Guidelines to Authors Agri Sci

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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Guidelines to Authors

1.1 TheIndian Journal of Agricultural Sciences is published every month. The following types

of material will be considered for publication in the Journal.1.2. MANU!"#$T U%M##&N' Article (in M word) along with tables' figs (single file)should be submitted to *ditor on email addressi+ags,icar.org.in .2.1 $A$*" &N &"#-#NA "**A"!/ !&M$*T*0' not eceeding '344 words (appro5imately 1412 typed pages)' should be eclusive for the +ournal.

They should present a connected picture of the investigation and should not be split into parts.2.2 /&"T "**A"!/ N&T* not more than 1'344 words (about 63 typed pages)' whichdeals with (a) research results which are complete but do not warrant comprehensive treatment'and (b) descriptions of new material or improved techni7ues' with supporting data. uch notesre7uire no headed sections. #n short notes headings are also not given. ummary (not more than845144 words) is to be provided at the end of the tet.

2. !"#T#!A "**A"!/ "*9#*: pointing out lacunae in research and suggesting possiblelines of future wor;.2.6 !ontributors are re7uested to ensure that the research papers or notes submitted forpublications have a direct bearing on agricultural production or open up new grounds forproductive research. %asic types of papers and notes which relate to investigations in a narrowspeciali !omplete correspondence address including e5

mail address to which the proofs should be sent (these are given as footnote on first page).Abstract' ?eywords (indeing terms)' normally @ items.#ntroduction (without heading)Materials and methods' "esults and 0iscussion!onclusion (without heading)Ac;nowledgements' "eferencesTablesBigure captionsBigures (separate file(s))

Titles and subtitles should not be run within the tet. They should be typed on a separate

line' without indentation. Use lower5case letter type.

The Journal reserves the privilege of returning to the author for revision of accepted manuscriptsand illustrations which are not in the proper form given in this guide.

3.1The manuscript of the paper starts with the title. #t should be short' specific and informative.#t should be phrased to identify the content of the article must include the nature of the study'and technical approach' which is essential for ;eyword indeing and information retrieval. Title
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should be as brief as possible' and include the species involved in the research when applicable.Abbreviations are not permitted in the title.3.2#n addition' a /&"T T#T* not eceeding 34 letters should be provided separately forrunning headlines.3.3The %C#N* should contain' in addition to the names and initials of the authors' the place

where research was conducted. Naming an author on a paper implies that the person named isaware of the research reported and agrees with and accepts responsibility for any results orconclusions reported. The address of the institution should include the name of the institution'city' country and pin code. $resent address should be given as a footnote. :hen a paper has sev5eral authors from different institutions' ;ey the author to the address with superscript Arabicnumerals and present the additional addresses as footnotes at the bottom of the page' e.g. $resentaddress= -ive designation' present address of all the authors and email of corresponding author.10esignation' 0ivision of...(1email of first author)>20esignation' 0ivision of...( if second authoris from different division)' 0esignation' 0ivision of...(if the author is from different place).4. The A%T"A!T' written in complete sentences' should not have more than 234 words. #t

should contain a very brief account of the materials' methods' results' discussion and conclusion'so that the reader need not refer to the whole article ecept for details. #t should not havereferences to literature' illustrations and tables. The abstract should summari


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Nomenclature should be followed. www .sp2444.org and www.fishbase.org websites may bechec;ed for nomenclature. !hemical nomenclature should follow the #nternational Union of $ureand Applied !hemistry (#U$A!) definitive rules for nomenclature. No trade name should beused and #ndustrial products should be referred to by their chemical names (give ingredients inparentheses) at first mention. #n the absence of a common name' use the full name or a defined

abbreviation' in preference to a trade name.

3.2 "elevant details should be given of the crop' MAT*"#A AN0 M*T/&0' in5

cluding eperimental design year of study ( the study should not be more than 3 years old)

and the techni7ues employed. :here the methods are well ;nown' the citation of a standard wor

; is sufficient. All modifications of procedures must be eplained. *perimental materials and

statistical models should be described clearly and fully. !alculations and the validity of

deductions made from them should be chec;ed and validated by a statistician. :hen possible'

results of similar eperiments should be pooled statistically. 0o not report a number of similar

eperiments separately. Units of measurement' symbols and standard abbreviations should

conform to those recommended by the #nternational Union of %io5!hemistry (#U%) and the

#nternational Union of $ure and Applied !hemistry (#U$A!). Metric measurements are

preferred' and dosages should be epressed entirely in metric units (# units). #n eceptional

circumstances' others may be used' provided they are consistent. -ive the meaning of all

symbols immediately after the e7uation in which they are first used. *7uations should be

numbered serially at the right5hand side in parentheses. #n general only e7uations eplicitly

referred to in the tet need be numbered. The use of fractional powers instead of root signs is

recommended. $owers of e are often more conveniently denoted by ep. #n chemical formulae'

valence of ions should be given as' e.g. !a2G' not as !aGG.#sotope numbers should precede the

symbols' e.g. 18&. The repeated writing of chemical formulae in the tet is to be avoided where

reasonably possible> instead' the name of the compound should be given in full. *ceptions may

be made in case of a very long name occurring very fre7uently or in the case of a compound

being described as the end product of a gravimetric determination (e.g. phosphate as $2&3).

3. The "*UT AN0 0#!U#&N should preferably be combined to avoid repetition.

"esults should be presented in tabularform and graphs when feasiblebut not both. The colourfigures and plates' are printed when information would be lost if reproduced in blac; and white.Mean result with the relevant standard errors should be presented rather than detailed data. Thedata should be so arranged that the tables would fit in the normal layout of the page. elf

eplanatory tables should be typed on separate sheets and carry appropriate titles.
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The tabular matter should not eceed 24H of the tet. Any abbreviation used in a table must bedefined in that table. $aginate the tables in series with the tet. All tables should be cited in thetet. #f an eplanation is necessary' use an abbreviation in the body of the table (e.g. N0) andeplain clearly in footnotes what the abbreviation means. "eferences to footnotes in a table arespecified by superscript numbers' independently for each table. uperscript letters are used to

designate statistical significance. Use a lower case $ to indicate probability values (i.e. pI4.43).#n general' use numerals. :hen two numbers appear ad+acent to each other' spell out the first. #na series using some numbers less than 14 and some more than 14 use numerals for. 0o not begina sentence with a numeral. pell it out or rearrange the sentence. Abbreviate the terms hour (hr)'minute (min.) and second (sec.) when used with a number in the tet but spell them out whenthey are used alone. 0o not use a hyphen to indicate inclusiveness (e.g. use 12 to 16 mg or w; and 6 not 12516 mg or w; 56). Use Arabic numerals with abbreviated units of measure= 2 g' 3 d'6.44' H and numerical designations in the tet= ep 1' group ' etc.

Author is re7uired to submit high5resolution images' preferably with the initial submission but nolater than revision stage. *lectronic images (figures and schemes) must be at a minimum resolu5

tion of 44 d.p.i. for line drawings (blac; and white) and 44 d.p.i. for colour or grayscale. !o5lour figures must be supplied in !MC? not "-% colours. $lease ensure that the prepared elec5tronic image files print at a legible si


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The !onclusion section' should not be of more than one paragraph after the discussion and e5plain in general terms the implications of findings of this research on animal husbandry.Abbreviations' acronyms' or citations should not be used here.Though some speculation is permitted' this section should also caution the reader against overetrapolation of results. Bor manuscripts with direct applications' this section will consist of an

interpretive summary. #f results have no implications' this should also be stated. A recent issue of the +ournal should be consulted for the methods of citation of "eferences inthe tet as well as at the end of the article. "eference citations in the tet are typed as follows=%lac; (1L1) or (%lac; 1L1)> 0ic;erson et al. (1L6) or (0ic;erson et al. 1L6)> mith andJones (1L) or (mith and Jones 1L). -roups of references cited in a sentence in the tet mustbe listed in chronological order as in the previous sentence. "*B*"*N!* lists should be typedin alphabetical order. The reference list should be first sorted alphabetically by author(s) and se5condly chronologically.

For journal articles

Author(s)' Cear. Title. Journal title (full name and in italics) 9olume number (bold)= $age5

page.Ito be ended by period$anda 0' harma - and ar;ar " ?.244. !hlorophyll fluorescence transient analysis and itsassociation with submergence tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa).Indian Journal of AgriculturalSciences77()=6658.For whole boos

Author(s)' Cear. Title . Number of pages' *dition' if any'(*d.). $ublisher' address.ombard $ % and :aetwood M N.1L8. Rootstocks of ruitcro!s' pp16358."oom ! " and!arlson " B(*ds). A :iley5#ntescience $ublication' New Cor;.For cha!ters "rom boos

Author(s)' Cear. Title. boo; title' $age5page.editors (editors)' $ublisher' address. ombard $ % and :aetwood M N.1L8. $ear "ootstoc;s. Rootstocks of ruitcro!s' pp16358."oom ! " and !arlson " B(*ds). A :iley5#ntescience $ublication' New Cor;.For #$m!osium

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