| Ms | María del Pilar | Martinez | Universität Bonn-Institut für Zelluläre & Molekulare Botanik (IZMB) | Germany | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mrs | Adetola | Adewale | Institute of Drug Research and Development, S. E Bogoro Research Centre, Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Wei | Liu | Hebei university | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Abhishek | Walia | CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur. HP | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | jingjing | Liu | Hubei University of Chinese Medicine | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Amelie | Saunier | IMBE | France | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Jun | Hu | Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Zhumei | Ren | Shanxi University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hakan | Kibar | Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | HAFTAY GEBREYESUS | GEBREZIHER | Adigrat University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Rafał | Studnicki | Gdanski Uniwersytet Medyczny | Poland | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Clare | Mukankusi | Alliance of Bioversity International and International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | Uganda | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Amit | Kumar | CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | José Cruz | Jiménez-Galindo | Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias | Mexico | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Bright | IGERE | Delta State University | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Sony | Baral | Institute of Forestry Tribhuvan University Nepal | Nepal | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Shuming | Wang | Southwest University | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | S. Azhagu Madhavan | | Saveetha University, chennai | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mrs | SARA | FRASCA | University of Rome Tor Vergata | Italy | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Juan | Huang | South China Botanical Garden | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Valeisha | Ellis | Spelman College | United States | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Mr. | Huiping | Dai | Shaanxi University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Muhammad | Piracha | University of Sargodha | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Mohd Ashraf | Malik | Birsa Agricultural University | India | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |
| Dr | Funmilola | Ojo | Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | plantscientist.org |