INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS


The Journal ROMANIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH publishes original articles, short communications, presenting new scientific results – theoretical, experimental and technical – on field crops breeding and genetics, physiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, mineral nutrition, plant protection and farming systems, focusing on modern approaches and methods.

Submission of manuscript. Electronic submission is preferred. Single spaced manuscript using font size 12 should be sent as attachment(s) by e-mail to office@incda-fundulea.ro

For graphic uniformity of the volume, please follow the instructions below:
Manuscripts must be written in standard grammatical English on A4 sheet (using margins: left 2.5 cm, top 2.0 cm, right l.5 cm and bottom 1.5 cm. The text must be typed as a Word file, using Times New Roman 12, single-spaced.

• Manuscript should not exceed 10 pages of printed text including figures, tables and references.

• The text will be partitioned by the authors in the following order: TITLE, AUTHORS (names, surnames – not abbreviated; the address of each author must be provided in footnote); ABSTRACT, KEY WORDS, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION (or RESULTS AND DISCUSSION), CONLUSIONS and REFERENCES.

• The scientific names must be typed in italics (Ex. Triticum aestivum L.);

• The drawings and figures electronically submitted are preferred in „jpg format” and must not exceed 17 x 25 cm; black and white original photos, with high contrast are acceptable.

• The tables must be inserted in the text;

• The text references of tables and figures must be typed between round brackets: (Ex.: Figure 1, Table 2);

• The text reference of the cited bibliography must be typed between round brackets (Ex.: Popescu, 2001; Popescu and Marinescu, 2001; Popescu et al., 2002);

• The bibliography references (cited only) should be alphabetically ordered according to the following examples:
for books:

Vrânceanu, A.V., 2000. Floarea-soarelui hibridă (Hybrid sunflower). Edit. Ceres, Bucureşti: 53-61.

for articles:

Vrânceanu, A.V., Pîrvu, N., Stoenescu, F.M., 1981. New sunflower downy mildew resistance. Helia, 4: 23-27.
Ouyang, J., 1986. Induction of plants in Triticum aestivum. In: Hu, M., Yang., M. (eds), Haploids of Higher plant in Vitro. Academic Press, Beijing: 26-41.

Papers that do not meet these rules will be returned to the author(s).

Manuscripts are reviewed by members of the Editorial Board and/or by qualified reviewers. The Editorial Board reserves the right not to publish papers with subjects not clearly related with the journal profile, or otherwise considered not fitting the standards of the journal. Observations and suggestions, if any, will be sent to the authors for consideration.

A pdf. version of the revised papers accepted for publication, processed for printing, will be sent to the authors. Authors should print the manuscript, make final corrections if any on the printed manuscript, sign the manuscript for „ready to print”, and send both to the Editorial Board by e-mail, by fax using fax number:

(4)0242.642875 or (4)021.3110722,

or by post using the address:

NARDI Fundulea
Nicolae Titulescu Street, no.1, 915200 Fundulea,
Călăraşi County, Romania.

Manuscripts will be printed only after receiving the signed copy of manuscript “ready to print”.
Responsibility upon the articles content belongs to the author(s).

EDITORIAL BOARD