The journal Agriculture (Poľnohospodárstvo) publishes original scientific papers, short communications, review articles, short scientific reports and description of new cultivars. Agriculture (Poľnohospodárstvo) publishes papers from the field plant production
and with it connected research fields (nutrition, protection and genetics of plants, biotechnology, soil and its protection, environment and mountain agriculture research, technology and economics of plant production).
Agriculture (Poľnohospodárstvo) appears 4 times per year.
The author is fully responsible for the originality of the paper and formal correctness. Papers are published in English (British spelling). The author is fully responsible for translation into English.
Copyright. The journal is protected by copyright held by the publisher after the manuscript has been accepted for publication. As concerns the transfer of rights, the corresponding author takes over responsibility for all authors. No part of the material protected by this copyright may be reproduced or utilised in any form.
The manuscript should be sent by e-mail as attachments and typed, too (on one side of A4 sheet format, double-space lines, font Times New Roman, size 12).
Address for correspondence:
Plant Production Research Center Piešťany
ED. OFFICE OF AGRICULTURE ( Poľnohospodárstvo )
Jarmila Poništová, Editor
921 68 Piešťany, Bratislavská cesta 122
Slovak Republic
Phone: 00421 33 7722 311-2
E-mail: editorial_office@agriculture.sk
The author’s declaration (find at www.agriculture.sk) should be enclosed declaring that the paper is original and has not been published in other journals. The Declaration must be signed by the corresponding author.
Reviewer’s evaluation
All scientific contributions will be evaluated by the Editorial Board and if meeting topics-related and formal requirements, they will be sent to at least two referees. The reviewers are asked to return papers within 3 weeks. On the basis of the reviews, scientific importance and quality of manuscript the Editorial Board will make decision if a manuscript will be accepted for publication or rejected.
After reviewer’s evaluation
The author is liable for return the corrected manuscript to the editorial office within 3 weeks. All points of the review should be answered i.e. manuscript should be amended according to reviewer’s requirements or reasons for leaving it unchanged should be explained in an accompanying letter. All changes in manuscript must be highlighted by colour.
Sending the corrected proof
The author has to return the made-up manuscript for proof-reading. He must send it back within 2 days. Within this stage of manuscript preparation for printing, corrections are done only for such errors that arise during the work in editorial office.
Types of contributions
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Original articles – original full-length papers which have not been published yet, should not exceed 7500 words (including tables and illustrations).
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Short communications – these may be of a preliminary nature but sufficient for immediate publication, up to 2500 words (including tables and illustrations).
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Review articles – focusing on special topics of interest and summarising latest scientific information, up to 10000 words (including tables and illustrations). Contributions of authors with experimental experience and publications on the given topic are highly preferred.
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Description of new cultivars – local cultivars breed and registered in Slovakia (up to 400 words).
Text
The paper should be delivered on standard size of paper (A4 format), type size 12 font, double-space lines, 2.5cm margins on each edge of the page. MS Word should be used. If any abbreviations are used in the paper, they must be appropriately explained when they are used in the text for the first time. It is not advisable to use any abbreviation in the title of the paper or in the abstract. Latin words are to written in italics, the SI international system of measurement units should be used. Tables, graphs and other material are to be submitted separately to the text (on separate pages appended to the article).
Tables
Word editor should be used to create tables, for tables each item should be placed into a separate cell. Maximum size 16.4 (width) x 23 cm (height) = one page per table. Tables are to be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order in which they are referred to in the text and have a brief, but self explanatory title. Abbreviations or symbols used in the tables must be explained either in the table title or as a footnote. Column headings should be as brief as possible; units should be indicated in square brackets. Significance of differences is marked as an index (e.g. 0.45++ or 0.45ab). No vertical lines should be used.
Graphs
All photos, graphs, figures and diagrams should be refereed to as a figure and numbered, continually according to the order in which they are included in the text, using Arabic numerals. Graphs should be provided in MS Excel editor (stored with original data) or as a figure (jpg), without shadow outline and background and without grid. Size of figures should either match the column width (7.6 cm) or their width must not exceed 16 cm, the maximum height is 23 cm; units should be indicated in square brackets.
Photographs and figures
Photos, figures and diagrams in format tiff, gif, jpg, psd, eps – in CMYK; resolution min. 300 dpi. Coloured photos can be published in printed version in degrees of grey colour, however coloured in pdf format of papers at the journal web page.
Title page must contain title of paper (short, not exceeded 85 characters; no subtitles should be used), complete name(s) of the authors, the name(s) and address (es) of the institution(s) where the work was done. No abbreviations should be used in the title.
Summary is a short summary of the whole paper. It should describe all essential facts of a scientific paper. Summary should provide the reader sufficient information about the objective, method(s) and the most important results. It should be self-explanatory, concisely written and intelligible as much as possible. It should not exceed 250 words. No references are to be cited in the abstract. The summary is an important part of the paper because it is published and cited in world databases.
Key words (up to 7 words) are arranged from more general terms towards more precise ones. They should differ from words mentioned in the title. The main text of original scientific paper should consist of the following sections: introduction, material and methods, results, discussion and conclusion. Results and discussion can be presented in one heading. Short communication should have an abstract and material and methods can be integrated in the text.
Introduction should outline the main reason why the research was conducted, describe a brief review of literature consisting of refereed periodicals, journals and books, and the goal of the author. This section should be organised from general to specific information. The last sentence of the introduction should include the statement of objectives and a statement of hypotheses.
The section Material and Methods should provide a truthful, brief but exact description of the studied material (precise definition of cultivar or species, the way of establishment of the experiment, soil and climatic conditions, results of agrochemical analysis of soil, doses and forms of used fertilizers and other moments according to character of the experiment, and data on sampling, storage and processing of samples), used methods of study (detailed description of the method in case of original or modified one, or quotation of available work describing the used method), and way of evaluation of obtained results (statistical methods and used programmes). The section should provide information sufficient to enable reproduction of the experimental work.
Results should be processed in a clear way illustrated by tables and figures. Parallel documentation of identical results in tables and figures is not admissible. The authors should confront partial results with data published by other authors, whose names and year of
publication are to be cited by including them in the text directly, e.g. ...as published Lutz (1987); Welsch and Miranda (2001) found ..., or citing authors and years of publication in parenthesis (Lutz 1987; Welsch & Miranda 2001; Keller et al. 1997).
Discussion - it is necessary to evaluate the results mainly with respect to factors which could affect them, and to confront them with results of other authors in such way to be obvious what is new in the obtained results, how do they differ or agree with the results of other authors or with hitherto knowledge. Conclusion must be clear and brief. It should define clearly (in points if possible) the obtained new knowledge, the most important results, their scientific or practical significance and recommendation for the practice and/or for direction of further research.
Acknowledgement and information regarding the funding sources will appear at the end of the text, before the References section.
References should provide the list of refereed periodicals cited in manuscript. The works are listed alphabetically by surname of the authors (each publication is on separate line). The full title of all authors should be followed by the year of publication cited in brackets, the original title of the paper, the full name of the periodical, the relevant volume, the year of publication, the number of periodical and page number. In the case of book or proceedings the title should be followed by the name of publisher and the place of publication. Literary sources should be cited in English language. Only primary sources should be mentioned which base on own results of the cited authors. The references should consist of peer periodicals (mainly peer-reviewed). It is not recommended to cite results of paper from conferences, no research reports, dissertation and habilitation theses should be cited. Only papers cited in the text should be included in the list of references. References should be complete and should follow the norms STN ISO 690 (1998) and STN EN ISO 690-2 (2001).
RAGHAVAN, V. 1997. Molecular embryology of flowering plants. Cambridge, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997. 523 pp. ISBN 0-521-55246-X.
PELTONEN-SAINIO, P. − KANGAS, A. − SALO, Y. − JAUHIAINEN, L. 2007. Grain number dominates grain weight in temperature cereal yield determination: Evidence based on 30 years of multi−location trials. In Field Crops Research, vol. 100, 2007, no. 2−3, pp.
179−188.
WEDZONY, M. 2003. Protocol for anther culture in hexaploid tritikale (x Triticosecale Wittm.). In MALUSZYNSKI, M. (Ed.) − KASHA, K. J. − FORSTER, B. P. − SZAREJKO, I.: Doubled haploid production in crop plants. A Manual. Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. ISBN 1-4020-1544-5, pp. 123−128.
HANÁČKOVÁ, E. – LOŽEK, O. – KOVÁČIK, P. 2003. Utilization of ratio values in diagnostics of nutririve status of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). In Nutrition of plants in sustainable agriculture : proceeding from international conference. Brno : MZLU, 2003. ISBN 80-7157-664-6, pp. 176–179.
Compliance with these instructions is obligatory for all authors. If a manuscript does not comply exactly with the above requirements, the Editorial Office will not accept it for a consideration and will return it to the authors without reviewing.
