CALL FOR EXTENDED SUMMARIES

The extended summaries of all the contributory papers will be published and provided to the delegates as soft copy in a pen-drive during the Congress. These must reach the Organizing Secretary in the prescribed format latest by June 30, 2025. The guidelines for extended summary are given in this circular separately. Extended summary prepared without following the style and format and guidelines will not be accepted for publication. A soft copy of the extended summary prepared in Microsoft word doc may be emailed to Organizing Secretary Email: iacagronomy@gmail.com; secretary_isa@hotmail.com

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF EXTENDED SUMMARY

  • The Extended Summary should not exceed 3 double space typed quarter size pages, including tables and references. Authors should ensure scientific and grammatical correctness of Extended Summary as it will be published as such without any editing.

  • Follow the style and format of Indian Journal of Agronomy strictly, as per guidelines to authors given at Society website: www.isa-india.in and first issue of each volume of the journal

  • The title should be short, specific and phrased to identify the content of the article.

  • By-line should include the author(s) name(s) {name of the person presenting the paper to be underlined}, and place of work including the name of the university/ organization (Full form-no abbreviation), state, pin code and the country. In case, the present address of any of the author is different, it should be given with complete address as footnote.

  • The extended summary should begin with brief introduction and objectives, followed by methodology, results, conclusion and references. Heading of Methodology, Results, Conclusion and References may be given in capital letters. No heading of introduction is required.

  • All references appearing in the text should appear at the end of the article and vice-versa. The reference should include the names of all authors, year, full title of the article, full name of publisher, place and year should also be given. For proceedings of symposium/seminar etc., the title of the paper, title of seminar/symposium, place, date and pages should appear along with names of all authors and year.

  • Number of tables, figures and references should be kept at minimum. There should not be duplication of data and figures. Figures should be comprehensive and nicely printed with clear legends. The figure number and Table should not have more than 6 columns.

  • Data of 2 or more years/seasons should be pooled. No symbols for the treatments to be used. Author(s) must follow standard abbreviations. All weights and measurements must be in Sly (metric) units.

  • Extended Summary should be typed in Times New Roman, normal fonts with double space. Font’s size for different parts of extended summary Title-14 points bold, Authors-12 points, Institute name – 11 points italic. Content-11 points. Heading in capital.

  • The entire Extended Summary including text, figures and tables must be in MS Word Doc file only. All abstract should be mailed to secretary_isa@hotmail.com. Last date of Extended Summary submission is 30th June, 2025.