Author has the responsibility to ensure that:
- The Manuscript is original work and does not involve cheating, fabrication, or plagiarism.
- The manuscript has not been published before and is not currently considered for publication elsewhere. If accepted by Agrium: Journal of Agricultural Sciences for publication, it will not be submitted for publication in other journals.
- The Manuscript does not contain defamatory or unlawful statements and does not contain material that violates individual privacy, proprietary rights, or copyright laws.
- The author should list the citation from the source where the quote was obtained.
- The authors have contributed significantly to this research including the conception and design of articles, data analysis, and manuscript writing.
- The author is responsible for the contents of the manuscript
Writing Guidance:
Author(s) have to submit the article through online submissions.
Manuscript Format
- The manuscripts can be written in Indonesian or English with 5000 - 15,000 words (maximum of 10-15 pages including figures and tables).
- If the manuscript is in Indonesian, then the abstract must be written in good and correct Indonesian and English. But if the manuscript is in English, then the abstract is only written in English.
- The manuscript is written in 11 point Calibri font 1 space in the A4 paper.
- The text is should be in single-column format with a left margin of 3.5 cm, a right margin of 2.5 cm, top and bottom of 2.5 cm each.
- The following word processor file formats are acceptable for the main manuscript document for all: Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX).
- The following formats for figure files: Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, JPG or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution.
- Figures and Tables are placed in the manuscript (integrated with a whole manuscript).
- The references must use Automatic Reference Management (Mendeley, Zetero, Endnote)
- Template file could be downloaded in the website: link
Manuscript Structure
Title
The title is an opportunity to attract the reader’s attention. The title should be accurate, unambiguous, specific and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations
A manuscript has the main author and co-authors with a full name of the author and co-authors (no abbreviation), includes an address (es) and email addresses clearly. Each address should be preceded by a numerical superscript corresponding to the same superscript after the name of the author concerned. Give an asterisk (*) in the contact person for correspondence.
Abstract
The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. The abstract must be written using 150 until 250 words.
Keywords
Keywords consist of 5 words that are not used in the title and arranged alphabetically. Be sparing with abbreviations, only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Introduction
The introduction should contain the background of the research, the purpose of the research, a summary of the existing literature, the reasons why the research is necessary, and a statement of scientific novelty. In the scientific article format, the literature review is realized in the form of an art review to demonstrate the scientific novelty of the article and conceptual development based on previous research studies. The introduction is presented in paragraph form with a maximum of 1000 words.
Material and Methods
In this section, it is necessary to specify the materials and equipment used in the research. Next, explain the method used in solving the research problem. Methods must be structured, clear, easy to understand, and appropriate in use. Research procedures along with data analysis methods must be presented.
Result and Discussion
Result and discussion must be written in the same part. They should be presented continuously start from the main result to the supporting results and equipped with a discussion. This section should explain scientifically including: What scientific findings were obtained? Why did this happen? Why is the trend of the variable like that? All these questions must be scientifically explained, not just descriptive, it must be supported by scientific phenomena. In addition, it should also be compared with the results of other researchers on similar topics.
Conclusion
Each article ends with a conclusion that summarizes the answer to the hypothesis or research objectives or scientific findings obtained. After the conclusion, suggestions can be written containing recommendations regarding the results of the research or input regarding further research ideas.
Acknowledgement
Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references. List here those individuals who provided help during the research, especially funding supporter of research.
References
All references cited in the manuscript should be written in the References section. References must contain reference literature derived from primary sources (scientific journals). Scientific journals are at least 80% of the entire bibliography) and published in the last 5 years. Each article contains a minimum of 15 (fifteen) references. The reference writing format used in Agrium: Journal of Agricultural Sciences is in accordance with the APA 6th style. Writing citations and references using automatic reference management such as Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero, or etc. All references mentioned must be written based on references arranged from A to Z.
Citation in text
Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses.
Examples:
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) production in Indonesia still needs to meet the needs of the community, causing people's dependence on imported garlic is very high. Around 80%-90% of garlic comes from imports such as China (Agustina, 2020). The people of Indonesia favor imported garlic from China because of the larger bulbs and cloves and the cheaper price than local garlic (Singh and Sinha, 2019). The low price of imported garlic is caused by the high productivity of garlic in China, which is around 25.3 t.ha-1, so the cost of garlic production in China has become cheap (Sandrakirana et al., 2018).
Guidance of Writing References
Journal Article
Tarigan, D.M., Utami, S., Selian, A.R., Lestami, A., Barus, W.A & Munar, A. (2023). Effect of dried decanter solid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth and production of mung bean in acid lands. Asian Journal of Plant Science, 22, 382-393. https://doi.org/ 10.3923/ajps.2023.382.393
Book
Tarigan, D, M., Barus, W.A., Munar, A., Lestami, A & Nufus, N.H. (2023). Teknik Budidaya Sorgum di Tanah Salin. Medan, Indonesia: UMSUPress. https://doi.org/10.1002/2280829421704
Dissertation or Thesis
Lestami, A. (2019). Diversity and genetic identification of soybean mutant (Glycine max (L) Merril) resistant Athelia rolfsii Curzi based on SSR markers. (Master Theses). Medan: Universitas Sumatera Utara. Retrieved from http://repositori.usu.ac.id/handle/123456789/22088.pdf
Web
BPS-Statistics Indonesia. (2018). Statistics of annual fruit and vegetables plants in Indonesia 2017. Retrieved from https://www.bps.go.id/publication/2018/10/12/62fb006c7e5532e734c2b8dc/statistik-tanaman-buah-buahan-dan-sayuran-tahunan-indonesia-2017.html