2024 Journal Outstanding Paper Awards

November 1, 2024

Each year, ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, and its journals recognize outstanding journal papers with annual awards presented at the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Annual Meeting. Following are this year’s winners.

Society Awards

Articles published during the preceding two years are considered for the current year’s award (e.g., articles from 2022 and 2023 are considered for the 2024 award). In general, the selection is based on evaluation of how the article has advanced knowledge in the profession, the effectiveness of communication, and its originality and impact.

ASA Society Award Winner

“Soybean Yield Response to Sulfur and Nitrogen Additions Across Diverse U.S. Environments” by Keren Brooks, Spyridon Mourtzinis, Shawn P. Conley, Mark S. Reiter, John Gaska, David Lee Holshouser, Trent Irby, Jonathan Kleinjan, Carrie Knott, Chad Lee, Laura Lindsey, Seth Naeve, Jeremy Ross, Maninder Pal Singh, Rachel Vann, and Emma Matcham. See https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21216

SSSA Society Award Winner

“A Mechanistic Inquiry into the Applicability of Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon as a Soil Health Indicator” by Isabel Christy, Amber Moore, David Myrold, and Markus Kleber. See https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20569

CSSA Society Award Winners

Original Research: “Sustained Improvement in Tolerance to Water Deficit Accompanies Maize Yield Increase in Temperate Environments” by Carlos Messina, Ignacio Antonio Ciampitti, Dan Berning, Dave Bubeck, Graeme Hammer, and Mark Cooper. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20781

Review: “Unoccupied Aerial Systems Imagery for Phenotyping in Cotton, Maize, Soybean, and Wheat Breeding” by Andrew W. Herr, Alper Adak, Matthew E. Carroll, Dinakaran Elango, Soumyashree Kar, Changying Li, Sarah E. Jones, Arron H. Carter, Seth C. Murray, Andrew Paterson, Sindhuja Sankaran, Arti Singh, and Asheesh K. Singh. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21028

Journal Outstanding Paper Awards

As with the Society Outstanding Paper awards, articles that are eligible for the Journal Outstanding Paper Awards are published during the preceding two years. The articles undergo a selection process based on evaluation of how the article has advanced knowledge in the profession, the effectiveness of communication, and its methodology, originality, and impact.

Agricultural & Environmental Letters

Research Letter: “How Can We Estimate Optimum Fertilizer Rates With Accuracy and Precision?” by Fernando E. Miguez and Hanna Poffenbarger. See https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20075

Commentary: “The Problem With Open Geospatial Data for On‐Farm Research” by Joby M. Prince Czarnecki and Mary Ann Jones. See https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20062

Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment

“Phosphorus and Potassium Mineralization as Affected by Phosphorus Levels and Soil Types Under Laboratory Condition” by Nabin Rawal, Keshab Raj Pande, Renuka Shrestha, and Shree Prasad Vista. See https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20229

Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management

Applied Turfgrass Science Section:“A Review of Precision Management for Golf Course Turfgrass,” by Michael G. Carlson, Roch E. Gaussoin, and Laila A. Puntel. See https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20183

Crop Management Section: “Corn and Soybean Planting Order Decisions Impact Farm Gross Revenue,” by Spyridon Mourtzinis and Shawn P. Conley. See https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20242

Forage and Grazinglands Section:“Evaluation of a Handheld NIRS Instrument for Determining Haylage Dry Matter,” by J. H. Cherney, D. J. R. Cherney, and M. F. Digman. See https://doi.org/10.1002/cft2.20239

Journal of Environmental Quality

“Impacts of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Treated for Beneficial Reuse: Two Case Studies in Central Pennsylvania” by Kathryn R. Hayden, Matthew Jones, Kyle R. Elkin, Michael J. Shreve, William Irvin Clees II, Shirley Clark, Michael L. Mashtare, Tamie L. Veith, Herschel A. Elliott, John E. Watson, Justin Silverman, Thomas L. Richard, Andrew F. Read, and Heather E. Preisendanz. See https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20398

Journal of Plant Registrations

“Registration of seven powdery mildew‐resistant wild hop germplasm lines” by Joshua S. Havill, Michele S. Wiseman, John A. Henning, David H. Gent, and Gary J. Muehlbauer. See https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20255

Natural Sciences Education

“Soil Science Education: A Multinational Look at Current Perspectives” by Eric C. Brevik, Maja Krzic, Cristine Muggler, Damien Field, Jacqueline Hannam, and Yoshi Uchida. See https://doi.org/10.1002/nse2.20077

The Plant Genome

Original Research: “Multi‐trait Genomic Selection Can Increase Selection Accuracy for Deoxynivalenol Accumulation Resulting From Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat” by Rupesh Gaire, Marcio Pais de Arruda, Mohsen Mohammadi, Gina Brown‐Guedira, Frederic L. Kolb, and Jessica Rutkoski. See https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20188 Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes

Review: “The Economics and Policy of Genome Editing in Crop Improvement” by Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes, Christopher Willig, Kenneth Zahringer. See https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20248

The Plant Phenome Journal

“A UAV‐Based High‐Throughput Phenotyping Approach to Assess Time‐Series Nitrogen Responses and Identify Trait‐Associated Genetic Components in Maize” by Eric Rodene, Gen Xu, Semra Palali Delen, Xia Zhao, Christine Smith, Yufeng Ge, James Schnable, and Jinliang Yang. See https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20030

Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems

“Leaf Mold Compost Reduces Waste, Improves Soil and Microbial Properties, and Increases Tomato Productivity” by Kyle Richardville, Dan Egel, Andrew Flachs, Amit Jaiswal, Dan Perkins, Aaron Thompson, and Lori Hoagland. See https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.20022

Vadose Zone Journal

“Same Soil, Different Climate: Crop Model Intercomparison on Translocated Lysimeters” by Jannis Groh, Efstathios Diamantopoulos, Xiaohong Duan, Frank Ewert, Florian Heinlein, Michael Herbst, Maja Holbak, Bahareh Kamali, Kurt‐Christian Kersebaum, Matthias Kuhnert, Claas Nendel, Eckart Priesack, Jörg Steidl, Michael Sommer, Thomas Pütz, Jan Vanderborght, Harry Vereecken, Evelyn Wallor, Tobias K. D. Weber, Martin Wegehenkel, Lutz Weihermüller, and Horst H. Gerke. See https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20202

Society Division Paper Awards

Most CSSA divisions award outstanding papers annually from papers published in Crop Science. Division awards are chosen from all articles published in the preceding calendar year with selection based on appropriate scientific merit in their topic areas.

Crop Science Crop Breeding and Genetics (C01) Winners

“Using Machine Learning Enabled Phenotyping to Characterize Nodulation n Three Early Vegetative Stages in Soybean” by Clayton N. Carley, Melinda J. Zubrod, Somak Dutta, and Asheesh K. Singh. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20861

“Reducing the Generation Time In Winter Wheat Cultivars Using Speed Breeding” by Adam Schoen, Sydney Wallace, Meghan Fisher Holbert, Gina Brown‐Guidera, Stephen Harrison, Paul Murphy, Nicholas Sanantonio, David Van Sanford, Richard Boyles, Mohamed Mergoum, Nidhi Rawat, and Vijay Tiwari. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20989

“Multivariate Genomic Selection Models Improve Prediction Accuracy of Agronomic Traits in Soft Red Winter Wheat” by Zachary J. Winn, Dylan L. Larkin, Dennis N. Lozada, Noah DeWitt, Gina Brown‐Guedira, and Richard Esten Mason. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20994

“Calibration of the Crop Growth Model APSIM for 15 Publicly Available Corn Hybrids in North America” by Cassandra Anne Winn, Sotirios Archontoulis, and Jode Edwards. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20857

“A Null Allele of the Polyphenol Oxidase Gene Ppo‐A1 in Hexaploid Wheat Originates From Tetraploid Wheat” by Akiko Nakamaru, Keita Kato, Sachiko Ikenaga, and Toshiki Nakamura. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21075

Crop Science Crop Breeding and Genetics (C01) Honorable Mentions

“Identification of Adapted Breeding Lines to Improve Barley Hybrids for Spain” by Miriam Fernández‐Calleja, Christophe Boutin, Emmanuelle Dyrszka, Yann Manès, Jochen C. Reif, Yusheng Zhao, Nieves Aparicio, Francisco J. Ciudad, Ana M. Casas, and Ernesto Igartua. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20858

“Agronomic and Quality Impact of a Shortened Translocation for Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Resistance” by Mary J. Guttieri, Robert L. Bowden, Guorong Zhang, Scott Haley, Katherine Frels, Gary L. Hein, and Katherine W. Jordan. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20876

“Reciprocal Recurrent Selection Based on Genetic Complementation: An Efficient Way to Build Heterosis in Diploids Due to Directional Dominance” by Giovanny Covarrubias‐Pazaran, Christian Werner, and Dorcus Gemenet. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21018

“Multitrait Selection in Seedless Grape Hybrids in Semiarid Regions of Brazil” by Jullyanna Nair de Carvalho, Pollyanna Aparecida de Carvalho, Rafael Pio, Maria Angélica Guimarães Barbosa, and Patrícia Coelho de Souza Leão. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20990

“Analysis of Repeated Measures Data Through Mixed Models: An Application in Theobroma grandiflorum Breeding” by Saulo F. S. Chaves, Rodrigo S. Alves, Luiz A. S. Dias, Rafael M. Alves, Kaio O. G. Dias, and Jeniffer S. P. C. Evangelista. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20995

Crop Science Crop Physiology and Metabolism (C02) Winners

“Shade Tolerance Response of Legumes in Terms of Biomass Accumulation, Leaf Photosynthesis, and Chlorophyll Pigment Under Reduced Sunlight” by Mathada Rangappa Umesh, Sangamesh Angadi, Sultan Begna, Prasanna Gowda, and P. V. Vara Prasad. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20851

Crop Science Turfgrass Science (C05) Winners

“Promotive Effects of Endophytic Rhizobacteria on Tiller and Root Growth in Creeping Bentgrass During Drought Stress and Post‐Stress Recovery Involving Regulation of Hormone and Sugar Metabolism” by William Errickson, Ning Zhang, and Bingru Huang. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21017

Crop Science Forage and Grazinglands (C06) Winners

“Overseeding Aeschynomene and N Fertilization Effects on Forage Characteristics, N Fixation, and N₂O Emissions of Bahiagrass Pastures” by Jaime Garzon, Joao M. B. Vendramini, Maria L. Silveira, Jose Carlos B. Dubeux Jr, Hui‐Ling Liao, Lynn E. Sollenberger, Hiran M. S. da Silva, Vinicius C. Gomes, and Hugo M. R. de Oliveira. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20981

“Grazing Intensity Effects on Sward Responses of UF Riata Bahiagrass” by Erick R. S. Santos, José C. B. Dubeux Jr., Lynn E. Sollenberger, Cheryl L. Mackowiak, Carlos C. Vela Garcia, Gleise M. Silva, Michelle C. B. Siqueira, David M. Jaramillo, Flávia O. S. van Cleef, Luana Q. S. D. Zagato, Daciele S. Abreu, and Nicolas DiLorenzo. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21069

“Managing Interspecies Competition to Improve Spring Pasture Maturity, Nutritive Value, and Biomass” by Kelly M. Mercier, Eric D. Billman, Kathy J. Soder, David M. Jaramillo, Sarah C. Goslee, and Paul R. Adler. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20892

Crop Science Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology (C07) Winners

“Underlying Mechanisms of FHB Susceptibility and Resistance in Wheat: Insights from a Transcriptome‐Based Analysis” by Soren Seifi, Mina Kaviani, Alireza Navabi, Elizabeth A. Lee, and Helen M. Booker. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20974

“Transcription factor OsDOF1 enhances cold‐stress tolerance potentially through interactions with OsICE1 and its target genes in rice (Oryza sativa L.)” by Jia Liu, Qinglin Meng, Hongtao Xiang, Fengmei Shi, Ligong Ma, Yichu Li, Liangbin Yu, Chunlai Liu, Yu Liu, and Baohua Su. See https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21073(no photo available)

Crop Science Plant Genetic Resources (C08) Winners

“Genomic Insights into the NPGS Intermediate Wheatgrass Germplasm Collection” by Jared Crain, Steve Larson, Sajal Sthapit, Kevin Jensen, Jesse Poland, Kevin Dorn, Aaron Thomas, and Lee DeHaan. See https://doi.org/10.1002/CSC2.20944

“Safeguarding Plant Genetic Resources in the United States During Global Climate Change” by Gayle M. Volk, Dan Carver, Brian M. Irish, Laura Marek, Anne Frances, Stephanie Greene, Colin K. Khoury, John Bamberg, Alfonso del Rio, Marilyn L. Warburton, and Peter K. Bretting. See https://doi.org/10.1002/CSC2.21003

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