Agronomy Society of Nepal (ASoN)

Agronomy Journal of Nepal

Agronomy Journal of Nepal (Agron JN) is published jointly by the Agronomy Society of Nepal (ASoN), and National Agronomy Research Centre (NAgRC), Khumaltar, is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that aims to serve as a platform for professional communication among agronomists, policymakers and concerned others. Agron JN publishes papers on agronomical and disciplinary/multidisciplinary research having national and global significance. Manuscripts submitted to this journal must not have been published or accepted for publication, or be under consideration elsewhere.

Author Guidelines

Authors are required to prepare a manuscript following the instructions given below. Failure to follow instructions, manuscripts may be returned to authors without a review. The submitted papers will be subjected to pre-review by editors. The papers deemed inappropriate will be rejected without review.

Agron JN publishes original articles, reviews and short communications.

Original articles: Papers that present the results of original research. Original articles should be organized as follows: ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION (in separate or single heading), CONCLUSION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTION, CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS and REFERENCES. The abstract of the manuscript should not exceed 300 words.

A list of 4-6 Keywords, excluding words used in the title, arranged in an alphabetical order and separated by comma, should be provided beneath the abstract.

Reviews: Reviews are detailed and up-to-date syntheses of topical themes. They often describe previous works and offer new insights to guide future research works.  Review articles are usually up to 12000 words. There is no specific format for review articles but sections should be broken up “reader-friendly” sub-heading at the author’s discretion.  The abstract of the manuscript should not exceed 300 words. A list of 4-6 Keywords, excluding words used in the title, arranged in an alphabetical order and separated by comma, should be provided beneath the abstract.

Short communication: Short communication provides a forum to disseminate important scientific findings that are not enough for the original articles. Short communication should be short contributions up to 3000 words.  The manuscript should be organized as follows: ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTION, CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS and REFERENCES. The abstract of the manuscript should not exceed 200 words. A list of 4-6 Keywords, excluding words used in the title, arranged in alphabetical order and separated by a comma, should be provided beneath the abstract.

Both American and British English are accepted but not the combination of these. Authors for whom English is a second language should have their manuscripts corrected carefully prior to submission.

Manuscript Structure

The entire manuscript must be in A4 size paper single-spaced with 10-point font, Times New Roman. All pages of the manuscript should be numbered.
Title page should include:

1. Journal information
2. A concise  title
3. A list of author names, affiliation(s), and e-mail addresses (do not provide position)
4. Corresponding author: e-mail address, ORCID ID (if available)

For example

Agronomy Journal of Nepal. 6(1):103-119
ISSN: 2091-0649 (Print)
DOI:

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Bridging the Yield Gaps of Major Cereals through Agronomic Interventions in Nepal
Tika Bahadur Karki^1*, Reshama Neupane¹, Rajendra Kumar Bhattarai¹, Bhimsen Chaulagain¹, Sangita Kaduwal¹, Pankaj Gyawaly¹, Soni Kumari Das¹ and Jiban Shrestha^2
1National Agronomy Research Centre, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
²National Plant Breeding and Genetics Resource Centre, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
^*Corresponding author’s email: tbkarki2003@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1653-7139

Section number

Authors are advised to number the sections up to five levels. The section should be clearly defined and logically ordered. Subsections should be numbered as 1.1, 1.2… similarly, 1.1.1, 1.1.2. Section numbers can be used to cross-reference the manuscript.

The heading and sub-heading of the manuscript vary according to the type of articles (e.g., original articles, review etc.). The tentative structure of the manuscript is given below:

INTRODUCTION

Provide a detailed background of your research.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Sufficient detail description of methods should be provided to allow the work to be reproduced. When work is followed from the previously published work, it must be referred to proper/original citation.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Results should be clear and concise. Discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work without repeating them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate.

CONCLUSIONS

State the main conclusions of the study.

TABLE AND FIGURE

Each table, artwork and figure should have a clear and succinct caption. Maps and artworks should be numbered as Figure 1. Figure 2. and Figure 3.

Please make sure that figures and tables are included in the single file of manuscript and are placed next to the most appropriate text in the manuscript.

TABLE

Tables should be submitted as editable text without vertical rules.  Number tables consecutively in accordance with their position in the manuscript. Put a footnote in the last row of the table if required.

PREPARING FIGURES

Make sure that figure files are in an acceptable format (e.g., TIFF, JPEG, EPS, MS Office files) and with a good resolution (>150 dpi).  Texts in figures should be of uniform lettering and sizing 9.

REFERENCES

Please make ensure that all references cited in the text are included in the reference list. The citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the work has been accepted for publication.  Unpublished works and personal communications can be mentioned in the text, but should not be listed in the reference list.  References should be listed in alphabetical order.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Express your words of thanks to whosoever (person/organization) is involved in making the experiment/study complete apart from the authors and co-authors.

AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTION

Require submitting authors to state the author’s contribution.

CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS

Require submitting Authors to file a Competing Interest (CI) statement with their submission.

Citation in text

If there is one author, include the author's last name and date of publication.

If there are two authors, include both authors' last names and date of publication.

If there are three or more authors, include the last name of the first author followed by et al and date of publication. If the information is to be derived from multiple publications then separate each publication by semicolon.

Examples

(Marahatta 2021)

(Karki and Gyawaly 2021)

(Karki et al 2014)

(Marahatta 2021; Karki and Gyawaly 2021; Karki et al 2014)

Citations in the references

Journal articles

Marahatta S. 2021. Effect of plant densities and fertilizer rates on grain yield of spring maize in inner Terai condition. Agron JN. 5:63-78.

Karki TB and P Gyawaly. 2021. Conservation agriculture mitigates the effects of climate change. Nepal.  J. of Nepal Agricultural Research Council. 7:122-132.

Karki TB, N Gadal and J Shrestha. 2014. Systems optimization through tillage and residue management and cropping system in the maize-based system. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 10(3):990–1002.

Books

Sokal RR and FJ Rohlf. 1995. Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research. Third edition. W. H. Freeman, New York, New York, USA.

Proceedings and Book Chapter

Yuan LP, ZY Yang and JB Yang. 1994. Hybrid rice in China. In: Hybrid Rice Technology: New Development and Future Prospects (SS Virmani, ed). IRRI, the Philippines.

Thesis and Dissertation

Gyawaly P. 2015. Effectiveness of seedbed preparation and different weed management practices on productivity and weed control efficiency of dry direct seeded rice. Master Thesis. Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Nepal.

Shrestha SK. 2000. Assessment of the potential of Nepalese rice cultivars and landraces for hybrid production. Master Thesis. Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Rampur, Nepal.

Copyright

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

TEXTS GUIDELINES:

TITLE: Times New Roman, 12, Bold, First letter of the Word Capital (Prepositions and article small),

Example:

Bridging the Yield Gaps of Major Cereals through Agronomic Interventions in Nepal

Article information: 9, Line: Single on the top left

Author’s name, address: Times New Roman, 9, Line spacing: Single

Tika Bahadur Karki¹, Pankaj Gyawaly¹ and Jiban Shrestha²

¹ National Agronomy Research Centre, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

² National Plant Breeding and Genetic Resource, Centre

Corresponding author: tbkarki2003@gmail.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1653-7139. Provide ORCID if available

ABSTRACT: Times New Roman, 9, Line: single

SUBTITLE: Times New Roman, 11, Bold, All Capital (ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS/AND DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, REFERENCES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTION, CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS)

Sub-sub title: 10, First letter capital all bold, Line: single

BODY: Times New Roman, 10, Line: Single  

Table format: Cell height: 0.25, Remove the borders, Title: 10, Bold, Line: Single

Figure title: below the figure, 10, Bold, sentence case, Line: single

Inside table fonts: Times New Roman, 9/10

Footnote/Table note: Times New Roman, 8

Unit: g, Kg (example: Kg per hectare: Kg ha^-1, Metric ton per hectare: Mt ha^-1 (22.45 Mt ha^-1)

Write the abbreviated forms of parameters as far as possible in SI unit like the number of effective tillers per square meter (Write ET m^-2) and place a table note below the table as

Note:  ET m^-2:  number of effective tillers per square meter

REFERENCES: Times New Roman, 9, Line: single.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Times New Roman, 10, Line: Single

AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTION: Times New Roman, 10, Line: Single

CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS: Times New Roman, 10, Line: Single