Best Paper Award

Agronomy Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose one review and three research article of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of March 2025.

The Prize:

– 3 research articles and 1 reviews will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.

 
Agronomy Best Paper Award
 
Winner announcement: 31 March 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in the journal will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

25 pages, 1600 KiB  
Review
Milk Thistle (Silybum Marianum L.) as a Novel Multipurpose Crop for Agriculture in Marginal Environments: A Review
by Roberto Marceddu, Lucia Dinolfo, Alessandra Carrubba, Mauro Sarno and Giuseppe Di Miceli
Agronomy 2022, 12(3), 729; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12030729 - 17 Mar 2022
23 pages, 56779 KiB  
Article
Benchmark of Deep Learning and a Proposed HSV Colour Space Models for the Detection and Classification of Greenhouse Tomato
by Germano Moreira, Sandro Augusto Magalhães, Tatiana Pinho, Filipe Neves dos Santos and Mário Cunha
Agronomy 2022, 12(2), 356; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12020356 - 31 Jan 2022
16 pages, 3119 KiB  
Article
Lignin–Chitosan Nanocarriers for the Delivery of Bioactive Natural Products against Wood-Decay Phytopathogens
by Eva Sánchez-Hernández, Natalia Langa-Lomba, Vicente González-García, José Casanova-Gascón, Jesús Martín-Gil, Alberto Santiago-Aliste, Sergio Torres-Sánchez and Pablo Martín-Ramos
Agronomy 2022, 12(2), 461; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12020461 - 12 Feb 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Leslie Ann Weston Chairman
Charles Sturt University
Dr. Gianni Bellocchi
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Prof. Peng Fu
Harrisburg University

Winner

30 pages, 2923 KiB  
Review
Factors That Influence Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agricultural Soils as Well as Their Representation in Simulation Models: A Review
by Cong Wang, Barbara Amon, Karsten Schulz and Bano Mehdi
Agronomy 2021, 11(4), 770; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11040770 - 14 Apr 2021
12 pages, 311 KiB  
Article
The Most Important Fungal Diseases of Cereals—Problems and Possible Solutions
by Marcin Różewicz, Marta Wyzińska and Jerzy Grabiński
Agronomy 2021, 11(4), 714; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11040714 - 9 Apr 2021
23 pages, 2881 KiB  
Article
Land Degradation Vulnerability Mapping in a Newly-Reclaimed Desert Oasis in a Hyper-Arid Agro-Ecosystem Using AHP and Geospatial Techniques
by Ahmed S. Abuzaid, Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman, Mohamed E. Fadl and Antonio Scopa
Agronomy 2021, 11(7), 1426; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11071426 - 17 Jul 2021
18 pages, 1881 KiB  
Article
Genomic Selection and Genome-Wide Association Studies for Grain Protein Content Stability in a Nested Association Mapping Population of Wheat
by Karansher S. Sandhu, Paul D. Mihalyov, Megan J. Lewien, Michael O. Pumphrey and Arron H. Carter
Agronomy 2021, 11(12), 2528; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11122528 - 13 Dec 2021

Winner

21 pages, 3459 KiB  
Review
From Smart Farming towards Agriculture 5.0: A Review on Crop Data Management
by Verónica Saiz-Rubio and Francisco Rovira-Más
Agronomy 2020, 10(2), 207; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10020207 - 3 Feb 2020
15 pages, 2934 KiB  
Article
Comparison of Biochemical, Anatomical, Morphological, and Physiological Responses to Salinity Stress in Wheat and Barley Genotypes Deferring in Salinity Tolerance
by Muhammad Zeeshan, Meiqin Lu, Shafaque Sehar, Paul Holford and Feibo Wu
Agronomy 2020, 10(1), 127; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10010127 - 15 Jan 2020
14 pages, 1427 KiB  
Article
The Use of a Plant-Based Biostimulant Improves Plant Performances and Fruit Quality in Tomato Plants Grown at Elevated Temperatures
by Silvana Francesca, Carmen Arena, Bruno Hay Mele, Carlo Schettini, Patrizia Ambrosino, Amalia Barone and Maria Manuela Rigano
Agronomy 2020, 10(3), 363; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10030363 - 6 Mar 2020
22 pages, 3169 KiB  
Article
The Management of Agricultural Waste Biomass in the Framework of Circular Economy and Bioeconomy: An Opportunity for Greenhouse Agriculture in Southeast Spain
by Mónica Duque-Acevedo, Luis J. Belmonte-Ureña, José A. Plaza-Úbeda and Francisco Camacho-Ferre
Agronomy 2020, 10(4), 489; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10040489 - 1 Apr 2020

Award Committee

Prof. Peter Langridge Chairman
University of Adelaide

Winner

23 pages, 2475 KiB  
Article
Microbial Consortia versus Single-Strain Inoculants: An Advantage in PGPM-Assisted Tomato Production?
by Klára Bradáčová, Andrea S. Florea, Asher Bar-Tal, Dror Minz, Uri Yermiyahu, Raneen Shawahna, Judith Kraut-Cohen, Avihai Zolti, Ran Erel, K. Dietel, Markus Weinmann, Beate Zimmermann, Nils Berger, Uwe Ludewig, Guenter Neumann and Gheorghe Poşta
Agronomy 2019, 9(2), 105; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9020105 - 22 Feb 2019
30 pages, 361 KiB  
Review
Biostimulants Application in Horticultural Crops under Abiotic Stress Conditions
by Roberta Bulgari, Giulia Franzoni and Antonio Ferrante
Agronomy 2019, 9(6), 306; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9060306 - 12 Jun 2019

Winner

16 pages, 1970 KiB  
Review
Relationship of Melatonin and Salicylic Acid in Biotic/Abiotic Plant Stress Responses
by Josefa Hernández-Ruiz and Marino B. Arnao
Agronomy 2018, 8(4), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8040033 - 22 Mar 2018
15 pages, 2041 KiB  
Article
Plant- and Seaweed-Based Extracts Increase Yield but Differentially Modulate Nutritional Quality of Greenhouse Spinach through Biostimulant Action
by Youssef Rouphael, Maria Giordano, Mariateresa Cardarelli, Eugenio Cozzolino, Mauro Mori, Marios C. Kyriacou, Paolo Bonini and Giuseppe Colla
Agronomy 2018, 8(7), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8070126 - 21 Jul 2018

Winner

2147 KiB  
Review
Plant Responses to Salt Stress: Adaptive Mechanisms
by Jose Ramón Acosta-Motos, Maria Fernanda Ortuño, Agustina Bernal-Vicente, Pedro Diaz-Vivancos, Maria Jesus Sanchez-Blanco and Jose Antonio Hernandez
Agronomy 2017, 7(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy7010018 - 23 Feb 2017
2855 KiB  
Article
CO2-Induced Changes in Wheat Grain Composition: Meta-Analysis and Response Functions
by Malin C. Broberg, Petra Högy and Håkan Pleijel
Agronomy 2017, 7(2), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy7020032 - 25 Apr 2017
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