INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY is published twice a year (six monthly) by the Society of Plant Reproductive Biologists (SPRB). It is peer-reviewed journal and publishes original research articles in the areas of reproductive biology in all groups of plants (algae, fungi, lichens, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms. However, repetitive/additive type of research is not acceptable. See : www.sprb.org.in.
Manuscripts are considered only from the Members of SPRB. Membership form is attached with the journal and can be xeroxed or the Secretary-Treasurer of the Society may be asked to send on line. Authors may send their MS to the editor in Agra or to a member of the editorial board who represents the author's broad research area on line. Annual membership: Rs. 350 or $ 30/year; Life membereship Rs.3000 or $300 Plus Rs 50 or $ 5 is the admission fee to be paid only once at the time of becoming member.
The authors will be required to pay printing/pagination charge of Rs. 200/= ($ 4) per black and white printed page and an extra of Rs. 2000/= ($ 40) per coloured plate at the time of final proof reading/correction of the paper. DD should be prepared in favour of the Secretary-Treasurer, SPRB, Agra. Facility for International transfer is also available for the members from other countries.
REVIEWS on significant topics and research articles from specialists are invited from time to time.
Manuscripts should be typed in English and double spaced throughout on ca 21 cm wide x 28 cm long paper leaving at least 2.5 cm margin on all sides. Manuscripts should be submitted on line (svs350@rediffmail.com; svsc07@gmail.com; plantrbiol@gmail.com) in MS words for text and TIFF or JPG for photo plates. Please do not send the manuscript in PDF format.
The following shall be the layout for the manuscript: Page 1 is TITLE PAGE. It should carry:
(i) a concise title which indicates the important aspects of the research;
(ii) author's affiliations, e-mail address and Fax. No.;
(iii)an abridged running title comprising no more than 30 characters;
(iv) names and full postal address of two or three potential referees (optional);
(v) footnote No.1 which reads MS received; 00 month's name and year;
(vi) footnote No.2 to denote the author for correspondence; and
(vii) any acknowledgement as an unnumbered footnote.
Page 2 shall contain in sequence the title, but not the names of the authors and their affiliations (to facilitate a more objective refereeing); abstract, keywords, and abbreviations.
The ABSTRACT shall be just one paragraph (not exceeding 500 words) and should give the most salient points of observations and discussion. To merely state that.. ...has been studied or method has been used, or will be discussed is not acceptable. No abbreviations are used in the abstract.
Three or four KEYWORDS be listed in strict alphabetical order. No term from the title be repeated as a keyword.
The ABBREVIATIONS used in the text be listed in strict alphabetical order. The abbreviation and its corresponding expansion be separated by an en dash with one space on either side.
INTRODUCTION should be directed and clearly justified why the research was undertaken.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Methods used should be so explicit that these could be repeated without errors, or a suitable reference may be cited where adequate details are available. Taxonomic names and the materials studied should be italicized; the taxonomic authority be appended to the name when first mentioned.
OBSERVATIONS: The style for headings, subheadings, tables, footnotes, legends and literature citation should strictly conform to the format in the latest issue of The International JOURNAL OF PLANT REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY. visit www.sprb.org.in
SI units of measurements should be used. Some common abbreviations used: hr for hour(s), min for minute(s), sec for second(s), yr for year, mo for month(s), wk for week(s), DNA, RNA. Numbers one to nine should be spelt out (except when referring to units of measurement and range of values) and those beyond nine should be in numerals (e.g. 10, 11, 12 and so on), but spelt out at the beginning of a sentence. Latin terms (e.g. ab initio, et al. ex situ, in vitro) in vogue in English are not italicized. Concentrations of chemical substances should preferably be in molarity.
Quantitative data should be tabulated, and data that can be read from the table should not be repeated in the text and vice versa. Multiple references cited within parentheses shall be chronological, and separated by commas only.
DISCUSSION should point out the significance of the most important findings in relation to contemporary knowledge, and not merely repeat the observations.
LITERATURE CITED: References be listed in strict alphabetical order of the surnames of the first authors, and then of the second authors, and so on. The following are examples of the format:
Forner EJH 1953 The Durian theory extended - I, Phytomorphology 3 465-476
Fisher DB & Wang N 1993 A kinetic and autoradiographic analysis of [l4C] sucrose import by developing wheat grains, PI. Physiol. 101 391-398
Kobayashi S, Ohgawara T, Fujiwara K & Oiyama I 1991 Analysis of cytoplasmic genomes in somatic hybrids between navel orange (Citrus sinensis Osb.) and "Murcott" tangor, Theor. Appl. Genet. 82 6-10