Format

Except in the case of reviews, contributions should be no longer than the equivalent of six printed journal pages inclusive of tables, illustrations and references. Short communications should follow the requirements for original research papers but the text must not exceed 1000 words. A typical page of text in the journal contains ~520 words. Manuscripts should be typed on one side of A4 paper, double spaced, with 3 cm margin on each side and paginated. All contributions are subject to editorial revision. To strictly follow the style, authors should download sample paper and organize their papers strictly in line with it. A full-length paper must be organized as:

• Manuscript type: Full Length Article/Review Article/Short Communication
• Title: Complete title of your manuscript (species names without authority’s name)
• Running Title: Should not be more than 50 characters (with spaces)
• Authors: Full names of the contributors along with their affiliation (please do not use abbreviations)
• For correspondence: e-mail address of the corresponding authors MUST be given only. No more than one email address is required (ORCID of authors if available)
• Novelty statement (4-5 bulleted or numbered points): highlighting scientific merit of the work reported in the manuscript
• Abstract: (no more than 200‒250 word emphasizing objectives, important results, conclusions and practical implications)
• Keywords: (four to six)
• Introduction: (must highlight background of the problem in the light of recent literature, hypothesis to be tested and specific objectives)
• Materials and Methods: (should be to the point and explicit)
• Results: should include statistical significance of treatment effect etc.)
• Discussion: (should be logical and reflecting the originality of the contribution and findings discussed in the light of most recent literature)
• Conclusion: (should be brief and reflect the essence of the work)
• Acknowledgement: (should be as brief as possible)
• Author Contributions: (clearly state the contribution of each author to the article before submission)
• Conflict of Interest: (any potential conflict of interest among the authors for any reason be disclosed)
• Data Availability: (a statement that data will be available on a fair request to the correspondence author)
• Ethics Approval: (see details at www.fs.publishers.org))
• Funding Source: (mention funding source even if no funding is acquired for this work)
• References: Style of references for text quotation is: a) with date in parentheses, e.g. as demonstrated by Chirnside (2022); or (b) with names and dates in parentheses, e.g. according to recent findings (Kirsten 2019); (c) Basra and lqbal (2019); (d) as described previously (Basra and lqbal 2019); (e) Rikihisa et al. (2024) or (I) as described previously (Hassan et al. 2023). If more than two authors the first author should be given followed by et al., where lists of references are cited. In the text two or more references should be placed in chronological order, e.g., (Jones 2023; Chirnside 2024). If more than one reference by the same author(s) published in the same year are cited, they should be distinguished from each other by placing a, b, etc. after the year. References at the end of the paper should be alphabetically arranged. Names of all authors should be included. References should be set as follows:
• Journal reference: Rahma H, Trizelia, Martinius, Y Liswarni, R Rusli, N Rozen, L Armelia, A Putri, F Qalbina (2024). Characterization of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) as biocontrol agents against plant pathogenic fungi in vitro. Intl J Agric Biol 32:101‒108
• Book reference: Taiz L, E Zeiger (2015). Plant Physiology, 6th edn. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA
• Multiauthored edited book reference: Bintoro MH, MI Nurulhaq, AJ Pratama, F Ahmad, L Ayulia (2018). Growing area of sago palm and its environment. In: Sago Palm: Multiple Contributions to Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods, pp:17‒29. Ehara H, Y Toyoda, DV Johnson (Eds.). Springer Nature, Singapore
• Webpage: USDA (2021). Food Data Central (Nutrient Database). United States Department of Agriculture. Available at: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/ (Accessed: January 26, 2024)
• Dissertation: Dewan MM (1989). Identify and frequency of occurrence of fungi in root of wheat and rye grass and their effect on take all and host growth. Ph.D. Thesis, p:210. University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia