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Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira PAB is issued monthly by Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária EMBRAPA, affiliated to Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. PAB publishes original scientific-technological articles on Plant Physiology, Plant Pathology, Crop Science, Genetics, Soil Science, Food Technology and Animal Science. Its abbreviated title is Pesq. agropec. bras., and it should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references and bibliographic strips. |
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Financial support
The journal is financed by Embrapa and receives financial support from CNPq and CAPES.
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Scope and editorial policy
Brazilian Journal of Agricultural Research (PAB) is a monthly journal, edited by Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa, which publishes English original scientific papers on subjects related to the agronomic area. The main format for papers is Articles but PAB also publishes Scientific Notes, and Review Manuscripts by invitation. |
Form and preparation of manuscripts
Analysis of the manuscripts
Form and preparation of manuscripts Scientific Articles, Scientific Notes, and Review Articles (this last one only by the Editor's invitation) are the formats accepted by PAB. Papers published are grouped in technical areas according to their main subject. The major technical areas are Entomology, Plant Physiology, Plant Pathology, Crop Science, Pomology, Genetics, Microbiology, Mineral Nutrition, Soil Science, and Animal Science. Originals - The text should be typed in the Microsoft Word, double spaced, using Times New Roman font 12, paper A4 format, and with 2.5 cm margins, and have numbered pages and lines.
Cover letter Please indicate the relevance/importance of your work and how your manuscript is within the scope of the journal.
Organization of the paper Title, authorship, institutional and electronic address; Abstract; Index terms, in English; title, abstract, index terms in Portuguese; Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, References, tables and figures, in English. The scientific paper should have at most 20 pages, including illustrations (tables and figures), which should be limited to six.
Title It should be written in bold lowercase, except the initial letter. It should begin with key words, avoiding words such as "effect of" or "influence of". It must not contain scientific names, except that of little known species; in that case, use only the binomial nomenclature (genus and species). It must not contain subtitles, abbreviations, formulas, and symbols. Words should facilitate the retrieving of indices developed by data bases which catalogue literature.
Authors' name The last surname of each author should be followed by Arabic numerals, superscripted, in brackets, relating to the indication of the author's address.
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Abstract It must comprise 200 words, at most, including numbers, prepositions, conjunctions and articles. It should be presented in short sentences, containing the objective, the materials and methods, as well as the results and conclusions. It must not include bibliographical citations or abbreviations. The end of the text must present the chief conclusion, and the verb to be used in the simple present tense.
Index terms Terms must be separated by commas and in lowercase, including the first one. There must be at least three and at most six index terms, considering that a term may contain two or more words. They must not be the same as words used in the title. They must contain the scientific name (only the binomial nomenclature) of the studied species. Preferably, they should be terms included in AGROVOC: Multilingual Agricultural Thesaurus (http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_intro.htm) or in SciELO Subject Index (http://www.scielo.br).
Introduction The introduction must not exceed two pages. It must clearly provide a reason for the work, emphasizing the scientific problem to be solved and presenting its relation with other published works on the subject. The last paragraph must express the objective according to the described in the Abstract.
Materials and Methods It should be arranged chronologically. It must present the description of the locale, the date, and the delineation of the experiment, as well as indicate treatments, number of repetitions and size of the experimental units. It should describe the treatments and variables. The discussion of the treatments and variables should avoid abbreviations and acronyms. Materials and Methods should be described in such a way that another researcher may reproduce the experiment. Long descriptions of ordinary techniques as well as needless details should be avoided. The author must describe the statistical analyses used and any data transformations used. Subtitles should be avoided; in the case that they are essential, write them in bold lowercase, except the initial letter, which should be capitalized, on the left margin of the page.
Results and Discussion The results and discussion must not exceed four pages. All data presented should be discussed based on the mention of each table and figure. Tables and figures are mentioned consecutively, in numerical order. The text should not only present the data on the figures and tables, but discuss them, i.e., compare them to the data presented by other authors. Treatment and variable abbreviations should be avoided. Data not presented should not be discussed. The results and discussion cannot contain assertions that can not be supported by the data obtained in the actual work or by other mentioned works. The references to tables and to figures must be done at the end of the first sentence of the text; if the other sentences of the paragraph refer to the same table or figure, a new indication is not necessary. Do not present the same data, simultaneously, in tables and figures. The discussion should be limited to the obtained data. New findings should be compared with knowledge previously obtained.
Conclusions Sentences should be short, without further comments; the verb must be in the simple present tense. They should be organized according to the objective of the work. They can not be a summary of the results; they must present new findings of the research. They must be numbered and cannot exceed five at most.
Acknowledgements They must be brief, beginning with "To the" (persons or institutions). It must explain the reason of the acknowledgement.
References They must be up-to-date sources. At least 70% of references must be from the last 10 years and 70% of them must be periodical articles. As an exception references can comprise older classical works related to the subject studied. They must be normalized according to the ABNT current guidelines. They must be presented in alphabetical order of authors' names, divided by semicolon, and unnumbered. All authors of each work must be listed in the references. Titles of periodicals must be written in bold. All references must record a publication date, even if not precise. There should not be more than thirty references. Examples: Events (only complete works are accepted) SOUSA, A.B.O. de; SOUZA NETO, O.N. de; SOUZA, A.C.M. de; SAMPAIO, P.R.F.; DUARTE, S.N. Trocas gasosas e desenvolvimento inicial de mini melancia sob estresse salino. In: INOVAGRI INTERNATIONAL MEETING, 2., Fortaleza, 2014. Anais. Fortaleza: Inovagri, 2014. p.3813-3819. DOI: 10.12702/ii.inovagri.2014-a510. Periodical articles SILVA, T. P. da; VIDAL NETO, F. das C.; DOVALE, J.C. Prediction of genetic gains with selection between and within S2 progenies of papaya using the REML/Blup analysis. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, v.52, p.1167-1177, 2017. DOI: 10.1590/s0100-204x2017001200005 Book chapters SHAHZAD, A.; PARVEEN, S.; SHARMA, S.; SHAHEEN, A.; SAEED, T.; YADAV, V.; AKHTAR, R.; AHMAD, Z.; UPADHYAY, A. Plant tissue culture: applications in plant improvement and conservation. In: ABDIN, M.Z.; KIRAN, U.; KAMALUDDIN, ALI, A. (Ed.). Plant Biotechnology: principles and applications. Singapore: Springer, 2017. p.37-72. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-2961-5_2. Books SANTOS, H.G. dos; JACOMINE, P.K.T.; ANJOS, L.H.C. dos; OLIVEIRA, V.A. de; LUMBRERAS, J.F.; COELHO, M.R.; ALMEIDA, J.A. de; CUNHA, T.J.F.; OLIVEIRA, J.B. de. Sistema brasileiro de classificação de solos. 3.ed. rev. e ampl. Brasília: Embrapa, 2013. 353p. Thesis SAMUEL-ROSA, A. Análise de fontes de incerteza na modelagem espacial do solo. 2016. 278p. Tese (Doutorado) - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica. Electronic Sources EMBRAPA. Zoneamento agroecológico. Available at: <https://www.embrapa.br/tema-zoneamento-agroecologico>. Accessed on: Apr. 10 2018.
Citations Self-quotations should be avoided. They must be normalized according to the ABNT current guidelines. Citations written in brackets With just one author: surname written with the first letter capitalized, followed by a comma and the year of publication. Two authors: surnames written with the first letter capitalized, divided by an ampersand (&), followed by comma and year of publication. More than two authors: surname of the first author written in upper and lowercase, followed by the expression et al., in a normal font, comma and year of publication. More than one work: they must follow a chronological order, and, after that, an alphabetical order of authors, and must be divided by semicolon. More than one work by the same authors: do not repeat the name of the authors; commas divide the years of publication. Citation of citation: surname of the author and year of publication of the original document, followed by the expression "cited by", as well as the citation of the work regarded. Citation of citation must be avoided because there is a chance of misinterpretation; if it is essential, only the regarded work must comprise the references. Citations out of brackets With name of authors included in the sentence: they follow the previous guidelines, with the years of publication in brackets; they are divided by commas.
Formulas, expressions, and mathematical expressions They must not be in italics or in bold. Exceptions to the use of italics would be formula symbols conventionally written in italics.
Tables at the end of the text, after the references. Tables should be self-explanatory, without the necessity to return to the text to understand them. Essential elements: titles, headings, grid (columns and rows/lines) and column indicating treatments and variables. Complementary elements: footnotes and bibliographical source. The title, followed by a period, must come after the word Table, in bold, numbered sequentially in Arabic numerals. It must be clear, brief and comprehensive; it must include the species name (general or scientific) as well as the dependent variables. In the headings, the names of the variables must be written in full; if this is not possible, explain the meaning of the abbreviations in the title or footnotes of the table. Measure units of all variables must be presented using the International System of Units. The columns of the data, numerical values must be aligned by the last numeral. No table cell (crossings between lines and columns) may be empty. The lack of numerical data should be represented by a hyphen (-), followed by an explanation footnote. To indicate the minimum significant difference, lowercase or uppercase letters are used in the columns or in the lines, at the right of the data, with indication in the footnote of the test and probability used. In order to separate headings from titles and from the table, use horizontal borders; use them also on the base of the table to separate the content from the complementary elements. Additional horizontal borders may be used inside the headings and tables; do not use vertical borders. Tables should be assembled in Word files, using the menu Table; do not introduce spaces using the space bar of the keyboard, but the indentation on the menu format paragraph. Table footnotes Source notes: they indicate the origin of data on the table; sources must be in the references. Indication notes: specific pieces of information about parts of the table, in order to form an opinion about the data. They are indicated in Arabic numerals, superscripted, in brackets, on the right of the word or number, on the title, on the headings, on the table, or on the column. They are continuous, without changing lines, separated by a period. To indicate significance, the indications ns (nonsignificant); * and ** (significant at 5 and 1% probability, respectively) will be used.
Figures They should only accompany the text when necessary to explain the described facts. The title of the figure, without bold, must come after the word Figure, the number in Arabic numerals, and the period, in bold. Figures should be self-explanatory, without the necessity to return to the text to understand them. Legends (key to the adopted conventions) must be included in the figure, in the title, or between the figure and the title. On the graphs, the indications of the axes X and Y must have initials in uppercase, and must be followed by the units in brackets. After the figure title, non-original figures must include the source from which they were taken; sources must be in the references. Copyright to the author of photographs is mandatory, as well as the copyright to the authors of drawings and graphs, which have required creative action in their construction. To standardize units, font (Times New Roman) and size of letters in all figures. Dots of curves must be represented by contrasting markers, such as: circles, squares, triangles or diamonds (full or empty). Numbers that stand for the measures and respective signs must be out of the quadrant. Curves must be identified in the figure, avoiding excess information that interferes with the understanding of the graphs. Figures can not present data included in tables. They must be organized in such a way as to present the necessary quality for good reproduction and measure 8.5 or 17.5 cm width. The figures must be saved in Word, Excel, or Corel Draw, in order to make editing and corrections possible. Use borders with, at least, ¾ width. In the case of a graph of bars and columns, use a scale of proportional gray (e.g.: 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% for five variables). Do not use bold in figures. Photographs must have a resolution of, at least, 300 dpi and be saved in TIF files, separated from text files. Avoid using colours in the figures; photographs, however, may be coloured.
Scientific Notes Presentation of Scientific Notes The organization of a scientific note must be the following: Title, authorship (with respective indication to authors' address), Abstract, Index terms, the text itself (including introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, as well as conclusion, without division), references, tables and figures. The guidelines to the presentation of a scientific note are the same as for a scientific article, except in the following items: The abstract must not exceed 100 words. The note must not be longer than eight pages, including tables and figures. It may have up to 15 references. It may have, at most, two illustrations (tables and figures).
Further information Manuscripts accepted for publication are double reviewed by experts. The editor and the referees have the right to request changes in the articles and to decide about their publication. Opinions and concepts developed in the manuscript are of the authors' exclusive responsibility. The accepted articles cannot be reproduced, even partially, without the expressed consent of the editor of PAB. Contacts can be made by phone: 55 61 3448-2461; and e-mail: sct.pab@embrapa.br
Embrapa - Secretaria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento |
Sending of manuscripts
Manuscripts should be submitted according to instructions detailed in the author guidelines at the following address: http://seer.sct.embrapa.br/index.php/pab/index |