Plants 2023, 12(3), 447; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030447 - 18 Jan 2023
Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Plants 2020 Best Paper Award. All papers published from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, as well as their citations and downloads, the four winning papers, nominated by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Dilantha Fernando, were selected.
One Review:
Photosynthetic Metabolism under Stressful Growth Conditions as a Bases for Crop Breeding and Yield Improvement
by Fermín Morales, María Ancín, Dorra Fakhet, Jon González-Torralba, Angie L. Gámez, Amaia Seminario, David Soba, Sinda Ben Mariem, Miguel Garriga and Iker Aranjuelo
Plants 2020, 9(1), 88; doi:10.3390/plants9010088
Three Research Articles:
Plant Roots Release Small Extracellular Vesicles with Antifungal Activity
by Monica De Palma, Alfredo Ambrosone, Antonietta Leone, Pasquale Del Gaudio, Michelina Ruocco, Lilla Turiák, Ramesh Bokka, Immacolata Fiume, Marina Tucci and Gabriella Pocsfalvi
Plants 2020, 9(12), 1777; doi:10.3390/plants9121777
Feeding Behavior and Virus-transmission Ability of Insect Vectors Exposed to Systemic Insecticides
by Elisa Garzo, Aránzazu Moreno, María Plaza and Alberto Fereres
Plants 2020, 9(7), 895; doi:10.3390/plants9070895
Transcriptome Analyses and Antioxidant Activity Profiling Reveal the Role of a Lignin-Derived Biostimulant Seed Treatment in Enhancing Heat Stress Tolerance in Soybean
by Cristina Campobenedetto, Giuseppe Mannino, Chiara Agliassa, Alberto Acquadro, Valeria Contartese, Christian Garabello and Cinzia Margherita Bertea
Plants 2020, 9(10), 1308; doi:10.3390/plants9101308
Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and the chance to publish a paper free of charge in Plants in 2022.
On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We also wish to thank all the nominated research groups of the exceptional papers above for their contributions to Plants, and the Award Committee for voting and for their assistance with this award.
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Dilantha Fernando, Plants
Plants 2020 Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Plants will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Environmental Factors Regulate Plant Secondary Metabolites
Multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 Gene-Editing Can Deliver Potato Cultivars with Reduced Browning and Acrylamide
Plants 2023, 12(2), 379; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12020379 - 13 Jan 2023
Melatonin-Mediated Enhancement of Photosynthetic Capacity and Photoprotection Improves Salt Tolerance in Wheat
Plants 2023, 12(23), 3984; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12233984 - 27 Nov 2023
Award Committee
Prof. Dilantha Fernando
Chairperson
University of Manitoba
Prof. Dr. Michael Moustakas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Prof. Iyyakkannu Sivanesan
Konkuk University
Dr. Yong-Bi Fu
Plant Gene Resources of Canada
Dr. Othmane Merah
University of Toulouse
Prof. Dr. Oscar Vicente
Universitat Politècnica de València
Winner
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Habitat Suitability of the Dominant Tree Species in Greece
Plants 2022, 11(12), 1616; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11121616 - 20 Jun 2022
Application of Biostimulants in Tomato Plants (Solanum lycopersicum) to Enhance Plant Growth and Salt Stress Tolerance
Plants 2022, 11(22), 3082; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11223082 - 14 Nov 2022
Plant Flavonoids in Mediterranean Species: A Focus on Flavonols as Protective Metabolites under Climate Stress
Plants 2022, 11(2), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11020172 - 10 Jan 2022
Award Committee
Prof. Dilantha Fernando
Chairperson
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
Natural Blues: Structure Meets Function in Anthocyanins
Plants 2021, 10(4), 726; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10040726 - 8 Apr 2021
Identification and Mapping of Tomato Genome Loci Controlling Tolerance and Resistance to Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus
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
Khalid Mahmood Arif
Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Auckland 0632, New Zealand
Branka Salopek-Sondi
Department of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička c. 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Katrin Fischer-Schrader
Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Zülpicher Str. 47, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, Germany
Chiara Biselli
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, via S. Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC), Italy
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
