Instructions to authors
The International Journal of Minor Fruits, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (IJMFMA) publishes critical reviews, research papers and short communications. The manuscript should preferably pertain to the research works carried out during last five years.
Review / strategy paper: It should be comprehensive, up-to-date on a recent topic of importance. It should have a specific Title followed by the Name (s) of the author(s), Affiliation, Abstract, Key words, main text and References.
Research paper: A research paper has the following characteristics:
Title: It should be bold and in running form. Use the font Times New Roman (14 point). Botanical and scientific names should be italicized. Author name (s) should be in running and bold with full address of the first author including email address. The address of other author(s) if different from the first author should be given as footnotes and indicated by consecutive superscript numbers.
Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 250 words. It should be suitable for indexing and publication in abstracting journal.
Key words: Pertinent key words must be given.
Text: The text should be typed in double space on one side with 3 cm margin on all sides. Use the font Times New Roman (12 point). The text should have Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and discussion, Acknowledgements (if any) and References. Units and abbreviations should be in metric (SI) system. The length of the paper should not exceed 3000 words.
References: The References should be listed alphabetically by the author’s last names. In the test References should be cited in the text (by parenthesis) by the author (s) name(s) and year; in the form of (Anon., 1990); (Mandal, 2012); (Rai and Dwivedi 1992); (Pandey et al., 2013). References at the end of the text should be given in the following form:
Journal: Bisla, S.S. and Chitkara, S. D. 1980. Varietal variation in growth, yield and quality of fruit in sub-tropical peach cultivars. Haryana J. Hort Sci., 9: (1/2): 1-6.
Book: Bompard, J.M. and Schnell, R.J. 1997. Taxonomy and Systematics. In Litz, R.E. (ed). The Mango. Botany, Production and Uses. Wallingford: CABI publishing. pp.19-41.
Anonymous. 1979. Mango varieties of West Bengal. Technical Bulletin No. 1.Department of Horticulture, Faculty of agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya. Pp.52.
Chapter in book: Singh, Harminder, Thakur Anirudh and Jawandha, S. K. 2010a. Varietal improvement and production technologies in peach. In. Temperate fruits in subtropics. WS Dhillon (ed). Department of Horticulture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana pp 5-8.
Proceedings: Blake, M.A. 1932. The J.H. Hale as a parent in peach crosses. Proc. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci., 29:131-136.
Monet, R. 1979. Transmission génétique du caractère ‘fruit doux’ chez le pêcher. Incidence sur la selection pour la qualité. In: Proceedings of Eucarpia Fruit Section Symposium. Tree Fruit Breeding. INRA, Angers, France, pp. 273–276.
Bulletin: Gray, P. 1914. The compatibility of insecticides and fungicides. Monthly bulletin of California, July, 1914.
Annual meetings: Schenck, N.C. 1965. Compatibility of fungicides with insecticides and foliar nutrients. 57th annual Meeting of American Phytopathological Society, 3-7 October, 1965.
Reports: Anonymous, 1971. Investigations of insects pests of sorghum and millets. Final Technical report, 1965-70, IARI, New Delhi, pp.157.
Annual report: Anonymous, 2010. Annual Report for 2010-11, Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Monhanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India. Pp.80-85.
Thesis: Singh Harsimranpreet. 2009. Evaluation of new peach and nectarine varieties under Punjab conditions. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Horticulture, PAU Ludhiana.
Short communication: The text should not exceed 4 pages including Tables and figures. It should have a title; followed by name of author(s) and affiliation, abstract, key words, short research paper and references. The manuscript should be in paragraphs mentioning the introduction of relevance of the work, followed by a short description of the materials and methods employed, results and discussion and conclusion.
Acknowledgement: The author/s must provide clear acknowledgement in the paper about fund or any kind of support received during course of study of submitted research paper.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.