New: Supplmentary Material: Authors are encouraged to provide additional information as supplementary material that will be acceible online.Please identify the supplementary material as such in the manuscript.
Submiion of Manuscripts Please submit your manuscript online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/.The web addre for the form is http://www.daodoc.com/pdf/PLB_CWAF.pdf.References
The list of references must include all (but no additional) references quoted.Arrange references alphabetically according to author name, not chronologically.The name of the journals containing the cited papers should be given in full.Each article reference should be given as in the following example:
Alfano, J.R.and Collmer, A.(2004) Type III secretion system effector proteins: double agents in bacterial disease and plant defence.Annual Review Phytopathology.42, 385–414 Books or other non-serial publications which are quoted in the references must be cited as follows: Han, J.and Kamber, M.(2001) Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, 1st edn.Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco.Platt T., Sathyendranath S.(1995) Latitude as a primary factor in the calculation of primary production.In: H.R.Skoldahl, C.Hopkins, K.E.Erikstad & H.P.Leinaas (Eds).Ecology of Fjords and Coastal Waters.Elsevier, Amsterdam: 3-25.
Articles not yet published may only be cited if they have definitely been accepted for publication.They must be denoted by the expreion \'in pre\'.
We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting.
Units
Plant Biology will follow the system of SI units (Systeme International d\'Unites).Within a given paper chosen units must be uniform.
Abbreviation
Note that common abbreviations can be used without explanation.Others must be explained.In case of doubt always give an explanation.Use FW = fresh weight and DW = dry weight.
Scientific Names
Scientific names should be cited in their complete form when first mentioned with genusauthority - cultivar (cv.) or subspecies (p.) where appropriate.Latin names should be underlined or typed in italics.Subsequently the generic names should be abbreviated, but avoid confusion: e.g.use A.comosus if the only genus with a first fetter A in your paper is Ananas; but use unambiguous abbreviations if you have more than one genus with the same first letter, e.g.Ananas comosus, Aechmea nudicaulis = A.comosus, Ae.nudicaulis, etc.Common names of organisms must be accompanied by the correct scientific name when first mentioned.For rare or exotic genera it may be useful to give the name of the family and/or higher taxon in brackets when first mentioned.
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Please note that unle specifically requested, the Publisher will dispose of all hardcopy or electronic material submitted 2 months after publication.If you require the return of any material submitted, please inform the editorial office or production editor as soon as poible after the final decision about publication.
