The Plants Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Plants. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

It is our pleasure to announce that the following referees have been selected to receive the “Plants 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Award” for the quantity, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2019 (in alphabetical order by surname):

Csengele Barta 
Missouri Western State University, USA

Hélia Cardoso 
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Rupesh Deshmukh 
University Laval, Canada

Prof. Dr. Dilantha Fernando
Editor-in-Chief of Plants 
University of Manitoba, Canada