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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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Plant extracts - importance in sustainable agriculture	28
Improved salinity tolerance in early growth stage of maize through salicylic acid foliar application	18
Land degradation assessment for sustainable soil management	14
Permanent cover for soil and water conservation in mechanized vineyards: A study case in Piedmont, NW Italy	13
Climate change impacts on the Alpine, Continental and Mediterranean grassland systems of Italy: A review	12
Soils and the European Green Deal	11
Site- and time-specific early weed control is able to reduce herbicide use in maize - a case study	9
Predictive phytotoxic value of water-soluble allelochemicals in plant extracts for choosing a cover crop or mulch for specific weed control	9
Smart fertilizers: What should we mean and where should we go?	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
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	6
Land set-up systems in Italy: A long tradition of soil and water conservation sewed up to a variety of pedo-climatic environments	6
Improving soil and water conservation and ecosystem services by sustainable soil management practices: From a global to an Italian soil partnership	6
Organic <em>versus</em> mineral fertilization: Assessing of yield and quality of durum wheat in marginal lands	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
Salt-affected soils: field-scale strategies for prevention, mitigation, and adaptation to salt accumulation	5
Differential gas exchange and soil microclimate dynamics under biodegradable plastic, polyethylene, and paper mulches	5
Assessment of hail damages in maize using remote sensing and comparison with an insurance assessment: A case study in Lombardy	5
Innovative amendments derived from industrial and municipal wastes enhance plant growth and soil functions in potentially toxic elements-polluted environments	5
Cover crops as a weed seed bank management tool: A soil down review	4
AquaCrop parametrisation for quinoa in arid environments	4

Agronomic response of sunflower subjected to biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi application under drought conditions	4
Genetic variability of some agronomic traits in a collection of wheat (<em>Triticum turgidum</em> L. sp.pl.) genotypes under South Mediterranean growth conditions	4
A multi-criteria qualitative tool for the sustainability assessment of organic durum wheat-based farming systems designed through a participative process	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
In-door germination and seedling growth of green and red lettuce under LED-light spectrum and subsequent effect on baby leaf lettuce	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
Municipal organic waste compost replaces mineral fertilization in the horticultural cropping systems, reducing the pollution risk	4
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	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
Temporary ditches are effective in reducing soil erosion in hilly areas. An evaluation with the RUSLE model	3
Application of Zn-containing foliar fertilisers for recovery of the grain productivity potential of Zn-deficient maize plants	3
Effects of overseeding times on different warm-season turfgrasses: Visual turf quality and some related characteristics	3
A three-stage approach for co-designing diversified cropping systems with farmers: the case study of lentil-wheat intercropping	3
Seed priming with zinc improves field performance of maize hybrids grown on calcareous chernozem	3
Climate change risk perception and adaptation to climate smart agriculture are required to increase wheat production for food security	3
A scoping review of side-dress nitrogen recommendation systems and their perspectives in precision agriculture	3
Assessment of yield and nitrate content of wild rocket grown under salinity and subjected to biostimulant application	3
Organic <em>versus</em> conventional farming: Medium-term evaluation of soil chemical properties	3
Discovering genetic diversity of Changmaogu, a rice landrace, for conservation and rural development	3
The optimisation of rapeseed yield and growth duration through adaptive crop management in climate change: evidence from China	3
Interregional comparative analysis of farmers’ perceptions and expectations of climate change	3
Stakeholders analysis and engagement to address water-ecosystems-food Nexus challenges in Mediterranean environments: a case study in Italy	3
Techno-diversity for carbon farming and climate resilience	3
Stability analyses of sunflower (<em>Helianthus annuus</em> L.) hybrids for oleic acid and yield traits under multi location trials in Pakistan	2
The green granary of the Empire? Insights into olive agroforestry in Sicily (Italy) from the Roman past and the present	2
First insight of exogenous addition of proline and glycinebetaine to mitigate fluorine toxicity effects on common bean seedlings	2
Changes in <em>Eutric Cambisol</em> due to long-term mineral fertilisation: A case study in Serbia	2
Effect of land set up systems on soil losses	2
High intensity and red enriched LED lights increased the growth of lettuce and endive	2
Integrated soil-water-crop management in salt-affected areas	2
Mitigating the impact of soil salinity: recent developments and future strategies	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
Potential elicitors on secondary metabolite production and antioxidant defence activity of two tomato (<em>Solanum lycopersicum</em> L.) varieties	2
Assessing the effect of rotational grazing adoption in Iberian silvopastoral systems with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index time series	2
Durum wheat salt stress tolerance is modulated by the interaction between plant genotypes, soil microbial biomass, and enzyme activity	2
A review of crop frost damage models and their potential application to cover crops	2
Deconstructing agronomic resource use efficiencies to increase food production	2
Salinity tolerance evaluation of barley germplasm for marginal soil utilization	2
Forage and grain yields of dual-purpose triticale as influenced by the integrated use of <em>Azotobacter chroococcum</em> and mineral nitrogen fertilizer	2
Role of land set-up systems on soil (physicochemical) conditions	2
How does soil carbon sequestration affect greenhouse gas emissions from a sheep farming system? Results of a life cycle assessment case study	2
Crushed bark as a novel soil conditioner for organic plant production	2
Co-designing a method to assess agroecological transitions: results of a case study in Senegal	2
Physiological and nutritional significance of potassium application under sole and intercropped maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.)	2
Determining the utility of an unmanned ground vehicle for weed control in specialty crop systems	2
Fennel outperforms ajwain and anise in saline environment: physiological response mechanisms in germinating seeds and mature plants	2
Problems and perspectives in weed management	2

The impact of climate change on the productivity of cowpea (<em>Vigna unguiculata</em>) under three different socio-economic pathways	2
The intersection of integrated pest management and soil quality in the resistant weed era	2