Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Peter Langridge, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously offer their time to review the papers submitted to Agronomy by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Agronomy.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
– All of the reviewers for Agronomy in 2023 will be automatically included.

Selection Criteria:
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

What will the winners receive?
There will be four winners this year, and each will receive the following:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2024 after peer review;
– A certificate.

When will the winners be announced?
– The winners will be announced in February 2024 on the journal website.

How can I make myself eligible?
– If you have not yet reviewed papers for Agronomy, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link:
https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Kind regards,
Agronomy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Agronomy is now inviting nominations for the Agronomy 2023 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of agronomy and related fields. All nominations will be assessed by an Award Evaluation Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Peter Langridge.

The Prize:
– CHF 2000;
– Option to publish one paper free of charge in Agronomy after peer review before the end of 31 December 2024;
– An electronic certificate.

Eligibility and Requirements:
– Must have received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to 31 December 2023;
– Must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of agronomy and related fields;
– Candidates must be nominated by senior scientists.

List of Documents for Nomination:
– Detailed Curriculum Vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
– Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
– Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

Schedule:
– Open for nomination: 31 March 2023
– Nomination deadline: 31 December 2023
– Winner announcement: February 2024

How to Submit Nominations?
The nominations must be submitted online.

Contact:
Ms. Catherine Meng
Marketing Specialist
Email: [email protected]

Kind regards,
Agronomy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Agronomy 2022 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Agronomy from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. One review and three research articles will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Peter Langridge.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Agronomy from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following 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.

The Prize:
– One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Agronomy in 2024 after peer review;
– Three research article awards: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Agronomy in 2024 after peer review;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in March 2024.

Kind regards,
Agronomy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Agronomy 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Agronomy Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the reviewers for checking the submitted manuscripts. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Prof. Ewa Ropelewska
Fruit and Vegetable Storage and Processing Department, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
Research Interests: image analysis; machine vision; deep learning; neural network; hyperspectral imaging; multispectral imaging; computed tomography; horticulture; fruit quality; vegetable quality; fruit and vegetable processing

Dr. Marek Rašovský
Institute of Agronomic Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
Research Interests: crop production; crop management; biostimulants; sustainable agriculture

Dr. Vasileios Greveniotis
Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter, Institute of Industrial and Forage Crops, Larissa, Greece
Research Interests: plant breeding; quantitative genetics; crop improvement; genotype x environment interaction; agronomy; sustainability; stability; forage and grain crops; low input and organic farming

Dr. Prakash Jha
Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA
Research Interests: sustainable intensification; crop modeling; remote sensing; water management; precision agriculture

The Prize for Each Winner:
• CHF 500;
• An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Agronomy in 2023 after peer review;
• A certificate.

Kind regards,
Agronomy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Agronomy 2022 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Leontina Lipan.

Dr. Leontina Lipan is a Junior Researcher at Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH, Spain), currently conducting a 2-year research stay at the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA, Spain), and she is also an external professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili for the subject Integrated Laboratory of Unit Operations in the food industry. Her work has engaged everything from the sustainability of water resources in almond crops to the effect of deficit irrigation on fruit quality. Nowadays, in IRTA, she is involved in projects related to (i) genetic improvements of almond cultivars better adapted to climate change; (ii) advanced techniques to predict the behavior of nuts (almonds, hazelnuts) in industrialization processes; (iii) development of fraud detection tools for Spanish nuts with a high risk of counterfeiting; (iv) valorization of mountain hazelnuts and almonds from rural areas; among others. As a result of the research activity so far, Leontina (i) was invited to 4 plenary conferences, and she was awarded with the “Best Speaker Award” in one of them organized by Foods, (ii) she is topic and guest editor of many Special Issues related to agrifood science, and (iii) she published 40 scientific articles in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, 4 teaching articles, 4 scientific dissemination articles, and 6 book chapters.

As the awardee, Dr. Leontina Lipan will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 31 December 2023 in Agronomy after peer-review, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Kind regards,
Journal Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Agronomy 2021 Best Paper Award. All papers published in 2021 in Agronomy were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, four winners have been selected:

One Review:
Factors That Influence Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agricultural Soils as Well as Their Representation in Simulation Models: A Review
By Wang, C., Amon, B., Schulz, K. and Mehdi, B.
Agronomy 2021, 11(4), 770; doi:10.3390/agronomy11040770

Three Articles:
The Most Important Fungal Diseases of Cereals—Problems and Possible Solutions
By Różewicz, M., Wyzińska, M., and Grabiński, J.
Agronomy 2021, 11(4), 714; doi:10.3390/agronomy11040714

Land Degradation Vulnerability Mapping in a Newly-Reclaimed Desert Oasis in a Hyper-Arid Agro-Ecosystem Using AHP and Geospatial Techniques
By Abuzaid, A.S., Abdel-Rahman, M.A.E., Fadl, M.E. and Scopa, A.
Agronomy 2021, 11(7), 1426; doi:10.3390/agronomy11071426

Genomic Selection and Genome-Wide Association Studies for Grain Protein Content Stability in a Nested Association Mapping Population of Wheat
By Sandhu, K.S., Mihalyov, P.D., Lewien, M.J., Pumphrey, M.O., and Carter, A.H.
Agronomy 2021, 11(12), 2528; doi:10.3390/agronomy11122528

Each winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper in Agronomy in 2023 after peer review.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Agronomy 2021 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support of Agronomy.

Kind regards,
Agronomy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the “Agronomy 2021 Best Cover Award”. The winner will receive a bonus of CHF 100. The winner is as follows:

Issue 5 (May 5, 2021)

Physicochemical Characterization of Crithmum maritimum L. and Daucus carota subsp. gummifer (Syme) Hook.fil. and Their Antimicrobial Activity against Apple Tree and Grapevine Phytopathogens
(doi:10.3390/agronomy11050886)

Congratulations to the winner for their excellent research!

We would like to thank everyone for your participation.

Kind regards,
Agronomy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Agronomy 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The Agronomy Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Agronomy. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Dr. Naveen Dixit
Department of Agriculture Food and Resources Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, USA
Research Interests: stress physiology; postharvest physiology; plant–pathogen interaction; nutrient management

Dr. Enrico Vito Perrino
CIHEAM, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Valenzano (BA), Italy
Research Interests: conservation; biodiversity; ecology; plant ecology; conservation biology; invasive species; species diversity

Dr. Moritz Von Cossel
Biobased Resources in the Bioeconomy (340b), Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Research Interests: agroecology; bioenergy; intercropping; marginal land; sustainability; wildlife-friendly farming

Dr. Sushil Thapa
Department of Agriculture, College of Health Science and Technology, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, USA
Research Interests: agronomy; crop physiology; dryland agriculture; water use efficiency; crop science; soil science

Kind regards,
Agronomy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Agronomy 2020 Best Paper Awards. All papers published in 2020 in Agronomy have been considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the four winning papers (one review and three research articles), which were nominated by the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor-in-Chief, have been selected.

The awards have been granted to:

One Review
From Smart Farming towards Agriculture 5.0: A Review on Crop Data Management
By Rovira-Más et al.
Agronomy 2020, 10(2), 207; doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10020207

Three Articles:
1. Comparison of Biochemical, Anatomical, Morphological, and Physiological Responses to Salinity Stress in Wheat and Barley Genotypes Deferring in Salinity Tolerance
By Muhammad Zeeshan et al.
Agronomy 2020, 10(1), 127; doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10010127

 2. The Use of a Plant-Based Biostimulant Improves Plant Performances and Fruit Quality in Tomato Plants Grown at Elevated Temperatures
By Silvana Francesca et al.
Agronomy 2020, 10(3), doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10030363

3. 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 et al.
Agronomy 2020, 10(4), 489; doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10040489 

We warmly congratulate the winners.

Kind regards,
Agronomy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Agronomy, it is my great pleasure to announce the winners of the Agronomy 2021 Best PhD Thesis Awards. This prize was for a Ph.D. student or a doctor who has produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis.

The award has been granted to: 

– “Kiwifruit Bacterial Canker: Exploring Tolerance Mechanisms and Novel Control Strategies” By Marta Nunes da Silva, University of Porto, Portugal
– “Understanding Vine Response to Mediterranean Summer Stress for the Development of Rationale Adaptation Strategies: The Kaolin Case” By Sara Bernardo, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal
– “Quantitative Estimation of Vegetation Traits and Temporal Dynamics Using 3-D Radiative Transfer Models, High-Resolution Hyperspectral Images and Satellite Imagery” By Alberto Hornero, Swansea University, United Kingdom

Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper in Agronomy in 2022.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional thesis for their contributions to Agronomy, and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Peter Langridge
Editor-in-Chief, Agronomy

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Agronomy 2019–2020 Best Cover Awards. In total, 24 cover stories published from 2019 to 2020 in Agronomy were considered for this awards. Winners are as follows:

Agronomy, Volume 9, Issue 8 (August 2019)
Pursuing the Potential of Heirloom Cultivars to Improve Adaptation, Nutritional, and Culinary Features of Food Crops
(doi: 10.3390/agronomy9080441)

Agronomy, Volume 10, Issue 7 (July 2020)
Improving the Red Color and Fruit Quality of ‘Kent’ Mango Fruit by Pruning and Preharvest Spraying of Prohydrojasmon or Abscisic Acid
(doi: 10.3390/agronomy10070944)

The winners of the “Agronomy 2019–2020 Best Cover Awards”, in no particular order, will receive 100 CHF each.

Congratulations to the winners for their excellent research!

Kind regards,
Agronomy Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Agronomy 10th Anniversary Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Agronomy Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Agronomy. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround is maintained.

The following awardees have been selected by the Editor-in-Chief of Agronomy, Prof. Dr. Peter Langridge. Each of them will receive 500 CHF, an offer to publish a Paper free of charge in Agronomy before 31 June 2021, and a certificate to recognize their outstanding work:

Prof. Dr. Imre J. Holb
Affiliation: Institute of Horticulture, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
Research Interest: plant pathology; plant disease epidemiology; disease warning and forecasting; plant disease management; integrated pest management; disease and pest management in organic fruit and vegetable production; sustainable agriculture and horticulture.

Dr. Ioannis Mylonas
Affiliation: Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter, Greece.
Research Interest: cereal genetic and breeding; organic breeding; plant genetic resources; field evaluation; agronomy; tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress; adaptation to climate changes; responsiveness to high and low inputs; G × E interaction; stability measurements; molecular techniques, quality and physiological parameters.

Prof. Dr. Janusz Podleśny
Affiliation: Department of Forage Crop Production, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Pulawy, Poland.
Research Interest: plant physiology; plant biology; abiotic stress tolerance; plant environmental stress physiology; crop physiology; plant development; photosynthesis; seed germination; environmental stresses; abiotic stress; seeds; seed production; drought stress; chlorophyll fluorescence; seed dormancy; dormancy; germination; seed storage proteins.

Dr. Nikolaos Tsakirpaloglou
Affiliation: The Crop Genome Editing Laboratory (CGEL), Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Research, College Station, USA.
Research Interest: genome editing; Crop Improvement; biofortification; gene validation; transgenic product development; agriculture; malnutrition.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Peter Langridge
Editor-in-Chief, Agronomy

Dear Colleagues,

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Agronomy 10th Anniversary Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Peter Langridge. Following a review process by the Evaluation Committee, six winners were selected. The winner of the “Agronomy 10th Anniversary Best Paper Award” are as follows:

Article:

The First Award: (800 CHF + a certificate)

Long-Term Effects of Biochar-Based Organic Amendments on Soil Microbial Parameters
Martin Brtnicky, Tereza Dokulilova, Jiri Holatko, Vaclav Pecina, Antonin Kintl, Oldrich Latal, Tomas Vyhnanek, Jitka Prichystalova and Rahul Datta
Agronomy 2019, 9(11), 747; doi:10.3390/agronomy9110747
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/11/747

The Second Award: (600 CHF + a certificate)

Effect of Gibberellic Acid on Growth, Yield, and Quality of Leaf Lettuce and Rocket Grown in a Floating System
Alessandro Miceli, Alessandra Moncada, Leo Sabatino and Filippo Vetrano
Agronomy 2019, 9(7), 382; doi:10.3390/agronomy9070382
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/7/382

The Third Award: (300 CHF + a certificate)

Biomass Prediction of Heterogeneous Temperate Grasslands Using an SfM Approach Based on UAV Imaging
Esther Grüner, Thomas Astor and Michael Wachendorf
Agronomy 2019, 9(2), 54; doi:10.3390/agronomy9020054
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/2/54

Review:

The First Award: (800 CHF + a certificate)

Plant Biostimulants: Importance of the Quality and Yield of Horticultural Crops and the Improvement of Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stress—A Review
Magdalena Drobek, Magdalena Frąc and Justyna Cybulska
Agronomy 2019, 9(6), 335; doi:10.3390/agronomy9060335
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/6/335

The Second Award: (600 CHF + a certificate)

Increasing Sustainability of Growing Media Constituents and Stand-Alone Substrates in Soilless Culture Systems
Nazim S. Gruda
Agronomy 2019, 9(6), 298; doi:10.3390/agronomy9060298
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/6/298

The Third Award: (300 CHF + a certificate)

Microalgal Biostimulants and Biofertilisers in Crop Productions
Domenico Ronga, Elisa Biazzi, Katia Parati, Domenico Carminati, Elio Carminati and Aldo Tava
Agronomy 2019, 9(4), 192; doi:10.3390/agronomy9040192
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/4/192

Please join us in congratulating the winners of Agronomy 10th Anniversary Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Agronomy.

Kind regards,
Agronomy Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the two awardees of the 2020 Travel Award for PhD Researchers:

Mr. Ahmed Kayad, a PhD student at Digital Agriculture Lab, University of Padova, Italy, is studying agricultural engineering and sustainable precision and digital agriculture. His current work focuses on monitoring crop yield spatial variability at the field scale from remote and ground sensors. He is planning to attend the 15th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 28 June–1 July, 2020). Here, he will present his research entitled “Monitoring Corn (Zea mays) Yield Using Sentinel-2 and Machine Learning for Precision Agriculture Applications”.

Mr. Roberto Berni, a PhD student at University of Siena, has developed a strong interest in the valorization of plant biodiversity. He carries out research on characterization of plant secondary metabolites used for nutraceutical purposes. He will attend the “Plant Biology Europe 2020 congress” (held in Turin, Italy, 29 June–2 July 2020), where he will present his research entitled “Valorising Non-Commercial Tuscan Varieties of Sweet Cherry: A Metabolomics and Gene Expression Study”.

Please join us in congratulating Mr. Ahmed Kayad and Mr. Roberto Berni for their outstanding achievements. As the awardees, Mr. Ahmed Kayad and Mr. Roberto Berni will receive an honorarium of 600 Swiss Francs and a certificate.

We would like to thank all the applicants from various fields of study for their participation as well as all the Award Committee members for their careful evaluation of the large number of excellent applications.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the following papers have been selected to receive the Agronomy Best Paper Awards of 2019:

Article
Title: Microbial Consortia versus Single-Strain Inoculants: An Advantage in PGPM-Assisted Tomato Production?
Authors: 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
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/2/105

Review
Title: Biostimulants Application in Horticultural Crops under Abiotic Stress Conditions
Authors: Roberta Bulgari, Giulia Franzoni, and Antonio Ferrante
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/6/306

We believe that the above papers represent valuable contributions to Agronomy and the scientific literature and warmly congratulate Ms. Klára Bradáčová and Dr. Giulia Franzoni and their colleagues. In recognition of their accomplishments, each of the corresponding authors will be granted a certificate and the chance to publish two papers (either review papers or research articles) free of charge in Agronomy by the end of 2020 (after the completion of the normal peer-review process).

Dear Colleagues,

The Agronomy Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by our reviewers to assessing the manuscripts submitted to the journal in 2019. With their support, we have been able to publish many interesting, high-quality papers in Agronomy, and a quick peer-review process has been maintained consistently.

Two reviewers have been selected on the basis of the timeliness, quality, and speed of their review reports. Each of them will receive a chance to publish one paper in Agronomy free of charge before 31 December, 2020, 500 Swiss Francs, and a certificate:

Dr. Agnieszka Synowiec
Department of Agroecology and Crop Production, University of Agriculture in Kraków, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

Dr. Thorsten Kraska
Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation & Field Lab Campus Klein-Altendorf, University of Bonn, 53359 Rheinbach, Germany

If you are interested in reviewing articles for Agronomy, please register your contact details, including your ORCID identifier, institutional affiliation, a short CV, and 5–6 keywords in line with your expertise at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer_reviewer/step/1. The managing editors will send you a notification once approved.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Agronomy Young Investigator Award is Dr. Mike Mulvaney.

Dr. Mike Mulvaney is an Assistant Professor and Cropping Systems Specialist at the University of Florida, FL, USA. His work has engaged everything from optimized land preparation methods and improved seedling vigor to greater spray system efficiency during crop protection. Mike has obtained US$29.7 million in grants; published 29 articles in high-impact peer-reviewed journals; worked and traveled in over 55 countries on six continents; and recently won the Early Career Research Award with the American Society of Agronomy. His work at CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) involved research on maize-wheat systems utilizing conservation agriculture (no-till, rotations, and soil cover) under rain-fed and irrigated conditions in various parts of Mexico. His previous work as the Assistant Program Director for the USAID SANREM CRSP involved the coordination and facilitation of crop and soils research in 13 developing countries with seven US universities. Mike’s ongoing work will focus on building a new research program from the ground up, conducting research and extension activities related to row cropping systems, water and nutrient use efficiency, conservation tillage systems, and rotations.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mike Mulvaney for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Mulvaney will receive an honorarium of 2000 Swiss Francs and a 20% discount for publishing two papers in Agronomy.

We would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the many excellent applications.

Prof. Peter Langridge
Editor in Chief

We are pleased to announce that the following papers were selected to receive the Agronomy Best Paper Awards of 2018:

Josefa Hernández-Ruiz and Marino B. Arnao.
Relationship of Melatonin and Salicylic Acid in Biotic/Abiotic Plant Stress. Agronomy 2018, 8, 33.
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/8/4/33

Youssef Rouphael, Maria Giordano, Mariateresa Cardarelli, Eugenio Cozzolino, Mauro Mori, Marios C. Kyriacou, Paolo Bonini, and Giuseppe Colla.
Plant- and Seaweed-Based Extracts Increase Yield but Differentially Modulate Nutritional Quality of Greenhouse Spinach through Biostimulant Action. Agronomy 2018, 8, 126.
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/8/7/126

We believe that the above papers represent a valuable contribution to Agronomy and the scientific literature and warmly congratulate Dr. Marino B. Arnao and Dr. Giuseppe Colla and their colleagues. In recognition of their accomplishments, each of the corresponding authors will be granted the chance to publish two papers (either review papers or research articles) free of charge in Agronomy before June 2020 (after the completion of the normal peer-review process) and a certificate.

Dear Colleagues,

The Agronomy Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by our reviewers to assessing the manuscripts submitted to the journal. With their great support, we have been able to publish many interesting, high-quality papers in Agronomy, and a quick peer-review process has been maintained consistently.

Dr. Pedro Revilla has been selected by the Selection Committee to be awarded the “Outstanding Reviewer Award of 2018” for the quantity, timeliness, and quality of his reviews in 2018. For his outstanding work, Dr. Pedro Revilla will receive a chance to publish a paper in Agronomy free of charge before the June of 2020, 500 Swiss Francs, and a certificate. 

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the two awardees for the 2018 Agronomy Travel Award for Junior Investigator:

• Dr. Christina Clarke, a Crop Physiologist from ADAS, UK, undertaking applied research in improving crop performance, specifically studying crop root systems and how increasing root biomass in deeper soil layers can be achieved with both agronomic and genetic methods.
• Dr. Evgenios Agathokleous, a Post-Doc researcher of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at the Hokkaido Research Center, Japan, carries out research to better understand the soil-plant-atmosphere interactions, especially on plant stress under different environmental stressors such as ozone, carbon dioxide, temperature, nitrogen deposition, and soil conditions. We had many impressive applicants for this award, and we congratulate our two recipients.

More information about their programs is available on these websites:

• https://www.adas.uk
• https://www.evgenios.info

The competition for the 2019 Agronomy Travel Award for Junior Investigator will be opened in early August 2018. Please check www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy and follow us @Agronomy_MDPI for more information closer to this date.

Dear Colleagues,

An exciting new initiative launched this year by Agronomy is the establishment of the first Agronomy Outstanding Reviewer Award. It is given to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Agronomy in 2017. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround is maintained.

The recipient was chosen by the Agronomy Editorial Team, Professor Michael J. Emes, who will receive a certificate, 500 CHF and an offer to publish one paper free of charge in Agronomy in 2019, after the normal peer-review procedure. The Agronomy Editorial Team is deeply grateful to all the reviewers for the time, energy and devotion that they have given to peer-reviews.

It is our great pleasure to announce the winner:
Professor Michael J. Emes, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.

We are pleased to announce that the following papers were selected as the first Prize of Agronomy Best Paper Awards 2017:

Jose Ramón Acosta-Motos, Maria Fernanda Ortuño, Agustina Bernal-Vicente, PedroDiaz-Vivancos,  Maria Jesus Sanchez-Blanco, and Jose Antonio Hernandez (Review) Plant Responses to Salt Stress: Adaptive Mechanisms. Agronomy 2017, 7, 18.
Available  online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/7/1/18

Malin C. Broberg, Petra Högy, and Håkan Pleijel
(Article) CO₂-Induced Changes in Wheat Grain Composition: Meta-Analysis and Response Functions. Agronomy 2017, 7, 32.
Available  online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/7/2/32

We believe the above papers represent a valuable contribution to Agronomy and the scientific literature and warmly congratulate Dr. Jose Antonio Hernandez and Dr. Malin C. Brobergand their groups. In recognition of their accomplishment, each of the corresponding authors has the chance to publish two papers (either review papers or research articles) until the end of 2019, free of charge (1000 CHF) in Agronomy, after the peer-review procedure and the certificate.

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Agronomy, I am pleased to announce the two awardees for the 2017 Agronomy Junior Investigator Travel Awards.

Dr. Pedro Diaz Vivancos, associate researcher from the University of Murcia, Spain, carries out research to better understand the “Abiotic Stress Protection by Cytosolic Antioxidant Machinery in Plum Plants”.

Dr. Huihui Zhang, research physical scientist, water management and systems research unit, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO, USA, estimates “crop water use/evapotranspiration by using remotely-sensed information from ground, airborne, and/or satellite sensors”. We had over 30 impressive applicants for this award, and we congratulate our two recipients. More information about their programs is available on these websites:

http://loop.frontiersin.org/people/229690/overview
https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/fort-collins-co/center-foragricultural-resources-research/water-management-and-systems-research/ people/huihui-zhang/

Prof. Dr. Peter Langridge
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics,
University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB 1,
Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
E-Mail: [email protected]