OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Italian Journal of Agronomy is 4. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Plant extracts - importance in sustainable agriculture	23
Improved salinity tolerance in early growth stage of maize through salicylic acid foliar application	19
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
Land degradation assessment for sustainable soil management	12
Permanent cover for soil and water conservation in mechanized vineyards: A study case in Piedmont, NW Italy	12
Camelina (Camelina sativa L. Crantz) under low-input management systems in northern Italy: yields, chemical characterization and environmental sustainability	11
Integrated application of biochar and bio-fertilizer improves yield and yield components of Cowpea under water-deficient stress	11
Climate change impacts on the Alpine, Continental and Mediterranean grassland systems of Italy: A review	9
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
Soils and the European Green Deal	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
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
Organic <em>versus</em> mineral fertilization: Assessing of yield and quality of durum wheat in marginal lands	7
Predictive phytotoxic value of water-soluble allelochemicals in plant extracts for choosing a cover crop or mulch for specific weed control	6
Wheat straw mulch improves summer maize productivity and soil properties	6
Innovative amendments derived from industrial and municipal wastes enhance plant growth and soil functions in potentially toxic elements-polluted environments	6
Synthetic nitrogen coupled with seaweed extract and microbial inoculants improves rice (<em>Oryza sativa</em> L.) production under a dual cropping system	6
Evaluation of the mulch films biodegradation in soil: a methodological review	6
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	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

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
A multi-criteria qualitative tool for the sustainability assessment of organic durum wheat-based farming systems designed through a participative process	5
Land set-up systems in Italy: A long tradition of soil and water conservation sewed up to a variety of pedo-climatic environments	5
Biostimulants and cherry rootstock increased tomato fruit yield and quality in sustainable farming systems	5
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
Improving soil and water conservation and ecosystem services by sustainable soil management practices: From a global to an Italian soil partnership	4
Soil N<sub>2</sub>O emissions after perennial legume termination in an alfalfa-wheat crop rotation system under Mediterranean conditions	4
Municipal organic waste compost replaces mineral fertilization in the horticultural cropping systems, reducing the pollution risk	4
Variation in quality traits of newly developed Serbian wheat cultivars under different environmental conditions of Pannonian plain	4
Soil refinement accelerates in-field degradation rates of soil-biodegradable mulch films	4
Agronomic response of sunflower subjected to biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi application under drought conditions	4
Problems and perspectives in weed management	4
Assessment of hail damages in maize using remote sensing and comparison with an insurance assessment: A case study in Lombardy	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
Salt-affected soils: field-scale strategies for prevention, mitigation, and adaptation to salt accumulation	4
Differential gas exchange and soil microclimate dynamics under biodegradable plastic, polyethylene, and paper mulches	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