This Research Topic is part of the article collection series - Growth and Quality Formation Regulated by Light in Horticulture Plants

Horticultural crop production plays an important role in the global food supply, and horticultural plants contain numerous health-promoting phytochemicals, such as vitamins, flavonoids, polyphenols, and other secondary metabolites. The formation of yield and nutritional quality depends on the intrinsic characteristics of horticultural crops and environmental conditions.

Light is the primary energy source for photosynthesis, and light, ranging from UV to far-red, is a critical factor in regulating plant growth, morphogenesis, development, and metabolic processes. The physiological and molecular regulation of plant processes is related to the intensity, spectrum, direction, photoperiod, and timing of light. And light is the most important environmental factor determining the yield and quality of horticultural crops.

This Research Topic on “Growth and Quality Formation Regulated by Light in Horticulture Plants” aims to collect the latest research advances and update our knowledge about the growth and nutritional quality of fruits, vegetables, and fresh flowers under different light environments.

We welcome submissions of Original Research, Reviews, Mini Reviews, Methods, Opinions, and Perspectives articles on how light affects the growth and quality formation in horticultural crops. Proposed subthemes are as follows but not limited to:

• Plant photoreceptor signaling

• Plant growth and development regulated by light conditions

• Quality formation of horticultural products at harvest and post-harvest

• Photomorphogenesis and photosynthesis

• Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites relevant for crop development and/or nutrition quality

• Light induced flowering

• Interaction of plant responses to light with other environmental factors

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Growth and Quality Formation Regulated by Light in Horticulture Plants, Volume II