Dear Colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of Horticulturae, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.
The award has been granted to:
Optimization of the quanti-qualitative production of basil destined for the preparation of “Genovese Pesto” By Michele Ciriello, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
Dr. Michele Ciriello will receive CHF 500, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Horticulturae in 2024.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winner on his accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses, and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Luigi De Bellis
Editor-in-Chief, Horticulturae
Horticulturae 2023 Ph.D. Thesis Award
Winner
Michele Ciriello
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Luigi De Bellis
Chairman
Università del Salento
Prof. Dr. Isabel Lara
Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Dr. Harald Scherm
University of Georgia
Prof. Sergio Roberto
State University of Londrina
Winner
María Emma García Pastor
Miguel Hernández University of Elche
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Luigi De Bellis
Chairman
Università del Salento
Dr. Zhi Li
Northwest A&F University
Prof. Yuyang Zhang
Huazhong Agricultural Universit
Dr. Harald Scherm
University of Georgia
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Sergio Roberto
State University of Londrina
Prof. Christian Fischer
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Prof. Qiang-Sheng Wu
Yangtze University
Dr. Giovanni Bubici
Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (IPSP)
Dr. Gianluca Allegro
Department of Agriculture and Food Sciences - University of Bologna
Winner
Costanza Ceccanti
University of Pisa
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Luigi De Bellis
Chairman
Università del Salento
Prof. Christian Fischer
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Dr. Umberto Bernardo
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)
Dr. Harald Scherm
University of Georgia
Dr. Gianluca Allegro
Department of Agriculture and Food Sciences - University of Bologna
Prof. Dr. Nazim Gruda
University of Bonn
Prof. Dr. Silvana Nicola
University of Turin
Prof. Elazar Fallik
ARO-the Volcani Center
Dr. Alessandra Francini
CROP SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER - Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Prof. Amit Dhingra
Texas A & M University
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rozhon
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Sergio Roberto
State University of Londrina
Prof. Dr. Esmaeil Fallahi
University of Idaho
Prof. Amarat Simonne
University of Florida
Dr. Genhua Niu
Texas A&M AgriLife Research at Dallas, Texas A&M University System
