Author Guidelines
Authors are requested to note the following points before submission of article for Agronomy Digest/ Indian Journal of Agronomy:
1. Article should contain data not older than five years on the date of receipt in Society office.
2. All scientific or technical names as well as data and facts must be rechecked carefully before submitting the manuscript.
3. Short communications based on one season/year data or even two or more seasons’ data containing preliminary information can be submitted for Agronomy Digest. The articles based on M.Sc. thesis and pot experiments are also welcome in this journal.
4. For Indian Journal of Agronomy, the articles based on data of two or more seasons or years in cropping system mode, with proper statistical analysis, are accepted. In such cases, seasonal or yearly variations should be clearly brought out through pooled analysis.
5. Articles on newly-emerging areas such as resource conserving techniques, agronomy of transgenic crops, organic farming, precision farming, integrated farming systems, sustain ability issues and other unexplored areas will be given priority.
6. Routine studies on varietal evaluation, seed rate, spacing, sowing date etc. will not be considered unless these provide some new information. Similarly, articles based on simple growth or yield attributes without any data on soil or plant analysis will not be considered.
7. Economic analysis of data indicating total variable cost, net returns, benefit: cost ratio etc. should be given, wherever required.
8. In weed control experiments, information on specific weed flora, dry matter, nutrient uptake by weeds and crop, WCE, WI etc. should be included.
9. In nutrient management experiments, data on nutrient uptake, efficiency, residual soil fertility, nutrient balance etc. are valued. .
10. In dryland and irrigation studies, information on rainfall pattern, soil moisture status, consumptive use, root growth, WUE or water productivity etc. should be included.
11. In studies on intercropping systems, suitable indices like equivalent yield, LER, RCC, aggressivity, competition index etc. add value to the information. Similarly, in cropping systems research, suitable indices should be worked out.
12. Articles should be typed on one side of white A4 size paper, double-spaced throughout including abstract, references and tables, leaving adequate margins on all sides to allow reviewer’s or editor’s remarks. All the pages should be numbered consecutively.
13. Authors are not required to send floppy or CD on first submission of the article. Only the revised version of accepted article may be sent on CD or through Email.
14. Authors are encouraged to send their articles through Email to save time and postage.
15. In order to meet the printing cost of Agronomy Digest, each author of the article is required to contribute Rs. 100/- as membership fee, beside Rs. 400/- as printing charges. All the contributing authors for Indian Journal of Agronomy must also be the members of Indian Society of Agronomy.
16. It is observed that most articles received from the authors are casually written, with spelling or grammatical errors and are not conforming to the ‘Guidelines’. To ensure their consideration, the authors are requested to present the information in a systematic and scientific manner, seeking help from their senior and experienced colleagues to avoid rejection and ensure speedy publication of their articles.
17. In exceptional cases where the authors feel that the comments made by the reviewer or editor for rejection of the article are not justified, they may reply to the comments with full justification. Editorial Board will again seek the opinions of the expert as well as of another reviewer in such cases.
18. Authors are expected to maintain high standards of integrity and ethics while submitting their articles. They should not hide any information or provide wrong information, and must not duplicate the information already published or submitted for publication elsewhere. It is also desirable that the fruits of research are shared suitably with other coauthors. Do not give undue credit to anyone who has not made a notable contribution, or exclude the name of any author who has made significant contributions.
Research articles based on recent experimentation and following all the instructions as per the ‘Revised Guidelines for Contributors’ will be immediately processed for publication in Agronomy Digest / Indian Journal of Agronomy. Detailed guidelines are given in Indian Journal of Agronomy 52(1): 86-90 (March, 2007).
All correspondence should be made at the following address: Secretary, Indian Society of Agronomy, Division of Agronomy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi 110012, India. [Telephone/Telefax: 0091-11-25842283; Email: secretary_isa@hotmail.com]