Best Paper Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Plants 2021 Best Paper Awards.

The awards have been granted to:

One Review:

Plant Disease Detection and Classification by Deep Learning
by Muhammad Hammad Saleem, Johan Potgieter, and Khalid Mahmood Arif 
Plants 2019, 8(11), 468; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8110468

Three research articles:

Involvement of Phenolic Acids in Short-Term Adaptation to Salinity Stress is Species-Specific among Brassicaceae
by Ida Linić, Dunja Šamec, Jiří Grúz, Valerija Vujčić Bok, Miroslav Strnad, and Branka Salopek-Sondi
Plants 2019, 8(6), 155; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8060155

Isoform-Specific NO Synthesis by Arabidopsis thaliana Nitrate Reductase
by Marie Agatha Mohn, Besarta Thaqi, and Katrin Fischer-Schrader
Plants 2019, 8(3), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8030067

GWAS for Starch-Related Parameters in Japonica Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
by Chiara Biselli, Andrea Volante, Francesca Desiderio, Alessandro Tondelli, Alberto Gianinetti, Franca Finocchiaro, Federica Taddei, Laura Gazza, Daniela Sgrulletta, Luigi Cattivelli, and Giampiero Valè
Plants 2019, 8(8), 292; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8080292

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive 500 CHF and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Plants in 2021.

On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups for their contributions to Plants and the Award Committee for voting and helping with these awards.

Plants Editorial Office

 
Plants 2021 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Plants will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

14 pages, 3149 KiB  
Article
Metabolic and Physiological Regulation of Aspartic Acid-Mediated Enhancement of Heat Stress Tolerance in Perennial Ryegrass
by Shuhan Lei, Stephanie Rossi and Bingru Huang
Plants 2022, 11(2), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11020199 - 13 Jan 2022
30 pages, 14868 KiB  
Article
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Habitat Suitability of the Dominant Tree Species in Greece
by Nikolaos M. Fyllas, Theano Koufaki, Christodoulos I. Sazeides, Gavriil Spyroglou and Konstantinos Theodorou
Plants 2022, 11(12), 1616; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11121616 - 20 Jun 2022
20 pages, 2279 KiB  
Article
Application of Biostimulants in Tomato Plants (Solanum lycopersicum) to Enhance Plant Growth and Salt Stress Tolerance
by Stella Gedeon, Andreas Ioannou, Raffaella Balestrini, Vasileios Fotopoulos and Chrystalla Antoniou
Plants 2022, 11(22), 3082; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11223082 - 14 Nov 2022
23 pages, 1640 KiB  
Review
Plant Flavonoids in Mediterranean Species: A Focus on Flavonols as Protective Metabolites under Climate Stress
by Justine Laoué, Catherine Fernandez and Elena Ormeño
Plants 2022, 11(2), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11020172 - 10 Jan 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Dilantha Fernando Chairman
University of Manitoba
Dr. Nobuhiro Suzuki
Sophia University
Prof. Dr. Oscar Vicente
Universitat Politècnica de València
Dr. Chris Helliwell
Dr. Yong-Bi Fu
Plant Gene Resources of Canada

Winner

22 pages, 7622 KiB  
Review
Natural Blues: Structure Meets Function in Anthocyanins
by Alan Houghton, Ingo Appelhagen and Cathie Martin
Plants 2021, 10(4), 726; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10040726 - 8 Apr 2021
19 pages, 8621 KiB  
Article
Screening for Higher Grain Yield and Biomass among Sixty Bread Wheat Genotypes Grown under Elevated CO2 and High-Temperature Conditions
by Emilio L. Marcos-Barbero, Pilar Pérez, Rafael Martínez-Carrasco, Juan B. Arellano and Rosa Morcuende
Plants 2021, 10(8), 1596; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081596 - 3 Aug 2021
14 pages, 1987 KiB  
Article
Foliar Application of Different Vegetal-Derived Protein Hydrolysates Distinctively Modulates Tomato Root Development and Metabolism
by Angela Valentina Ceccarelli, Begoña Miras-Moreno, Valentina Buffagni, Biancamaria Senizza, Youry Pii, Mariateresa Cardarelli, Youssef Rouphael, Giuseppe Colla and Luigi Lucini
Plants 2021, 10(2), 326; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10020326 - 8 Feb 2021
16 pages, 2573 KiB  
Article
Identification and Mapping of Tomato Genome Loci Controlling Tolerance and Resistance to Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus
by Avner Zinger, Moshe Lapidot, Arye Harel, Adi Doron-Faigenboim, Dana Gelbart and Ilan Levin
Plants 2021, 10(1), 179; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10010179 - 19 Jan 2021

Winner

Fermín Morales
Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (IdAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Gobierno de Navarra, Av. Pamplona 123, 31192 Mutilva, Spain
Gabriella Pocsfalvi
Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Naples, National Research Council, 80131 Naples, Italy
Elisa Garzo
Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias (ICA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain
Cinzia Margherita Bertea
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, 10123 Turin, Italy

Winner

22 pages, 4661 KiB  
Article
Differences in the Abundance of Auxin Homeostasis Proteins Suggest Their Central Roles for In Vitro Tissue Differentiation in Coffea arabica
by Ana O. Quintana-Escobar, Hugo A. Méndez-Hernández, Rosa M. Galaz-Ávalos, José M. Elizalde-Contreras, Francisco A. Reyes-Soria, Victor Aguilar-Hernández, Eliel Ruíz-May and Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas
Plants 2021, 10(12), 2607; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10122607 - 27 Nov 2021

Winner

María Dolores Ibáñez and María Amparo Blázquez
Departament de Farmacologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de València, Avd. Vicent Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/7/4/79
Lazar Novaković
La Trobe Institute for Agriculture and Food, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/7/4/89
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