OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Italian Journal of Agronomy is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Plant extracts - importance in sustainable agriculture	20
Improved salinity tolerance in early growth stage of maize through salicylic acid foliar application	18
COVID-19 and labour in agriculture: economic and productive impacts in an agricultural area of the Mediterranean	18
Overview on Italian hemp production chain, related productive and commercial activities and legislative framework	15
Permanent cover for soil and water conservation in mechanized vineyards: A study case in Piedmont, NW Italy	11
Integrated application of biochar and bio-fertilizer improves yield and yield components of Cowpea under water-deficient stress	11
Land degradation assessment for sustainable soil management	11
Camelina (Camelina sativa L. Crantz) under low-input management systems in northern Italy: yields, chemical characterization and environmental sustainability	11
Smart fertilizers: What should we mean and where should we go?	9
Site- and time-specific early weed control is able to reduce herbicide use in maize - a case study	9
Climate change impacts on the Alpine, Continental and Mediterranean grassland systems of Italy: A review	8
Phosphorus deficiency enhances water deficit impact on some morphological and physiological traits in four faba bean (<em>Vicia faba L.</em>) varieties	8
Foliar application of plant-based biostimulants improve yield and upgrade qualitative characteristics of processing tomato	8
Soils and the European Green Deal	8
Use of giant reed (<em>Arundo donax</em> L.) to control soil erosion and improve soil quality in a marginal degraded area	7
Treated wastewater outperformed freshwater for barley irrigation in arid lands	7
Wheat straw mulch improves summer maize productivity and soil properties	6
Evaluation of the mulch films biodegradation in soil: a methodological review	6
Synthetic nitrogen coupled with seaweed extract and microbial inoculants improves rice (<em>Oryza sativa</em> L.) production under a dual cropping system	6
Innovative amendments derived from industrial and municipal wastes enhance plant growth and soil functions in potentially toxic elements-polluted environments	6
Predictive phytotoxic value of water-soluble allelochemicals in plant extracts for choosing a cover crop or mulch for specific weed control	6
Organic <em>versus</em> mineral fertilization: Assessing of yield and quality of durum wheat in marginal lands	6
Biostimulants and cherry rootstock increased tomato fruit yield and quality in sustainable farming systems	5
Determining the utility of an unmanned ground vehicle for weed control in specialty crop systems	5
Environmental and management drivers of alpine grassland vegetation types	5

Improving weed control in sustainable agro-ecosystems: Role of cultivar and termination timing of rye cover crop	5
Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium mass balances in an irrigated quinoa field	5
Selection of <em>p</em>-nitrophenyl fatty acid substrate suitable for detecting changes in soil esterase activity associated with degradation of biodegradable polyester mulch films: a fiel	4
Grain yield and associated physiological traits of rapeseed (<em>Brassica napus L.</em>) cultivars under different planting dates and drought stress at the flowering stage	4
Problems and perspectives in weed management	4
Municipal organic waste compost replaces mineral fertilization in the horticultural cropping systems, reducing the pollution risk	4
Impact of irrigation water deficit on two tomato genotypes grown under open field conditions: From the root-associated microbiota to the stress responses	4
Land set-up systems in Italy: A long tradition of soil and water conservation sewed up to a variety of pedo-climatic environments	4
Forage and grain yields of dual-purpose triticale as influenced by the integrated use of <em>Azotobacter chroococcum</em> and mineral nitrogen fertilizer	4
A multi-criteria qualitative tool for the sustainability assessment of organic durum wheat-based farming systems designed through a participative process	4
Variation in quality traits of newly developed Serbian wheat cultivars under different environmental conditions of Pannonian plain	4
Soil N<sub>2</sub>O emissions after perennial legume termination in an alfalfa-wheat crop rotation system under Mediterranean conditions	4
Assessment of hail damages in maize using remote sensing and comparison with an insurance assessment: A case study in Lombardy	4
Exogenously applied growth promoters modulate the antioxidant enzyme system to improve the cotton productivity under water stress conditions	3
Techno-diversity for carbon farming and climate resilience	3
AquaCrop parametrisation for quinoa in arid environments	3
Salt-affected soils: field-scale strategies for prevention, mitigation, and adaptation to salt accumulation	3
In-door germination and seedling growth of green and red lettuce under LED-light spectrum and subsequent effect on baby leaf lettuce	3
Differential gas exchange and soil microclimate dynamics under biodegradable plastic, polyethylene, and paper mulches	3
The The response of soil physicochemical properties to tillage and soil fertility resources in Central Highlands of Kenya	3
Genetic variability of some agronomic traits in a collection of wheat (<em>Triticum turgidum</em> L. sp.pl.) genotypes under South Mediterranean growth conditions	3
Cover crops as a weed seed bank management tool: A soil down review	3
Seed priming with zinc improves field performance of maize hybrids grown on calcareous chernozem	3
Rye (<em>Secale cereale</em> L.) and squarrose clover (<em>Trifolium squarrosum</em> L.) cover crops can increase their allelopathic potential for weed control when used mixed	3
Spray nozzle selection contributes to improved postemergence herbicide crabgrass control in turfgrass	3
A scoping review of side-dress nitrogen recommendation systems and their perspectives in precision agriculture	3
Growth control of herbaceous ground cover and egg quality from an integrated poultry-hazelnut orchard system	3
Physiological and nutritional significance of potassium application under sole and intercropped maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.)	3
Soil refinement accelerates in-field degradation rates of soil-biodegradable mulch films	3
Climate change risk perception and adaptation to climate smart agriculture are required to increase wheat production for food security	3
Interregional comparative analysis of farmers’ perceptions and expectations of climate change	3
High intensity and red enriched LED lights increased the growth of lettuce and endive	2
The optimisation of rapeseed yield and growth duration through adaptive crop management in climate change: evidence from China	2
Ornamental plants for floating treatment wetlands: preliminary results	2
Carbon input management in temperate rice paddies: implications for methane emissions and crop response	2
Low-input cultivation of camelina (<em>Camelina sativa</em> (L.) Crantz) in a Mediterranean semi-arid environment	2
Cover crops as green mulching for weed management in rice	2
Application of Zn-containing foliar fertilisers for recovery of the grain productivity potential of Zn-deficient maize plants	2
Effect of four pre-planted cover crop species on weed control and population dynamics	2
The Intraspecific competition as a driver for true production potential of soybean	2
Durum wheat salt stress tolerance is modulated by the interaction between plant genotypes, soil microbial biomass, and enzyme activity	2
Deconstructing agronomic resource use efficiencies to increase food production	2
Agronomic response of sunflower subjected to biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi application under drought conditions	2
Improving soil and water conservation and ecosystem services by sustainable soil management practices: From a global to an Italian soil partnership	2
Mitigating the impact of soil salinity: recent developments and future strategies	2
Assessment of yield and nitrate content of wild rocket grown under salinity and subjected to biostimulant application	2
An on-farm rotational grazing trial: restricting access time to pasture did not affect the productivity of a dairy sheep flock in spring	2
The ability of crop models to predict soil organic carbon changes in a maize cropping system under contrasting fertilization and residues management: Evidence from a long-term experiment	2
First insight of exogenous addition of proline and glycinebetaine to mitigate fluorine toxicity effects on common bean seedlings	2
Effect of land set up systems on soil losses	2

Discovering genetic diversity of Changmaogu, a rice landrace, for conservation and rural development	2
Fennel outperforms ajwain and anise in saline environment: physiological response mechanisms in germinating seeds and mature plants	2
Stakeholders analysis and engagement to address water-ecosystems-food Nexus challenges in Mediterranean environments: a case study in Italy	2
The impact of climate change on the productivity of cowpea (<em>Vigna unguiculata</em>) under three different socio-economic pathways	2
How does soil carbon sequestration affect greenhouse gas emissions from a sheep farming system? Results of a life cycle assessment case study	2
The intersection of integrated pest management and soil quality in the resistant weed era	2
Potential elicitors on secondary metabolite production and antioxidant defence activity of two tomato (<em>Solanum lycopersicum</em> L.) varieties	2
Crushed bark as a novel soil conditioner for organic plant production	2
A three-stage approach for co-designing diversified cropping systems with farmers: the case study of lentil-wheat intercropping	2