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It is possible to submit abstracts, extended abstracts or full papers that will be published in the IOBC-WPRS Bulletin.

Abstracts/extended abstracts/full papers must be submitted via the online submission system.

https://web.symposium.it/iobc2025/abstract/login.php

Abstracts submitted by other means will not be accepted.

Authors should indicate the most appropriate topic for their work as well as their preferred method of presentation. The Scientific Committee reserves the right to reassign the accepted paper to a more appropriate session and/or method of presentation.

It is anticipated that Abstracts, extended abstracts and full papers will be published in the IOBC- WPRS Bulletin proceedings.

The IOBC-WPRS Bulletin publishes papers presented during IOBC-WPRS Working Group or Study Group Meetings and the IOBC-WPRS General Assemblies, as well as Guidelines for Integrated Production etc. The papers should be addressed to the convenors of the Working Group or Com- mission, for the General Assembly to the Secretary General.

Language: The papers should be written in English. The content should be clear, concise, and have been revised by a mother tongue or an experienced speaker.

As a general rule, full papers should consist of

• Abstract
• Key words
• Introduction
• Materials and methods
• Results and discussion (separated or combined)
• Acknowledgements (if necessary)
• References

Exceptions to this format could arise, in agreement with the Convenor, for example in case of review papers or position papers contributed by keynote speakers.

The Bulletin will be published on the website and in the webshop of IOBC-WPRS.

Therefore, compile your manuscripts in the final form as described below. In order to allow good and uniform reproduction, all manuscripts must be submitted in anelectronic version in MSWord.

1. Paper-format: A4
2. Left and right margins of the text: 5 cm Upper margin: 3.0 cm

Lower margin: 2.5 cm

This results in a printing area of 16 cm x 23.7 cm

3. Line spacing: 1
4. Font: “Times New Roman” or “Times”
5. All titles and subtitles should be flush Fonts as printed in the example
6. Font of the abstract: 12 pt
7. Font of the running text: 12 pt (except titles)
8. Font of the title: 16 pt, bold
9. Font of subtitles: 14 pt, bold
10. No hyphenation in the text
11. Justification of the text
12. Make sure that the first lines of all paragraphs (except for the paragraph that follows a title) are indented with a [Tab] command (0.8 cm). Do not use spaces instead of tabs and Do not repeatedly use Standard-Tabstops
13. Scientific names of plants and animals in Italics
14. The authors’ names should be typed in the normal font (not in capitals or any other face, not bold) in the text as well as in the “References”
15. Layout as shown in the example
16. Do not number the pages; the page numbering is done when the bulletins are being compiled

1. Incorporate tables and figures into the manuscript. Make sure that they are not linked to a file on your own computer, which makes them disappear in the manuscript when it is sent away

2. Two free lines have to precede and follow each figure or table

3. Make your tables with the [Table]-function. Do not use repeated [Standard]-Tab’s or Legends should be mentioned above the tables and under the figures. In the figures and tables the smallest font should be 10 pt. Smaller fonts may become unreadable. Tables and figures should be centred.

4. To differentiate between parts of a diagram or between curves in a figure, use clearly different colours or shading in different patterns. Make sure that the patterns as well can be clearly discerned from each other. Please avoid in the figures large uniform black or grey areas, fill out the columns in a figure with a pattern or a colour

5. Coloured photographs are welcome, but they shouldn’t require too much memory ca- pacity (not more than 1 MB each)

6. The figures, too, should not require too much memory capacity. If they need more than 1 MB, they will often have to be downsized which may be followed by a lack of quality.

Please note: Abstracts of less than one page should be an exception in a bulletin.

For abstracts and extended abstracts (max 2 pages), follow the instructions for manuscripts:

1. Paper-format: A4
2. Left and right margins of the text: 5 cm Upper margin: 3.0 cm

Lower margin: 2.5 cm

This results in a printing area of 16 cm x 23.7 cm

3. Line spacing: 1
4. Font: “Times New Roman” or “Times”
5. Font of the abstract/extended abstract, key words : 12 pt
6. Font of the title: 16 pt, bold
7. Font of subtitles (References, key words, acknowledgements…): 14 pt, bold
8. No hyphenation in the text
9. Justification of the text
10. Make sure that the first lines of all paragraphs (except for the paragraph that follows a title) are indented with a [Tab] command (0.8 cm). Do not use spaces instead of tabs and Do not repeatedly use Standard-Tabstops
11. Scientific names of plants and animals in Italics
12. The authors’ names should be typed in the normal font (not in capitals or any other face, not bold) in the text as well as in the “References” (if appearing in the abstract)
13. If references are mentioned in the abstract/extended abstract, they must be listed under “References”
14. Key words should be mentioned, in a distance of 2 lines to the text

References

For journal abbreviations use the Web of Science list:

http://images.webofknowledge.com/WOK46/help/WOS/A_abrvjt.html

If you cite authors in the text, please order them according to the date of publication, first dates first, e.g. (Erwin & Ribeiro, 1996; Kuldau & Yates, 2000; McCracken et al., 2003), or “… Erwin & Ribeiro (1996) and McCracken et al. (2003) have shown…”

The references are written in Times Roman 12 pt with hanging indents by 0.8 cm in the first line. References are listed alphabetically. In the case of several references by the same author, give single-author references first, e.g. Smith (1996) before Smith et al. (1994), but Smith (1993) before Smith (1994). Please follow the examples given below for journal articles, book chapters and en- tire books and the examples in the bulletin manuscript.

Acceptation of manuscript

The organizing committee will review the abstracts and notify the authors once the presentation form (oral/poster) has been determined.

Registration

The presenting author must be a registered participant. Please note that the presenting author is not automatically registered by submitting an abstract. Regular registration is obligatory and binding and implies payment of the registration fee.