Author, Editor, and Reviewer Awards
Each year, the ASA, CSSA, SSSA, and journals recognize an outstanding group of authors, editors, and peer reviewers with annual awards presented at the ACS International Annual Meeting.
Society Awards
Articles published during the preceding two years are considered for the current year’s award (e.g., articles from 2018 and 2019 are considered for the 2020 award). In general, the selection is based on evaluation of how the article has advanced knowledge in the profession, the effectiveness of communication, originality, and impact.
2022 ASA Society Award Winner
"Corn nitrogen rate recommendation tools’ performance across eight US midwest corn belt states" authored by Curtis J. Ransom, Newell R. Kitchen, James J. Camberato, Paul R. Carter, Richard B. Ferguson, Fabián G. Fernández, David W. Franzen, et al. Read the 2022 ASA Society Award Winner now.
2022 CSSA Society Award Winner
"Diversity and heterotic patterns in North American proprietary maize germplasm" authored by Michael R. White, Mark A. Mikel, Natalia de Leon, and Shawn M. Kaeppler. Read the 2022 CSSA Society Award Winner now.
2022 SSSA Society Award Winner
"Soil health recovery after grassland reestablishment on cropland: The effects of time and topographic position" authored by Mriganka De, Jason A. Riopel, Larry J. Cihacek, Michael Lawrinenko, Rebecca Baldwin-Kordick, Steven J. Hall, and Marshall D. McDaniel. Read the 2022 SSSA Society Award Winner now.
Past Winners
Past and current winners can be accessed by Society at the links below.
American Society of Agronomy Outstanding Paper Awards
Crop Science Society of America Outstanding Paper Awards
Soil Science Society of America Outstanding Paper Awards
For a list of all past Outstanding Papers of the Year across all journals and divisions, please see our Outstanding Papers of the Year virtual issue.
Journal Outstanding Paper Awards
As with the flagship journal 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, methodology, originality, and impact.
2022 Agricultural & Environmental Letters Award Winner
"Systems with greater perenniality and crop diversity enhance soil biological health" authored by Christine D. Sprunger, Tvisha Martin, and Meredith Mann. Read the 2022 Agricultural & Environmental Letters Award Winner now.
2022 Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Award Winner
"An evaluation of biological soil health indicators in four long-term continuous agroecosystems in Canada" authored by Lumarie Pérez-Guzmán, Lori A. Phillips, Brent J. Seuradge, Ikechukwu Agomoh, Craig F. Drury, and Verónica Acosta-Martínez. Read the 2022 Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Award Winner now.
2022 Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Applied Turfgrass Science Section Award Winner
"The influence of water pH on efficacy of fungicides for turf disease control" authored by Trevor Stacy and Richard Latin. Read the 2022 Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Applied Turfgrass Science Section Award Winner now.
2022 Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Crop Management Section Award Winner
"Comparing the agronomic performance of short-season and commonly grown corn hybrid maturities in Ohio" authored by Alexander J. Lindsey, Richard Minyo, Allen B. Geyer, and Peter R. Thomison. Read the 2022 Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Crop Management Section Award Winner now.
2022 Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Forage and Grazinglands Section Award Winner
"Harvest interval effects on the persistence and productivity of alfalfa grown as a monoculture or in mixtures in the southeastern United States " authored by Marcia P. Quinby, Renata L. G. Nave, Gary E. Bates, and David McIntosh. Read the 2022 Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Forage and Grazinglands Section Award Winner.
2022 Journal of Environmental Quality Award Winner
"Biogeochemical and climate drivers of wetland phosphorus and nitrogen release: Implications for nutrient legacies and eutrophication risk." authored by Helen P. Jarvie, Denise W. Pallett, Stefanie M. Schäfer, Merrin L. Macrae, Michael J. Bowes, Philip Farrand, and Alan C. Warwick, et al. Read the 2022 Journal of Environmental Quality Award Winner now.
2022 Natural Sciences Education Award Winner
"Student and instructor perceptions of engagement after the rapid online transition of teaching due to COVID-19" authored by Kristen A. Walker and Katherine E. Koralesky. Read the 2022 Natural Sciences Education Award Winner now.
2022 The Plant Genome Award Winner
"Natural variation for carotenoids in fresh kernels is controlled by uncommon variants in sweet corn" authored by Matheus Baseggio, Matthew Murray, Maria Magallanes-Lundback, Nicholas Kaczmar, James Chamness, Edward S. Buckler, Margaret E. Smith, et. al. Read the 2022 The Plant Genome Journal Award Winner now.
2022 The Plant Phenome Journal Award Winner
"Optimization of UAS-based high-throughput phenotyping to estimate plant health and grain yield in sorghum" authored by Giovanni Galli, David W. Horne, S. Delroy Collins, Jinha Jung, Anjin Chang, Roberto Fritsche-Neto, and William L. Rooney. Read the 2022 The Plant Phenome Journal Award Winner now.
2022 Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems Award Winner
"Food safety considerations of urban agroforestry systems grown in contaminated environments" authored by Olga Romanova and Sarah Lovell. Read the 2022 Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems Award Winner now.
2022 Vadose Zone Journal Award Winner
"Simulation of spatial variability in crop leaf area index and yield using agroecosystem modeling and geophysics-based quantitative soil information" authored by C. Brogi, J. A. Huisman, M. Herbst, L. Weihermüller, A. Klosterhalfen, C. Montzka, T. G. Reichenau, et al. Read the 2022 Vadose Zone Journal Award Winner now.
Past Winners
Past and current winners can be accessed by journal at the links below.
Agricultural & Environmental Letters
Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment
Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management
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.
The Soil and Water Management and Conservation (S-6) Division of SSSA honors the authors of SSSAJ manuscripts published within the Soil and Water Management and Conservation Division of SSSAJ during the last seven years that have had exceptional impact on the scientific community. Selection is based on a rigorous evaluation of how the manuscript has advanced knowledge in the profession, the effectiveness of communication, originality, and impact measured by number of citations and downloads.
2022 Crop Science Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Winners
"Using environmental similarities to design training sets for genomewide selection" authored by Jeffrey L. Neyhart, Lucía Gutiérrez, and Kevin P. Smith. Read the Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Division Award Winner now.
"High throughput can produce better decisions than high accuracy when phenotyping plant populations" authored by Holly M. Lane and Seth C. Murray. Read the Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Division Award Winner now.
"Comparative study of transgenic and nontransgenic cotton" authored by Linghe Zeng, Jixiang Wu, Fred M. Bourland, B. Todd Campbell, Jane K. Dever, Steve Hague, Gerald O. Myers, et al. Read the Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Division Award Winner now.
"An analysis of simulated yield data for pepper shows how genotype × environment interaction in yield can be understood in terms of yield components and their QTLs" authored by Paolo C. Rodrigues, Ep Heuvelink, Leo F.M. Marcelis, Scott C. Chapman, and Fred A. van Eeuwijk. Read the Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Division Award Winner now.
"Effect of missing values in multi-environmental trials on variance component estimates" authored by Jens Hartung and Hans-Peter Piepho. Read the Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Division Award Winner now.
2022 Crop Science Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Honorable Mentions
"Breeding gain from exploitation of regional adaptation: An alfalfa case study" authored by Paolo Annicchiarico. Read the Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Division Award Honorable Mention now.
"Upgrading a maize breeding program via two-cycle genomewide selection: Same cost, same or less time, and larger gains" authored by Rex Bernardo. Read the Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Division Award Honorable Mention now.
"Speed breeding and early panicle harvest accelerates oat (Avena sativa L.) breeding cycles" authored by Pablo González-Barrios, Madhav Bhatta, Madalene Halley, Pablo Sandro, and Lucía Gutiérrez. Read the Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Division Award Honorable Mention now.
"Predictive breeding in maize during the last 90 years" authored by Rex Bernardo. Read the Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Division Award Honorable Mention now.
"Improvement of key agronomical traits in soybean through genomic prediction of superior crosses" authored by Martine Jean, Elroy Cober, Louise O'Donoughue, Istvan Rajcan, and François Belzile. Read the Crop Breeding and Genetics (C-01) Division Award Honorable Mention now.
2022 Crop Science Crop Physiology and Metabolism (C-02) Winners
"Effects of elevated CO2 and warmer temperature on early season field-grown cotton in high-input systems" authored by Katrina J. Broughton, Michael P. Bange, Jeffrey T. Baker, Charles Yates, Daniel K.Y. Tan, David T. Tissue, and Paxton Payton. Read the Crop Physiology and Metabolism (C-02) Division Award Winner now.
2022 Crop Science Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality (C-03) Winners
"Genotype-specific nitrogen uptake dynamics and fertilizer management explain contrasting wheat protein concentration" authored by Romulo P. Lollato, Brent R. Jaenisch, and Sergio R. Silva. Read the Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality (C-03) Division Award Winner now.
"Effect of tillers on corn yield: Exploring trait plasticity potential in unpredictable environments" authored by Rachel L. Veenstra, Carlos D. Messina, Dan Berning, Lucas A. Haag, Paul Carter, Trevor J. Hefley, P.V. Vara Prasad, et al. Read the Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality (C-03) Division Award Winner now.
"Maximizing soybean yield by understanding planting date, maturity group, and seeding rate interactions in North Carolina" authored by Tristan C. Morris, Rachel A. Vann, Josh Heitman, Guy D. Collins, and Ryan W. Heiniger. Read the Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality (C-03) Division Award Winner now.
2022 Crop Science Seed Physiology, Production, & Technology (C-04) Winners
"Quantitative trait locus mapping for resistance to heat-induced seed degradation and low seed phytic acid in soybean" authored by Jason D. Gillman, Kranthi Chebrolu, and James R. Smith. Read the Seed Physiology, Production, & Technology (C-04) Division Award Winner now.
2022 Crop Science Turfgrass Science (C-05) Winners
"Global DNA methylation predicts epigenetic reprogramming and transgenerational plasticity in Poa annua L." authored by Christopher W. Benson, Qing Mao, and David R. Huff. Read the Turfgrass Science (C-05) Division Award Winner now.
2021 Crop Science Forage and Grazinglands (C-06) Winners
"Water footprint, herbage and livestock responses for nitrogen-fertilized grass-legume grazing systems" authored by David Mirabedini Jaramillo, José C.B. Dubeux, Lynn E. Sollenberger, Joao M.B. Vendramini, Cheryl Mackowiak, Nicolas DiLorenzo, Liza Garcia, et al. Read the Forage and Grazinglands (C-06) Division Award Winner now.
"Fallow replacement cover crops in a semi-arid High Plains cropping system" authored by Johnathon D. Holman, Augustine K. Obour, and Yared Assefa. Read the Forage and Grazinglands (C-06) Division Award Winner now.
"Enzymatic and biochemical alterations in relation to lignin deposition at different growth stages of tall fescue" authored by Siddhartha Singh, Rajan Katoch, and Neelam Sharma. Read the Forage and Grazinglands (C-06) Division Award Winner now.
2022 Crop Science Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology (C-07) Winners
"Rsg1.a3: A new allele conferring unique resistance to greenbug Biotype H at the Rsg1 locus in Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum" authored by Xiangyang Xu, Dolores W. Mornhinweg, Guihua Bai, Brian Steffenson, Ruolin Bian, Genqiao Li, and Amy Bernardo. Read the Genomics, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology (C-07) Division Award Winner now.
2022 Crop Science Plant Genetic Resources (C-08) Winners
"Seedbank seeds for the study of environmentally induced transgenerational epigenetic variability: A case study of barley" authored by Tommaso Martinelli, Floriana Gavazzi, Iride Mascheretti, Dario Panzeri, Andreas Börner, and Massimiliano Lauria. Read the Plant Genetic Resources (C-08) Division Award Winner now.
"Characterization and pre-breeding of diverse alfalfa wild relatives originating from drought-stressed environments" authored by Alan W. Humphries, Carlos Ovalle, Steve Hughes, Alejandro del Pozo, Luis Inostroza, Viviana Barahona, Linqing Yu, et al. Read the Plant Genetic Resources (C-08) Division Award Winner now.
"A global resource for exploring and exploiting genetic variation in sorghum crop wild relatives" authored by Emma S. Mace, Alan W. Cruickshank, Yongfu Tao, Colleen H. Hunt, and David R. Jordan. Read the Plant Genetic Resources (C-08) Division Award Winner now.
2022 Crop Science Crops for Nutrition and Health (C-09) Winners
"The potential to breed a low-protein maize for protein-restricted diets" authored by Matthew S. Woore, Sherry A. Flint-Garcia, and James B. Holland. Read the Plant Genetic Resources (C-08) Division Award Winner now.
2022 Soil Science Society of America Journal Soil and Water Management and Conservation (S-06) Winners
To be determined.
Past Winners
Past and current winners can be accessed by division at the links below.
Editors Citation for Excellence Awards
For more than 10 years, the peer-reviewed journals published by ASA, CSSA, and SSSA have annually awarded associate editors and peer reviewers for outstanding performance. Each Editorial Board recognizes individuals for excellence in performing their work either as a reviewer or associate editor. The recognition is based on their efforts in establishing a quality review process, for timely and professional manuscript editing, and for overall excellence in managing a professional review process.
Past and current winners can be accessed by journal at the links below.
Agricultural & Environmental Letters
Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment
Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management
Journal of Environmental Quality
Journal of Plant Registrations
Soil Science Society of America Journal