Populations of Hedge Mustard (Sisymbriumofficinale (L.) Scop.) as a Potential Leafy Vegetable. Horticulturae 2019, 5, 13. [CrossRef]

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