The Editor’s Choice Articles are based on recommendations by the scientific editors of MDPI journals from around the world. Editors select a small number of articles that have recently been published in the journal that they believe will be particularly interesting to authors, or important in this field. The aim is to provide a snapshot of some of the most exciting work published in the various research areas of the journal.

We are pleased to present the Editor’s Choice Articles published in Q4 of 2022, and we hope that these papers can help and provide a reference for your academic research. A carefully curated list of high-quality articles can be found below:

1. “How Much Phosphorus Uptake Is Required for Achieving Maximum Maize Grain Yield? Part 1: Luxury Consumption and Implications for Yield”
by Chiara Di Lorenzo, Francesca Colombo, Simone Biella, Creina Stockley and Patrizia Restani
Agronomy 2023, 13(1),95; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13010095
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/1/95

2. “Impacts of Biochar on Trifolium incarnatum and Lolium multiflorum: Soil Nutrient Retention and Loss in Sandy Loam Amended with Dairy Manure”
by Cosette B. Taggart, James P. Muir, Jeff A. Brady, Eunsung Kan, Adam B. Mitchell and Olabiyi Obayomi
Agronomy 2023, 13(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13010026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/1/26

3. “Evaluation of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Environmentally Sustainable Weed Management”
by Ram B. Khadka, Andres D. Sanabria-Velazquez, John Cardina and Sally A. Miller
Agronomy 2022, 12(12), 3147; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123147
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/12/3147

4. “Honey Bee Exposure to the Fungicide Propiconazole in Lowbush Blueberry Fields”
by Francis Andrew Drummond
Agronomy 2022, 12(12), 3081; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123081
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/12/3081

5. “Toxicity and Preventive Activity of Chitosan, Equisetum arvense, Lecithin and Salix Cortex against Plasmopara viticola, the Causal Agent of Downy Mildew in Grapevine”
by Diego Llamazares De Miguel, Amaia Mena-Petite and Ana María Díez-Navajas
Agronomy 2022, 12(12), 3139; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123139
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/12/3139

6. “Development of a Low-Cost Open-Source Platform for Smart Irrigation Systems”
by Francisco Puig, Juan Antonio Rodríguez Díaz and María Auxiliadora Soriano
Agronomy 2022, 12(12), 2909; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12122909
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/12/2909

7. “Metabolism Reorganization in Kale (Brassica oleracea L. var acephala) Populations with Divergent Glucosinolate Content under Thermal Stresses”
by María Díaz-Urbano, Pablo Velasco, María Elena Cartea and Víctor M. Rodríguez
Agronomy 2022, 12(11), 2652; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112652
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/11/2652

8. “Growth and Forage Value of Two Forage Rice Cultivars According to Harvest Time in Reclaimed Land of South Korea”
by Yeongmi Jang, Khulan Sharavdorj, Priscilla Nadalin, Suhwan Lee and Jinwoong Cho
Agronomy 2022, 12(12), 3118; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123118
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/12/3118

9. “Edge-Compatible Deep Learning Models for Detection of Pest Outbreaks in Viticulture”
by João Gonçalves, Eduardo Silva, Pedro Faria, Telmo Nogueira, Ana Ferreira, Cristina Carlos and Luís Rosado
Agronomy 2022, 12(12), 3052; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123052
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/12/3052

10. “Yield Predictive Worth of Pre-Flowering and Post-Flowering Indicators of Nitrogen Economy in High Yielding Winter Wheat”
by Witold Szczepaniak, Witold Grzebisz and Jarosław Potarzycki
Agronomy 2023, 13(1), 122; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13010122
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/1/122

11. “The Response of Weeds and Apple Trees to Beneficial Soil Microorganisms and Mineral Fertilizers Applied in Orchards”
by Jerzy Lisek, Lidia Sas-Paszt, Augustyn Mika and Anna Lisek
Agronomy 2022, 12(11), 2882; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112882
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/11/2882

12. “Impacts of Alexandrian Clover Living Mulch on the Yield, Phenolic Content, and Antioxidant Capacity of Leek and Shallot”
by Andrzej Sałata, Renata Nurzyńska-Wierdak, Andrzej Kalisz and Héctor Moreno-Ramón
Agronomy 2022, 12(11), 2602; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112602
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/11/2602

13. “Diversity of Polish Oat Cultivars with a Glance at Breeding History and Perspectives”
by Aneta Koroluk, Edyta Paczos-Grzęda, Sylwia Sowa, Maja Boczkowska and Joanna Toporowska
Agronomy 2022, 12(10), 2423; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102423
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/10/2423

14. “Assessment of a Low-Cost Portable Device for Gas Concentration Monitoring in Livestock Housing”
by Provvidenza Rita D’Urso, Claudia Arcidiacono and Giovanni Cascone
Agronomy 2023, 13(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13010005
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/1/5

15. “Different Suitability of Olive Cultivars Resistant to Xylella fastidiosa to the Super-Intensive Planting System”
by Salvatore Camposeo, Anna Maria Stellacci, Cristina Romero Trigueros, Salem Alhajj Ali and Gaetano Alessandro Vivaldi
Agronomy 2022, 12(12), 3157; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123157
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/12/3157

16. “Characterization of Leaf Transcriptome of Grafted Tomato Seedlings after Rhizospheric Inoculation with Azospirillum baldaniorum or Paraburkholderia graminis”
by Federica Caradonia, Matteo Buti, Alessia Flore, Roberto Gatti, Caterina Morcia, Valeria Terzi, Domenico Ronga, Lionel Moulin, Enrico Francia and Justyna Anna Milc
Agronomy 2022, 12(10), 2537; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102537
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/10/2537

17. “Water Stress Effects on the Morphological, Physiological Characteristics of Maize (Zea mays L.), and on Environmental Cost”
by Maria Laskari, George Menexes, Ilias Kalfas, Ioannis Gatzolis and Christos Dordas
Agronomy 2022, 12(10), 2386; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102386
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/10/2386

18. “Simulation of Multi-Species Plant Communities in Perturbed and Nutrient-Limited Grasslands: Development of the Growth Model ModVege”
by Francesca Piseddu, Raphaël Martin, Ermes Movedi, Frédérique Louault, Roberto Confalonieri and Gianni Bellocchi 
Agronomy 2022, 12(10), 2468; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12102468
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/10/2468

19. “Special Microbial Communities Enhanced the Role of Aged Biochar in Reducing Cd Accumulation in Rice”
by Xueyun Deng, Changzhi Long, Le Chen, Yanli Du, Zhengwei Zhang, Li Gan and Yongjun Zeng
Agronomy 2023, 13(1), 81; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13010081
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/1/81

20. “Genetic Diversity and Population Differentiation of Dongxiang Wild Rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) Based on SNP Markers”
by Yuanyuan Nie, Guihua Hou, Hui Xia, Lei Wang, Jianguo Lei, Hong Chen, Liang Chen and Lijun Luo
Agronomy 2022, 12(12), 3056; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123056
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/12/3056

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