مدیریت نظارت ، سنجش و کیفیت آموزش
IJPP
Iranian Journal of Plant Physiology
Managing Editor:
Mozhgan Farzami Sepehr(PhD)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Faculty of Agriculture
Islamic Azad University Saveh Branch
Saveh, Iran
Editor in Chief:
Mahlagha Ghorbanli(PhD)
Professor
Department of Biology
Faculty of Science
Islamic Azad University Gorgan Branch
Gorgan, Iran
Executive Editor:
Zeinab Mohamad zadeh(MSc)
Department of Biology
Faculty of Agriculture
Islamic Azad University Saveh Branch
Saveh, Iran
Editorial Board:
Iftikhar Hussain Khalil (PhD)
Professor
Plant Breeding and Genetics Department
NWFP Agricultural University
Peshawar, Pakistan
(www.aup.edu.pk)
Jennifer Ann Harikrishna (PhD)
Associate Professor,
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Institute of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Gholamreza Bakhshi Khaniki (PhD)
Professor
Faculty of Agriculture
Payame Noor University
Lashkarak Road
Tehran , Iran
P.O.Box:14335-333
Fariba Meighani(PhD)
Assistant Professor
Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection
Maryam Shahbazi (PhD)
Assistant Professor
Molecular physiology Department,
Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII)
Mahdasht Road
P. O. Box 31535-1897
Karaj, Iran
Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Hamdi (PhD)
Assistant Professor
Dep. of Biology
Faculty of Science
Islamic Azad University of Garmsar
Garmsar, Iran
mm_hamdi@asia.com
Mohamad Ali Baghestani Meibodi(PhD)
Associate Professor
Iranian Research Institue of Plant Protection
Iranian Journal of Plant Physiology is a quarterly journal published by Islamic Azad University Saveh Branch in English. Manuscripts may be submitted in English.
Tables of contents and other useful information, including these instructions for contributors, are available at the websites of the Islamic Azad University Saveh Branch and the Editorial Office (Department of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, and Islamic Azad University Saveh Branch.
Aims and scope
This journal publishes the new results of completed, original studies on any aspect of plant physiology based also on approaches and methods of biochemistry, biophysics, genetics, molecular biology, genetic engineering, applied plant physiology, and other related fields. We also accept descriptions of original methods and instruments opening novel possibilities for obtaining and analyzing experimental results. Papers outlining trends and hypotheses are accepted as well. Brief communications are not accepted. However, in some cases, the editors may suggest that authors shorten a manuscript to the size of a brief communication (no more than 10 pages of text and 4 figures and/or tables in all). Manuscript submission implies that the material has not been published before and is not under consideration for publication any else.
Manuscript requirements
Manuscript length should not exceed 10 printed pages (reviews not more than 20 pages), including references, tables, and figure captions; it should contain no more than 7 figures. The manuscript must be typed (Times New Roman font, 12 pt, 1.5 spacing throughout) in a single column on one side of white paper (A4, 210 × 297 mm) with left and top margins of 2.5 cm and a right margin of 1.5 cm. All pages, including references, tables, and figure captions, should be numbered consecutively in the top right-hand corner. All lines should be enumerated throughout the entire text.
Please arrange your manuscript as follows: title, author(s), affiliation(s), abstract, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, REFERENCES, TABLES, FIGURE CAPTIONS.
The title must be concise (no more than 10 words) but informative. Capitalize the first letters in all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and subordinate conjunctions. Avoid nonstandard abbreviations.
Authors’ initials and surnames should be written with one space between the initials and between the initials and an author’s surname and with the conjunction “and” before the last author. Author affiliations should be marked as a, b , etc. On a separate page, provide the full names of all authors, their postal addresses and telephone and faxnumbers, as well as e-mail addresses, and indicate the corresponding author.
Author affiliations include the department, institution, and complete address of each author. The fax number and e-mail address of the corresponding authorhould be indicated after his or her postal address.
Abstract
All papers, including Brief communications, should be preceded by a concise (of no more than 250 words) but informative abstract, in which the plant material (binomial, including authority) is given. The abstract should explain to the general reader the major contributions of the article. The abstract is typed as a single paragraph. Citing and discussing literature are
not recommended.
Key words
(no more than 7 items) are listed beginning with the Latin name(s) of the organism(s) studied
without author’s name and arranged as follows: Lycopersicon esculentum - transgenic tomato plant - ethylene
Abbreviations
are listed in alphabetical order and arranged as follows: BA—benzyladenine; PSI—photosystem I; WT—wild type. Define nonstandard abbreviations when they are first mentioned in the text and abstract.
Main headings
within the text (INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, etc.) should be placed
on separate lines and written in all capitals. First-level subheadings should follow title capitalization (example: Cytokinin-Dependent Signal Transduction) and be placed on separate lines. Second-level subheadings (i.e., headings run into a paragraph) should follow sentence capitalization (example: Plant material. ).
INTRODUCTION: The introductory part of the article should explain its objective and cite relevant articles published previously.
MATERIALS AND METHODS::should include complete botanical names (genus, species, authority for the binomial, and, when appropriate, cultivar) for all plants studied. Following first mentions, generic names should be abbreviated to the initial except when confusioncould arise by reference to genera with the same initial. Growth conditions must be described. New procedures should be described in sufficient detail to be
repeated. A short description of other procedures should also be given. Avoid references like “… as described in [2]” or “… according to [5].” This section should also contain the names of the manufacturers (including country name) of materials and reagents. Statistical analysis of the results should be described. Identify the number of replications and the number of times individual experiments were duplicated. It should be clearly stated whether the standard deviation or the standard error is used.
RESULTS: should be presented mainly in figures and tables without their detailed discussion. Double documentation of the same points in figures and tables is not acceptable.
DISCUSSION: should contain an interpretation but not a recapitulation of the results. The Results and Discussion sections may be combined if a description of experimental results is brief or when the interpretation of the previous experiment is required for the logical substantiation of the next one.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: List dedications, acknowledgments, and funding sources.
REFERENCES: Cite published papers and books; citing the abstracts of meetings is not recommended. References should be cited in the same numerical order as they appear in the text in square brackets. In the reference list, all authors should be named unless there are 10 or more. For titles in English, including titles of books, journals, articles, chapters, and dissertations and names of conferences, use title capitalization. For titles given in a foreign language, follow the rules of capitalization for that language.
Journal articles should be cited as follows:
2. McDougall, G.J., Stewart, D., and Morrison, I.M., Cell-Wall-Bound Oxidases Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) Xylem Participate in Lignin Formation, Planta , 1994, vol. 194, pp. 9–14.
For correct abbreviations of journal titles, refer to
Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI).
Books should be cited as follows:
15. Cobb, A.,Herbicides and Plant Physiology London: Chapman and Hall, 1992.
Articles or chapters in books should be cited as follows:
1. Lichtenthaler, H., Vegetation Stress: An Introduction to the Stress Concept in Plants,
Vegetation Stress, Lichtenthaler, H., Ed., Stuttgart: Gustav Fisher, 1996,pp. 4–14.
Dissertations should be cited as follows:
10. Nesterova, A.N., Effects of Lead, Cadmium, and Zinc Ions on the Meristem Cell Arrangement and Growth of Maize Seedling Roots, Cand. Sci. (Biol.) Dissertation , Moscow: Mosk. Gos. Univ., 1989.
TABLES: Each table should have a brief title, be on a separate page, and be 1.5-spaced. Each column should have a heading; units should appear under the column heading(s). Some remarks may be written below the table, but they should not repeat details given in the Materials and Methods section.
FIGURE CAPTIONS: must be a brief self-sufficient explanation of the illustrations. Provide them separately figures.
FIGURES: All figures (photographs, graphs, and diagrams) should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively throughout. Figures should provide enough information to easily understand them. Figure parts should be identified by lowercase roman letters (I, II, etc.) in parentheses. The axes of each graph should have the numerical scale and the measured quantity with units (for example, CO2 absorbance, μ molm-2s-1), but not photosynthesis, μmol/m-2s-1)). The curves should be defined by italic numbers, and their explanation should be provided in the caption. Submit all figures on separate pages. Supply figures at final size widths: 80 mm (single column) or 160 mm (double column). Maximum depth is 230 mm. Figure number, author’s name, and manuscript title should be written in the bottom left-hand corner.
The manuscript should be signed by all authors.
The electronic version is formed as a complete manuscript file, without figures. Text files should be submitted in Microsoft Word 6.0 or a later version, using Times New Roman font of 12 point size. Submit figures as separate files. The preferred figure format is TIFF, but JPEG and GIF are also permitted. Load your figures at 600 dpi (dots per inch) for linear
and no less than 300 dpi for halftones and photos. Try to keep files under 5 MB.
Editorial processing (reviewing, editing, and proofs).
The Editorial Office informs authors by e-mail that a manuscript is received. Manuscripts prepared incorrectly or in poor English are not considered. All manuscripts submitted will be reviewed. The reviewer evaluates the manuscript, suggests improvements, and recommends accepting or rejecting the paper. Manuscripts and reviewer’s comments are emailed to the authors. Revised manuscripts (two copies and the initial version, along with point-by-point responses to the referee) should be returned within 40 days; otherwise, they will be treated as new submissions. If the revised manuscript is not received within four months, it is rejected. The manuscript is then subjected to scientific editing. Accepted manuscripts are published in correspondence with the date of their receiving. Papers containing new information of exceptional significance may be, on the proposal of the Editor