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 winner of the Plants 2021 Best Paper Award for Young Investigator. All papers published in the "Young Investigators in Plant Sciences" Special Issue from 14 Jul 2021 to 20 Jul 2022 in Plants were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, one winner was selected.
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; doi:10.3390/plants10122607
The winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Plants in 2023 after peer review.
Please join us in congratulating the winner of Plants 2021 Best Paper Award for Young Investigator. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Plants.
Kind regards,
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
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
Chairman
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
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
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
