| III Preparation of manuscript |
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Articles should not exceed 15 double spaced typed pages including references, tables, figures etc. |
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Title of contribution should be short, specific and phrased to identify the content in the article and include the nature of the study. It must written in running letters with first letter capital. |
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The names and initials of the place where research was conducted should be given as the by-line. Any change in the address of correspondence address should be given in a footnote. AUTHORS NAME should be in capital letters. |
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Paper may be outlined under main heading-ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION if any, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, REFERENCES and should be in capitals. |
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Manuscript should be submitted in duplicate typed in 12 pt Times New Roman in double space throught on A4 size paper with a minimum 3 cm left margin and Soft copy will be required at the time of submission of revised paper. |
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Abstract should not exceed 200 words. Key words upto 6 may be given beneath the abstract. |
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Where the methods are well known, citation of standard work would suffice. |
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The result may be supported by tables or graphics, wherever necessary. Self-explanatory tables should be on separate sheets, with appropriate titles. While referring in texts, the first letter in Table and Fig. should be capital with Fig. in short form. |
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References should be cited chronologically in the text. All references in the text must be listed at the end of the paper, with names of the author arranged alphabetically; all entries in the text must correspond to references in the text. |
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The references should include the names of the authors, year, full title of the article, name of the journal, volume number and pages. In case of book and monographs etc. the name of publishers, place, and year with total number of pages should also be given. Journal title should be italic in abbreviated form. |
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| Examples |
| Journal article |
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Diwan singh, Pahadia, K.K and Rao, V.U.M. (2004). Spatio-temporal changes in area, production and productivity of rapeseed and mustard in Haryana. J. Agrometeorol., 6(1):115-118 |
| Book chapter |
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Pandey, V and Patel, H.R. (2008). Impact of climate change on agriculture over Gujarat. In: “Climate Change and Agriculture over India”. (Eds. G. S. L. H. V Prasad Rao, G. G. S. N. Rao and Y. S. Ramakrishna). pp. 163-181. (Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur). |
| Whole book |
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Murthy, V. R. K. (2002). “Basic Principles of Agricultural Meteorology”. 1st Eds. (B. S. Publications, Hyderabad) pp.269. |
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