Dr. Barry Shelp, Professor Emeritus has been selected as the winner of the Plants 2021 Best Paper Award for the 10th Anniversary Special Issue.

Papers published in the 10th Anniversary Special Issue from 14 June 2021 to 29 December 2022 in Plants were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, one winner was selected.

γ-Aminobutyrate (GABA) Regulated Plant Defense: Mechanisms and Opportunities
By Barry J. Shelp, Morteza Soleimani Aghdam and Edward J. Flaherty
Plants 2021, 10(9), 1939; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10091939

The announcement may be read on the following webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/plants/awards/1491