1. Manuscripts in English should be submitted to The Managing Editor, Journal of Biopesticides, Crop protection Research Centre, Dept of Advanced Zoology and Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai - 627 002, Tamil Nadu, India by post or e-mail attachment to jbiopest@hotmail.com/ksraj42@gamil.com/jbiopest@gmail.com 2. Publication policy: * First and second author should be a subscriber/member of the journal. However, we welcome all authours can subscribe the journal * Manuscripts submitted for publication in Journal of Biopesticides should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. * Page charges are applicable at the rate of Rs. 200 and US $ 15 per printed page for authors in India and overseas respectively. Invoice will be sent to the authors along with the galley proof. * Announcements of seminars/symposia, book reviews and relevant informations on plant protection will also be considered for publication. * Strict conformity with the above guidelines will ensure speedy publication of your paper. * We welcome to exchange our journal to journals related to crop production and protection Typing and submission: 3. Two copies of the manuscript (double-spaced), complete in all respects including illustrations, along with soft copy (OR) via e-mail should be sent to the Managing Editor(E-mail: jbiopest@hotmail.com). 4. Order the elements comprising the manuscript as follows: Title page (13 font size, bold) along with authors address including contact numbers, fax number and e-mail address (separate page), Abstract (300 words) however short communications do not require an abstract, but do require key words.), Key words (4-6) for indexing, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Appendix, Acknowledgements (including those for grant and financial support), References, Tables, and Figure-caption list. 5. We accept good quality photographs & camera-ready illustrations (numbered in one consecutive series of Arabic numerals). Legend for the figures should be typed on a separate page. All figures must be referred to, at appropriate places, in the text. The cost of printing colour illustration is to be met by the author.
6. Tables should be numbered (with Roman numerals) and referred to by number in the text and carry explanatory footnotes (indicated by superscript lowercase letters) below the table.
7. List references alphabetically at the end of the paper and refer to them in the text by name and year in parentheses. The style and punctuation of the references should conform to that used in the journal-illustrated by the following examples:
Journal Article
Schal, C., Charlton, R. E., and Card, R. T. 1987. Sex pheromone titers and release rates in Holomelina lamae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 13: 1115-1129.
Book
Poinar, G. O., Jr., and Thomas, G. M. 1984. Laboratory Guide to Insect Pathogens and Parasites, Plenum Press, New York, 234 PP.
Proceedings/Book Contributions
Sahajini, K. 1981. Disruption pine beetle infestations with attractants and inhibitors. In: Management of Insect Pests with Semiochemicals: Concepts and Practice (Mitchell, E. R. ed.), Plenum Press, New York, 365-383 PP.
8. Footnotes should be avoided. When their use is absolutely necessary, footnotes should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and should be typed at the bottom of the page to which they refer. Place a line above the footnote, so that it is set off from the text. Use the appropriate superscript numeral for citation in the text. 9. For revised submission and accepted manuscripts, you are required to provide all source text and figure files. Preparing the text 1. Use 2.0 line spacing for all text and include line numbers 2. Italicize Latin words 3. Use SI units only http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/general/si_en.html 4. kDa is acceptable for molecular mass 5. Use S.E. and S.D. for standard errors and standard deviation, respectively 6. Cite each figure and table in the text numerical order 7. Use Fig. 1A, B or Figs 3, 4. 8. One author - (David, 2008) or (David, 2008; Jose, 2009); two authors (Basheer and Thomas, 2010) and more than two authors - (Chavan et al., 2011)
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