INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least two competent reviewers (including one international reviewer from academically advanced countries).

Papers (research paper, short communication, review paper and book review in American English) are accepted for publication on the understanding that they are original and are not being simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere, till the decision of the editorial board, which will be communicated to the corresponding author. Manuscript should be sent in triplicate along with soft copy of the manuscript through e-mail or on a CD to the Managing Editor, on the contact information given below.

MANUSCRIPT
Manuscript should be typed clearly in ‘Times New Roman’ with 12 font size, paginated and double spaced on A4 paper (8.27" x 11.69") with one inch margin on each side. Research paper should preferably be 7 to 15 pages, while papers less than 7 pages may be considered as short communication.

First page of the manuscript should contain the title of the paper, full name(s) and designation/ position of the author(s) along with the institutional affiliation (abbreviations are not acceptable), and the name of corresponding author with the postal and email addresses and phone number(s). The research paper must contain "ABSTRACT", "KEYWORDS", "INTRODUCTION", "MATERIALS AND METHODS or METHODOLOGY or MODEL" (as suitable for the paper) "RESULTS AND DISCUSSION", "CONCLUSION” and "REFERENCES". “ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS” if any, may be given before references.

Tables and figures should be on separate pages, and the legends and titles must be sufficiently descriptive and understandable without reference to the text. Figures including diagrams and photographs must be in black and white. Colored figures can only be included if the author or any sponsor pays the cost incurred. Important formulae should be displayed by numbering consecutively throughout the manuscript as (1), (2), and so on.

The text citations can be like (a) with date in parentheses, e.g. “as demonstrated by Duraisamy (1992) “; or (b) with names and dates in parentheses, e.g. “according to recent findings Duraisamy (1992) “; (c) “Wright and Rajper (2000) “; (d) “as described previously (Wright and Rajper, 2000) “ ; (e) “ Ansari et al. (2006) “or (f) “as described previously (Ansari et al., 2006) “. If a citation has more than two authors, the first author should be written as followed by et al. where review of more than one authors are cited in the text that should be placed in chronological order, e.g. (Sato, 1961, Khoso, 1992). If more than one reference by the same author (s) published in the same year are cited, they should be distinguished from each other by placing a, b, etc. after the year.

REFERENCES should be in alphabetical order, set out as follows:

JOURNAL REFERENCE
Duraisamy, P. 1992. Effects of education and extension contacts on Agriculture production. Indian J. Agric. Econ. 47 (2): 205-214.

Wright, D. and I. Rajper. 2000. An assessment of the relative effects of adverse physical and chemical properties of sodic soils on the growth and yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant and Soil, 233: 277-285.

Ansari, M. A., H. R. Memon, S. D. Tunio and S. A. Keerio. 2006. Effect of planting pattern on growth and yield of wheat. Pak. J. Agri., Agril. Engg., Vet. Sc. 22 (2): 6-11.

ABSTRACT REFERENCE
Nayyar, M. M., M. Shafi, M. L. Shah and T. Mahmood. 1994. Weed eradication studies in wheat. Abst. 4th Pak. Weed Sci. Conf. 9p.

PROCEEDINGS REFERENCE
Sato, K. 1961. Studies on starch contained on the tissues of rice plant. VIII. Mutual relation of tillers in reference to their starch content. Proc. Crop Sci. Soc. Japan, 30: 23-22.

BOOK REFERENCE
Khoso, A. W. 1992. Crops of Sindh. 4th Ed. Sardar Printing Press, Hyderabad.

Steel, R. G. D. and J.H. Torrie. 1980. Principles and procedures of statistics. McGraw Hill Book Co. New York, U.S.A.

Mallah, M. U. 1993. Extension programmes in Pakistan. In: R.A. Memon and Elena Bashir (eds.) Extension methods (35-59). National Book Foundation, Islamabad.

Anonymous. 2000. Agricultural Statistics of Pakistan 2003-04. Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Livestock, Islamabad.

THESIS REFERENCE
Ansari, B. A. 2002. Diallel analysis of yield and yield components in Triticum aestivum L. Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics. Sindh Agriculturse University, Tandojam, Pakistan pp.1-271.

MAGAZINE & BULLETIN REFERENCE
Ahmad, Z. and R. Anwar. 1986. Some exotic legume plants of high economic value. Progressive Farming, 6 (2): 5-7.

FAO. 1984. Fertilizer and plant nutrition guide, Fertilizer and plant nutrition Bulletin 9, FAO Rome.

REVIEW PAPER
Sheikh, B. A., S. A. Sheikh and G. H. Soomro. 2005. Pakistan Agriculture in Global Perspective. Pak. J. Agri., Agril. Engg., Vet. Sc. 21 (2): 53-59.

WEBSITE REFERENCE
Khuhro, R. D., S. M. Nizamani, M. M. Jiskani and M. A. Talpur. 2006. AAB monitoring device, cultural practices and chemicals for management of mango tree mortality. http://www.pakissan.com/english/advisory/aab.monitoringm.device.shtml

The contributors are advised to follow the instructions strictly. Manuscript(s) without above instructions will be returned for necessary revision. For further details and recent paper visit the website http://www.sau.edu.pk/rjou.html or contact the Managing Editor.

Contact information of Managing Editor
The Managing Editor, Pakistan Journal of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan. Email: pjaaevs@sau.edu.pk and pjaaevs@yahoo.com

 

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