Instructions to Authors

A one-day International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development (ICGTSD-2020) was organized online on May 24, 2020 Jagannath University, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The conference addressed most of the important aspects and emerging trends of research in Green Technology and Sustainable Development, with specific aim to expose young minds in sustainable uses of natural resources (Figure 1). Development of transgenic crops against various abiotic stresses and production of biofuels was another key issue at the conference. Total 1814 participants from all over the world registered for the conference. Prof. C.P. Malik, Prof. R.J. Strasser, Prof. Govindjee, Prof. A.K. Purohit and Prof. R.K. Raghuvanshi guided and supported the conference as members of the international advisory committee.

Figure 1:Speakers Prof. Ashwani Pareek (a), Prof. Hazem M. Kalaji (b), Prof. Ashwani Kumar (C) and Dr. Vineet Soni (d), organizers Prof. Vaishali Sharma (e), Prof. P.N. Kalla (f) and Dr. Ranjeeta Soni (g) and one of the best researcher awardees Upma Bhatt (h)

Prof. Vaishali Sharma, Vice Chancellor of the Jagannath University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, inaugurated the conference and emphasized the need of to develop tools and techniques in the field of green technology. She also underlined the importance of interdisciplinary approach of new age research for the exploration of the complex biological process of for sustainable development. Dr. Ashwani Pareek (Professor at JNU, New Delhi and Adjunct Professor at University of Western Australia, Australia) and Dr. Hazem M. Kalaji (Professor at Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland) were the keynote speakers of the conference. Dr. P.N. Kalla, Convener of the conference welcomed all participants and dignitaries and introduced the speakers. Dr. Ranjeeta Soni (the organizing secretary) stated that the goal of this conference was to address the major challenges in green technology and sustainable development.

Prof. Ashwani Pareek described the importance of plant genetic engineering and molecular biology in sustainable uses of bioresources through in the keynote address of session-1 on ‘Are we able to feed 9 billions’. At the end of the key note, he motivated the young biologists to use modern tools and techniques of biological sciences for sustainable uses of natural resources. Plenary lecture in session-1 was delivered by Dr. Ashwani Kumar (Former Professor of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan) on ‘Climate change due to global warming can be checked by next generation biofuels. Dr. Kumar emphasized to work on biofuel production.

Session-II of the conference was started by the keynote address of Prof. Hazem M. Kalaji (Poland) on ‘Chlorophyll fluorescence as a guide for stress physiology’. He highlighted the importance and applications of chlorophyll fluorescence technique in probing the plant’s responses during abiotic and biotic stresses. He stated that OJIP technique is one of the important tools to screen to determine photosynthetic performance in vitro and in vivo. Plenary lecture in session-1 was delivered by Dr. Vineet Soni (Associate Professor of Botany, MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan) on ‘Manipulating photosynthesis for sustainable development. Dr. Soni focused recent trends in photosynthesis research and messaged to plant biologists to use ‘Lab-to Land’ approach for sustainable development.

The most exciting and significant feature of this conference was the energetic participation of research scholars and faculty members through presenting their research work by the submission of abstracts. Total 137 abstracts were received and screened by the subject experts on the basis of their scientific quality and relation with the theme of the conference. Three young biologists were also honored with the ‘Best Researcher Award’ for their excellent presentation in the conference. They were: Upma Bhatt (Udaipur), Dr. Ranjana Khade (Mumbai), and Dr. Neelam Punar (Jaipur).

This conference emphasized on resolve of individual scientists, rather than scribbling passive recommendations, for strengthening collaborations for popularizing bioscience research as a career. At the valedictory session, Dr. Vaishali Sharma (Honorable Vice Chancellor of Jagannath University, Jaipur) and Prof. Ranjeeta Soni conveyed heartfelt thanks to all the speakers and participants of the conference. After the successful completion of the conference, following suggestions and recommendations were advised by the speakers and organizers to develop green technologies for sustainable uses of bioresources:

Awareness about the transgenic plants should be developed among the common as these plants may act as strong alternate to increase plant productivity and tolerance against biotic and abiotic stresses.

Government should explore the possible ways to increase the production of biofuels for sustainable development.

Recent tools and techniques such as chlorophyll fluorescence should be used to determine photosynthetic performance in vivo.

Adopting ‘lab-to Land’ approach is highly essential for sustainable uses and conservation of plant biodiversity.

Instructions to Authors

The International Journal of Life Sciences is an open access journal that provides quick publication (three issues per year) of papers on Different areas in Biology. The Journal solicitants the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Electronic submission of manuscripts is strongly encouraged, provided that the text, tables and figures are included in a single Microsoft Word file (preferably in Arial font).

Submit manuscripts as e-mail attachment to the Editorial Office at: cpm_malik@yahoo.com. A manuscript number will be mailed to the corresponding author very soon.

The covering letter should include the corresponding author’s full address and telephone/fax numbers and should be in an e-mail message sent to the Editor.

The International Journal of Life Sciences will only accept manuscripts submitted as e-mail attachments.

ARTICLE TYPES

Three types of manuscripts are accepted :

Regular Articles: These should embody new and findings and experimental procedures and the length of a full paper should not exceed 25 pages including tables.

Short Communications: Short communications are 2 to 4 printed pages (about 6 to 12 manuscript pages) in length.

Mini Review: Submissions of mini-reviews and perspectives covering topics of current interest and should not exceed more than 4-6 printed pages (about 12 to 18 manuscript pages).

REVIEW PROCESS

All manuscripts are reviewed by an editor and members of the Editorial Board or qualified outside reviewers.

REGULAR ARTICLES

The manuscript must be typed double-spaced and all pages numbered starting from the title page.

The Title should be a brief phrase describing the contents of the paper. The Title Page should include the authors’ full names and affiliations, the name of the corresponding author.

The Abstract should be informative and self-explanatory, should be 100 to 200 words in length.

Following the abstract, about 3 to 10 key words be given for indexing references

The sequence of the article is as follows:

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

The Discussion

Acknowledgments (people, grants, funds, etc)

References

Tables should be kept to a minimum and be designed to be as simple as possible. Tables are to be typed double-spaced throughout, including headings and footnotes. Each table should be on a separate page, numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and supplied with a heading and a legend. Their position in the text be indicated.

Figure legends should be typed in numerical order on a separate sheet. Graphics should be prepared using applications capable of generating high resolution GIF, TIFF, JPEG or Power point before pasting in the Microsoft Word manuscript file. Tables should be prepared in Microsoft Word.

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Proofs and Reprints: Electronic proofs will be sent (e-mail attachment) to the corresponding author as a PDF file. Page proofs are considered to be the final version of the manuscript.

It is presumed that the manuscript hlias not been submitted to some other journal.

The papers may also be communicated through Members of the Advisory Board/ Editors for onward transmission to Chief Editor with specific recommendation.

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