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Introduction
Seed Testing International is the News Bulletin of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA).
The magazine contains scientific articles related to seed testing,
research notes, reports about regional and international activities as
well as workshop and meeting reports.
Procedure for the submission of papers
Manuscripts shall be written in English, in a language which is
grammatically correct, clear and to the point. If you are not a native
English speaker, you should consult an expert in order to ensure that
the language is correct. The manuscripts should be sent to the ISTA Secretariat, Marketing & Communications Department. Manuscripts should be submitted via E-mail to the ISTA Secretariat.
Suitable formats for paper submission is Word for PCs. Photos and
Illustrations should be submitted in print format (min. 300 dpi) such
as TIFF or high quality JPG and PDF.
Proofs will be forwarded via E-mail to authors for editorial correction.
Instructions for papers
Papers should be typed on A4 (210 x 297 mm) with wide margins, maximum
of 4 pages excluding pictures and illustrations. All sheets and
illustrations should be numbered consecutively. The title should be concise but informative, containing key words which describe the subject matter for use in abstracting systems. The name of the author(s) and the full postal address of
the institution where the work was carried out should follow the title.
Authors are asked to give an E-mail address where possible. A summary indicating
the scope of the paper in not more than 200 words, should be typed
immediately below this. Papers describing experimental work should
normally have the subject matter grouped under six main headings: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References. The section headings may also be grouped under the following headings: Summary, Experimental and Discussion, Acknowledgements, References. Main
headings are printed in heavy type, secondary headings in italics. A
scientific ('Latin') name included in an italicised heading appears in
Roman type. Abbreviations should be defined the first time they are
used, although initial letters, without punctuation, may be used for
easily recognised organisations or countries (for example ISTA, USA,
FAO).
Capital letters and Roman numerals should be
used in both headings and text only when essential (figure 2, not Fig.
II or Figure II). Except when occurring in a series of numbers or in
conjunction with a specific recognised unit of measurement, numbers
from one to nine should be spelt out (8 mm, 5 g · m -2, but nine hours,
three months). The percentage sign should be used in conjunction with a
number (7%), but percentage should be written in full when used as a
noun (percentage germination, not per cent germination or %
germination). Measurements should be expressed metrically, whenever
possible following the Système International d'Unités (S1) (published
by OFFILIB, 48 rue Gay-Lussac, F-75005 Paris).
Species
should be described by their scientific ('Latin') names; at the fi rst
mention in the main text the full binomial and authority must be given,
but subsequently the genus should be abbreviated to its initial letter
and the authority omitted. Authorities are not quoted after Latin names
in the title or summary. When a name has been stabilised by ISTA in the
ISTA List of Stabilized Plant Names (see
http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/ istaintrod.html), synonyms must not be
used. For species not included in this list authors are advised to
consult http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/.
References in
the text should be cited by author's surname and year of publication in
brackets after the statement they support. If there are more than two authors, citations should quote the surname of the first author and the words "et al.".
All names should be included in the list of references. At the end of
the paper, references should be listed alphabetically in the form:
Name, Initials (year). Title of journal or other source, volume number,
first and last page numbers. The titles of periodicals should be
written without abbreviation. Titles of books must also be given in
full, together with the publisher's name and the place of publication.
The following are correct:
Author, A.B., Author, C.D. and Author, E.F. (1999). Title of article. Journal Title in Full, 00, 123–456.
International Seed Testing Association (1999). International Rules for Seed Testing. Seed Science and
Technology, 27, Supplement, 333pp.
Author, A.B. and Author, C.D. (1999). Chapter in book. In Book Title, (eds. E.F. Editor and G.H. Editor), vol. 3, pp. 123–456, Publisher, City.
When a paper is cited which has been published in another language, its
title may be translated. The translation should appear between square
brackets, as follows:
Author, G.H. and Author, I.J. (1999). Title in another language. [Title in English]. Journal Title in Full, 00, 12–34.
Tables and figure captions should be typed on separate sheets from the main text and numbered in separate series. Figures should
be supplied as computer graphics. Each figure should be submitted as a
separate file. Shadings should be avoided in the figures. Lettering
should be kept to a minimum and should be at least 2 mm in the final
print.
Photographs should be of high quality (300 dpi) and be submitted as separate files (TIFF, PDF, JPG).
Copyright
Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been
published elsewhere, except in the form of poster, an abstract or a
thesis, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere
and that all co-authors have approved the manuscript.
The International Seed Testing Association retains the copyright for
the papers published in this journal. Photocopies of papers may be made
for personal use. For permission to reproduce other than single copies,
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