HomePublicationsCSA NewsIssuesCSA News: Volume 71, Issue 62026 journal outstanding editors, reviewers May 14, 2026 We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Editor's Citation for Excellence for reviewers and associate editors for our journals.We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Editor's Citation for Excellence for reviewers and associate editors for our journals.All journals published by ASA, CSSA, and SSSA depend on the commitment and dedication of volunteer reviewers and editors to maintain the high level of quality articles. The following individuals provided particularly noteworthy service as reviewers and associate editors for these journals during 2025. Interested in serving as a reviewer or editorial board member? ASA, CSSA, and SSSA members can log into the Member Hub to review open volunteer opportunities! Agronomy JournalAssociate Editors Alan Franzluebbers, USDA-ARS Prakriti Bista, New Mexico State University Michael Kaiser, University of Nebraska Gandura Abagandura, Climate Sense Prakash Jha, Mississippi State University A. K. M. Abdullah Al-Amin, Bangladesh Agricultural University Tina Sullivan, Kansas State University Logan Simon, Kansas State University Davie Kadyampakeni, University of Florida Hemendra Kumar, University of Maryland College Park Arun Jani, California State University, Monterey Bay Gurjinder Baath, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Bhupinder Singh, University of Arizona Raju Bheemanahalli, Mississippi State University Reviewers Peter Kyveryga, Bayer Crop Science Maryse Bourgault, University of Saskatchewan Unius Arinaitwe, South Dakota State University Deepak Joshi, Kansas State University Corey Kichler, USDA Agricultural Research Service Jagmandeep Dhillon, OCP Nutricrops/ OCP NA Crop ScienceAssociate Editors Brenda Gambin, Iowa State University Gabriela Abeledo, School of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires Marta Lima, Quercus Pathways LLC Diane Wang, Purdue University Simerjeet Kaur, Punjab Agricultural University Curtis Adams, USDA-ARS Nirit Bernstein, Volcani Institute Irish Pabuayon, Texas Tech University Camille Steber, USDAReviewers Amber Hauvermale, Washington State University Viktor Korzun, KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA Francisco Cafaro La Menza, National University of Mar del Plata Soil Science Society of America JournalAssociate Editors Jake Mowrer, Texas A&M Jose Lucas Safanelli, Woodwell Climate Carlos Bonilla, Oregon State Owen Duckworth, North Carolina State University Barbara Cade-Menun, Swift Current Research and Development Centre Steve Culman, Oregon State Larry Cihacek, North Dakota State University Curtis Dell, USDA Reviewers Yuki Kojima, Gifu University Ekrem Ozlu, Vernon G. James Research & Extension Center Keith D. Reid, Retired Christine Wachendorf, University of Kassel Wei Dai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Gurbir Singh, University of Missouri-Columbia Journal of Environmental QualityAssociate Editors Michael Schmidt, USDA-ARS Nicholas Basta, Ohio State University Mary Savin, University of Arkansas Xubiao Yu, Zhejiang A&F UniversityReviewers Lindsay Pease, University of Minnesota Jin-Yong Lee, Kangwon National University Jess Sherman, USDA-ARS Paul Northrop, StonybrookAgricultural & Environmental LettersAssociate Editors Manbir Rakkar, Ohio State University Quincy Law, Iowa State University Reviewers Veronica Acosta-Martinez, USDA-ARS Anna Cates, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Agrosystems, Geosciences & EnvironmentAssociate Editors Larry Cihacek, North Dakota State University Peters Egbedi, Louisiana State University AgCenter Emi Kimura, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office Hanh Pham, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Kurt Vollmer, University of Maryland Reviewers Abdul Qadeer, Gansu Agricultural University Miurel Brewer, Weston & Sampson Praveen Gajula, Virginia Tech Aziz Ahmed, University of Sindh Ali Atta, University of Florida Mohammadreza Khaleghi, Islamic Azad UniversityCrop, Forage & Turfgrass ManagementAssociate Editors Liliane Severino da Silva, Clemson Matt Elmore, Rutgers University Harkirat Kaur, University of Wisconsin-MadisonReviewers Marco Schiavon, Univeristy of Florida Justin Burt, University of Georgia-Tifton Ana Carcedo, North Dakota State UniversityJournal of Plant RegistrationsAssociate Editors Jodi Scheffler, USDA-ARS Margaret Kraue, Oregon State John Cason, Texas A&MReviewers Chunda Feng, USDA-ARS Barry Tillman, University of Florida Juan Arbelaez, University of IllinoisNatural Sciences EducationAssociate Editors Carol Smith, Lincoln University Jerry Maroulis, University of South QueenslandReviewers Chris Eck, Oklahoma State University Isaac Record, Michigan State UniversityThe Plant GenomeAssociate Editors Xianran Li, USDA-ARS Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research Unit Alexander Lipka, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nonoy Bandillo, North Carolina State University Shuyu Liu, Texas A&M University Agnieszka Golicz, Justus Liebig University Giessen Manuel Spannagl, Helmholtz Center MunichReviewers Paulo Izquierdo, New Mexico State University Sheidu Abdullaziz, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry Universities Fuzhou China Dinesh Kumar Saini, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, TX, USA Lianjun Sun, Purdue University Hidenori Tanaka, University of Miyazaki Marie MalmbergThe Plant Phenome JournalAssociate Editors Jennifer Lachowiec, Montana State University Jessica Rutkoski, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Weizhen Liu, Wuhan University of Technology Reviewers Pabitra Joshi, Highland Specialty Grains Marcus Griffiths, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Urban Agriculture & Regional Food SystemsAssociate Editors Carmen Ugarte, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Amin Nouri, Thatcher Company-Principal Senior Research Scientist Reviewers Jie Zhuang, University of Tennessee in Knoxville Aurup Ratan Dhar, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota Vadose Zone JournalAssociate Editors Jean Caron, Université Laval Helen Dahlke, University of California, Davis Paolo Nasta, University of Napoli Dongryeol Ryu, The University of Melbourne Anne Verhoef, The University of Reading, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Reading Michael Cosh , USDA-ARS-Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory Todd Caldwell, Desert Research Institute Reviewers Ebrahim Babaeian, University of Florida Heye Bogena, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Agrosphäre Institute (IBG-3) Yonggan Zhao, Tsinghua University Yanchao Bai, Yangzhou University Andrés Patrignani, Kansas State University More publications articles Back to issue Back to home Text © . 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