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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

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
Integrated use of farm manure and synthetic nitrogen fertilizer improves nitrogen use efficiency, yield and grain quality in wheat	15
Camelina (Camelina sativa L. Crantz) under low-input management systems in northern Italy: yields, chemical characterization and environmental sustainability	11
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
Site- and time-specific early weed control is able to reduce herbicide use in maize - a case study	9
Smart fertilizers: What should we mean and where should we go?	9
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
Adaptation patterns of sixteen alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars across contrasting environments of Algeria and implications for the crop improvement	7
Use of giant reed (<em>Arundo donax</em> L.) to control soil erosion and improve soil quality in a marginal degraded area	7
Climate change impacts on the Alpine, Continental and Mediterranean grassland systems of Italy: A review	7
Treated wastewater outperformed freshwater for barley irrigation in arid lands	7
Synthetic nitrogen coupled with seaweed extract and microbial inoculants improves rice (<em>Oryza sativa</em> L.) production under a dual cropping system	6
Factors causing yield gap in rape seed production in the eastern of Mazandaran province, Iran	6
Organic <em>versus</em> mineral fertilization: Assessing of yield and quality of durum wheat in marginal lands	6
Predictive phytotoxic value of water-soluble allelochemicals in plant extracts for choosing a cover crop or mulch for specific weed control	6
Innovative amendments derived from industrial and municipal wastes enhance plant growth and soil functions in potentially toxic elements-polluted environments	6
Wheat straw mulch improves summer maize productivity and soil properties	6
Evaluation of the mulch films biodegradation in soil: a methodological review	6

Evaluation of nematocidal effects of some medicinal plant extracts against root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita)	6
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
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
Problems and perspectives in weed management	4
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
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
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
Municipal organic waste compost replaces mineral fertilization in the horticultural cropping systems, reducing the pollution risk	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	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
Application of the environmental impact assessment to medicinal plants cultivation and drying in a hilly area of Campania Region (Southern Italy)	3
The The response of soil physicochemical properties to tillage and soil fertility resources in Central Highlands of Kenya	3
Techno-diversity for carbon farming and climate resilience	3
Cover crops as a weed seed bank management tool: A soil down review	3
Physiological and nutritional significance of potassium application under sole and intercropped maize (<em>Zea mays</em> L.)	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
Assessment of hail damages in maize using remote sensing and comparison with an insurance assessment: A case study in Lombardy	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
AquaCrop parametrisation for quinoa in arid environments	3
Soil refinement accelerates in-field degradation rates of soil-biodegradable mulch films	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
Fennel outperforms ajwain and anise in saline environment: physiological response mechanisms in germinating seeds and mature plants	2
Exogenously applied growth promoters modulate the antioxidant enzyme system to improve the cotton productivity under water stress conditions	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
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
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
Interregional comparative analysis of farmers’ perceptions and expectations of climate change	2
Ornamental plants for floating treatment wetlands: preliminary results	2
Mitigating the impact of soil salinity: recent developments and future strategies	2
How does soil carbon sequestration affect greenhouse gas emissions from a sheep farming system? Results of a life cycle assessment case study	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
Crushed bark as a novel soil conditioner for organic plant production	2
Suitability of NDVI index to pea condition evaluation at diverse phosphorus fertilization	2
The overseeding of two cool-season legumes (Hedysarum coronarium L. and Trifolium incarnatum L.) on switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) mature stands increased biomass productivity	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
Carbon input management in temperate rice paddies: implications for methane emissions and crop response	2
The impact of climate change on the productivity of cowpea (<em>Vigna unguiculata</em>) under three different socio-economic pathways	2
Evaluation of grain characteristics of domestic wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) obsolete cultivars and landraces	2
The intersection of integrated pest management and soil quality in the resistant weed era	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
Seed priming with zinc improves field performance of maize hybrids grown on calcareous chernozem	2
Discovering genetic diversity of Changmaogu, a rice landrace, for conservation and rural development	2
Climate change risk perception and adaptation to climate smart agriculture are required to increase wheat production for food security	2