The Bailey Award was established in honor of Wallace K. Bailey, an eminent peanut scientist and recognizes the best paper presented at the previous year’s Annual Meeting.
2026 Winners: Cristiane Pilon, Soraya Bertioli, David Bertioli
Title: Photosynthetic Quantum Efficiency of Wild-Derived and Cultivated Peanuts
The Bailey Award is given to the author(s) of the best paper presented at the APRES Annual Meeting. The Bailey Award was established in honor of Wallace K. Bailey, an eminent peanut scientist.
The award is determined through a two-step process whereby nominations are selected from the oral paper presentations at the APRES Annual Meeting. One nominee is selected from each session category. Nominees are asked to submit a manuscript based on the paper presented at the Annual Meeting. The recipient is decided after critiquing the submitted manuscripts.



















