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Author Guidelines

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General Information

The Journal is published twice a year (six-monthly) in March and September; the number of the volumes will vary. Journal will be produced after going through reviewing process from the board of editor. Article should be written in English. The article could be based on basic and applied research papers or short communication or review that have not been published related to plant pests, plant pathogens, plant damage caused by those pests and pathogens and or their management in tropical and subtropical areas.

Befor submitting your paper

Before submitting your paper, please ensure that:

• You are submitting your manuscript in the suitable journal – see our focus and scope
• Understand the processing cost – article processing charge
• Understand the copyright agreement – Copyright
• You have read carefully the author guidelines.
• Your manuscript has been “spell & grammar-checked”. It is better if your manuscript has been revised by a professional science editor or a native English speaker.
• References are in the correct format for this journal
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa

For your help, you can download the template of J Trop Plant Pests Dis here.

Type of paper

Three types of paper can be accepted to be published in J Trop Plant Pests Dis.

1. Original research paper
   Research papers with complete studies that should comprise original primary research showing a novelty that may contribute to the development of agricultural science, especially in the field of plant pests and diseases.
2. Short communication
   Original research with complete studies that present original and significant material for rapid dissemination. They may comprise a small amount of new information which is still considered important.
3. Review paper
   Reviews should provide up-to-date substantial information as well as critical evaluation or opinions of emerging technologies or future directions in the field of plant pests and diseases.

Required documents

Cover letter

The cover letter contain manuscript title, author (s), institution, type of article, novelty and confirmation that the the manuscript has not been published, or submitted for publication elsewhere in any languages. The authors also required to suggest three potential peer reviewers for their manuscript from different institutions, with whom no conflicts of interest exist. Please provide institutional email addresses or contact phone number where possible. It is better to add information of the suggested reviewers (for example an ORCID or Scopus ID) to verify the identity of the reviewer. Example of the letter can be seen in here.

Title page.

Title page should be presence in the original research paper, short communication as well as review. Title page contain:

• Type of manuscript
• Title
• Author
• Affiliation
• Corresponding author
• Acknowledgments
• Funding
• Authors’ contributions
• Competing interest

Research paper and short communication

Main text research paper and short communication contain:

• Title
• Abstract and keywords
• Introduction
• Materials and methods
• Results and discussion
• Conclusion
• References

Title. Title of the article should be compact, clear, and informative, preferably not more than 15 words, for scientific name was written as Spodoptera litura Fabricus (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Authors. Name of the authors should be fully written either first name, middle name (if any) and last name (if any). Put number (in superscript) to indicate the affiliation and asterix (*) (in superscript) to indicate the corresponding author.

For example:

Ivayani1*, Akira Murayama2, Suraj Desha Yadav3

Affiliation. Provide the full postal address of each author's affiliation, including the street name and number, city, province, country and ZIP code.

For example:

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Lampung. Jl. Prof. Soemantri Brojonegoro 1, Bandar lampung, Lampung, Indonesia 35145

Abstract. A concise abstract is required (± 3q11200 words). The abstract should be informative and state briefly the aim of the research, materials and methods, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, thus it must be able to stand alone (completely self-explanatory). References should not be cited, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential, they must be defined at their first mention.

Keywords. Key words were chosen carefully (maximum 5 words) which are different from that are written in the title, considering the main topic in order to improve on-line accessibility, and sorted from A to Z.

Introduction. Introduction should be written briefly, provide an adequate background, state the originality and novelty of the research, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Indicate the aims of research in the last paragraph.

Materials and methods. This section should contain Research site, here the specific location for the study should be explained. Explain the research step in different sub title. The research step should be explained clearly, including sampling (if any), research design (if any) as well as the data analysis (if any). Sufficient information should be presented to assist repetition of the research.

For the materials from commercial sources, the name of the brand, company, and country in which they are located should be indicated.

For example:

………after incubation at -40oC were performed using a centrifuge Kubota 3220 (Kubota, Japan).

Medium or buffer or chemicals composition should be written in detail, except it was obtained from commercial company.

For example:

……….1  ml  of  extraction  buffer  (0.5  ml  Tris  HCl,  1  ml  SDS  1%  +  2.8  ml  NaCl,  0.2  ml

Mercapthoethanol, 2 ml EDTA, 3.5 mL sterile water) was added to the tube.

………..1x Tris-HCL EDTA (TE) pH 8.0 (1st Base Malaysia) was added.

……put into a sterile 1.5 mL tube containing 20 ?L of DNAzolTM (ThermoFisher, USA)…..

Methods already published should be indicated by a reference. For example:

….DNA extraction was conducted based on the method performed by Swibawa et al. (2020). Once you have modified the methods, you should explain the modification.

Results and Discussion. Results and Discussion should be written as a series of connecting sentences. Results should be clear and concise. The discussion should be referred to primary relevance references.

Conclusion. Conclusion should be written clearly based on your research result in a paragraph.

Review paper.

Main text of review paper contain:

• Title
• Abstract and keywords
• Introduction
• Main article
• Conclusion
• References

Title. Title of the article should be compact, clear, and informative, preferably not more than 15 words, for scientific name was written as Spodoptera litura Fabricus (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Authors. Name of the authors should be fully written either first name, middle name (if any) and last name (if any). Put number (in superscript) to indicate the affiliation and asterix (*) (in superscript) to indicate the corresponding author.

For example:

Ivayani1*, Akira Murayama2, Suraj Desha Yadav3

Affiliation. Provide the full postal address of each author's affiliation, including the street name and number, city, province, country and ZIP code.

For example:

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Lampung. Jl. Prof. Soemantri Brojonegoro 1, Bandar lampung, Lampung, Indonesia 35145

Abstract. A concise abstract is required (± 200 words). The abstract should be informative and state briefly the aim of the research, materials and methods, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, thus it must be able to stand alone (completely self-explanatory). References should not be cited, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential, they must be defined at their first mention.

Keywords. Key words were chosen carefully (maximum 5 words) which are different from that are written in the title, considering the main topic in order to improve on-line accessibility, and sorted from A to Z.

Introduction. Introduction should be written briefly, provide an adequate background, state the important and the novelty of the review. Indicate the aims in the last paragraph.

Main article. This part should contain the body of the article, and may also be split into subsections with short and informative headings.

Conclusion. Please write your research conclusion in here. Conclusion should be written clearly based on your research result in a paragraph

Acknowledgments. Acknowledgments are expressed in a brief; all sources of institutional, private and corporate financial support for the work must be fully acknowledged.

Authors’ Contributions. Authors are required to add details of each author’s contribution to the research and preparation of the manuscript. Authorship should be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the research work or preparing the manuscript. Author’s initials should be used to indicate their names.

For example:

AM (initial name) and SDY considered and planned the experiment. I, AM and SDY carried out the isolation and pathogenicity test including rearing of Spodoptera litura for pathogecity test. SDY performed molecular work and analysis. AM collecting data on the plant damage area caused by S. litura as well as weather data. I performing analysis and interpreting the plant damage and weather data. AM prepared the manuscript. The authors provided response and comments on the research flow, data analysis and interpretation as well as shape of the manuscript. All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

Competing Interest. Authors are required to declare any competing interest such as financial or non-financial interests, professional or personal relationship that are directly or indirectly connected to the work submitted for publication. If there is no competing interest regarding to your publication, you are also required to declare.

Figures and Tables. Tables and figures on separate numbered pages after reference section. All the tables and figures should be mentioned in the text (Table 1; Figure 1). Figures and tables is followed by the title of the picture placed just below the picture and the title of the table placed above the table. The title of the table and picture should be numbered. The figures should be able to be clearly printed. For colored figures, 300 dpi of it should be sent to be printed. The displayed tables are without vertical line, whereas horizontal lines can only display 3 main horizontal lines which are 2 horizontal lines for column title and closing line from the bottom line. All the tables and figures should be numbered consecutively in order of appearance in the text.

Equation. Equation should be written left aligned and numbered in the brackets. The numbers placed at the end of the right margin of the column.

Other formatting details should be considered.

Abbreviations. Abbreviations should be written at the first mention of the full term and used consistently thereafter.

Species scientific names. Binomial names with an authority should be written in full in the title and the first time the name is stated in the text e.g. Spodoptera litura F., Hemileia vastatrix B. et Br.. Afterward, scientific name of the species is written in shortened scientific name e.g. S. litura, H. vastatrix.

Italicization. Non-English words origin should be italicized, excluding terms that are widely used in the English language; e.g. durian and cempedak.

Numbers. Number which is put in the beginning of the sentence should be written in alphabetic while when it is located within sentence should be written in numeric.

Units of measurement. J Trop Plant Pests Dis follow in to the International System of Units (SI) for how units of measurement are written, with several deviations to remain consistent with the journal's historical usage. The rules for the most common units are as follows:

Unit	Example	Note
Temperature	30 °C	With a space after the number
Volume	mL, L	Capital L for liter
Time	day(s)	day(s)
	hour(s)	hour(s)
	min	minute(s)
	s	second(s)

References

References should be arranged alphabetically without any numbering and the space between each item is single. The rules of the references writing are as follows:

Article in scientific Journal:

Author(s) encouraged to use reference from scientific journal with DOI number. Journal title is written in italic and the title is abbreviated which refers to the international standard of journal abbreviation.

Journal with English language Journal with one author:

In the main text: (Abbas, 2020)

In the references:

Abbas MST. 2020. Interactions between entomopathogenic fungi and entomophagous insects. Adv.

Entomol. 8(3):      130–146. https://doi.org/10.4236/ae.2020.83010

Journal with two authors:

In the main text:

(Selangga & Listihani, 2021)

In the references:

Selangga DGW & Listihani L. 2021. Molecular identification of Pepper yellow leaf curl Indonesia virus on chili pepper in Nusa Penida Island. J. HPT Tropika. 21(2): 97–102. https://doi.org/10.23960/jhptt.22197-102

Journal with more than two authors:

In the main text: (Lestari et al., 2018)

In the references:

Lestari SM, Hidayat SH, & Widodo. 2018. Determination of endophytic fungi as induce resistance agent of chilli pepper against pepper yellow leaf curl disease. Agrivita. 40(2): 249–256. http://doi.org/10.17503/agrivita.v40i2.989

Journal with volume, without issue, with page number

In the main text: (Rehner et al., 2011)

In the references:

Rehner SA, Minnis AM, Sung GH, Luangsa-ard JJ, Devotto L, & Humber RA. 2011. Phylogeny and systematics of the anamorphic, entomopathogenic genus Beauveria. Mycologia. 103: 1055– 1073. https://doi.org/10.3852/10302

Journal with volume, with issue, with single page number

In the main text: (Neriya et al., 2020)

In the reference:

Neriya Y, Izumi R, Wilisiani F, Hartono S, Wirya GNAS, Nishigawa H, & Natsuaki T. 2020. Complete genome sequence of a Pepper yellow leaf curl Indonesia virus isolated from tomato in Bali, Indonesia. Microbiol. Resour. Announc. 9(25): e00486-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00486- 20

Journal with volume, with issue, without page number

 In the main text:

(Brandariz-Fontes et al., 2015)

In the reference:

Brandariz-Fontes C, Camacho-Sanchez M, Vilà C, Vega-Pla JL, Rico C, & Leonard JA. 2015. Effect of the enzyme and PCR conditions on the quality of high-throughput DNA sequencing results. Sci. Rep. 5(8056). https://doi.org/10.1038/sre p08056

Journal without volume, with Issue

In the main text: (Sabatier, 1995)

In the references:

Sabatier R. 1995. Reorienting health and social services. AIDS STD Health Promot. Exch. (4): 1–3.

Journal with volume and with supplement issue

In the main text: (Frumin et al., 1979)

In the references:

Frumin AM, Nussbaum J, & Esposito M. 1979. Functional asplenia: demonstration of splenic activity by bone marrow scan. Blood. 59(Suppl 1): 26–32.

Journal with multiple issue number

In the main text: (Ramstrom et al., 2002)

In the references:

Ramstrom O, Bunyapaiboonsri T, Lohmann S, & Lehn JM. 2002. Chemical biology of dynamic combinatorial libraries. Biochem. Biophys. Acta. 1572(2–3): 178–186.

Journal in press

In the main text: (Herlinda et al., 2021)

In the reference:

Herlinda S, Suharjo R, Sinaga ME, Fawwazi F, & Suwandi S. 2021. First report of occurrence of corn and rice strains of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda in South Sumatra, Indonesia and its damage in maize (in press). J. Saudi Soc. Agric. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssas.2021.11.003

Journal with non-English language:

In the main text: (Sudiono et al., 2005)

In the references:

Sudiono, Yasin N, Hidayat SH, & Hidayat P. 2005. Penyebaran dan deteksi molekuler virus Gemini penyebab penyakit kuning pada tanaman cabai di Sumatera [The distribution and molecular detection of geminivirus pathogen of chilli yellowing disease in Sumatera lsland]. J. HPT Tropika. 5(2): 113–121. https://doi.org/10.23960/j.hptt.25113-121

Complete Book

Book title is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. If the book has a DOI, then it should be written

Authored

Non English language

In the main text: (Semangun, 2008)

In the references:

Semangun H. 2008. Penyakit Penyakit Tanaman Pangan di Indonesia [Crop Diseases in Indonesia].

Gadjah Mada University Press, Yogyakarta.

English language

In the main text: (Sambrook et al., 1989)

In the references:

Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, & Maniatis T. 1989. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual. Second Edition.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

Authored with volume

In the main text: (Sambrook & Russell, 2001)

In the references:

Sambrook J & Russell DW. 2001. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual Vol 3. Third Edition. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

Book chapter

Title of book chapter is written in plain with only the first sentence is capitalized, however, book title is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. If the book chapter has a DOI, then it should be written

Without editor(s) In the main text: (Sastry, 2013)

In the reference:

Sastry KS. 2013. Detection of plant viruses in seeds. In: Seed-Borne Plant Virus Diseases. pp. 101–

163. Springer Science & Business Media, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0813-6_6

With editor(s)

In the main text: (Stapleton et al., 2005)

In the references:

Stapleton S, O’Kennedy R, & Tully E. 2005. Immunoassays: production of antibodies. In: Worsfold P, Townshend A, & Poole C (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Analytical Science. Second Edition. pp. 306–316. Elsevier Ltd. Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-12-369397-7/00263-6.

Patent

Patent title is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. Number of patent and released date should be written.

Non English language: In the main text: (Suharjo et al., 2019)

In the references:

Suharjo R, Fitriana Y, Rini MV, & Hidayat KF. 2019. Pembuatan Mutan Jamur Trichoderma spp.Tahan ph Rendah Menggunakan Agen Mutan Sinar Gamma [The development of Low pH Trichoderma spp. Tolerant Mutant Using Gamma Rays Irradiation]. No paten: 1DS000002219. 26 Maret 2019.

English Language:

 Thesis and dissertation

Thesis and dissertation title is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. If the thesis and dissertation have a DOI, then it should be written

English language In the main text: (Fitriana, 2014)

In the references:

Fitriana Y. 2014. Traits Improvement by Ion-bean and Gamma-ray Irradiation in Enthomopathogenic Fungi. Dissertation. Gifu University. Gifu

In the main text: (Suharjo, 2010)

In the references:

Suharjo R. 2010. Taxonomic Study of Dickeya spp. Strains Isolated in Japan. Master Thesis. Shizuoka University. Shizuoka

Non-English language In the main text: (Sulandari, 2004)

In the reference:

Sulandari S. 2004. Karakterisasi Biologi, Serologi & Analisis Sidik Jari DNA Virus Penyebab Penyakit Daun Keriting Kuning Cabai [Biological Characterization, Serology and DNA Fingerprint Analysis of Viruses that Cause Chili Yellow Curly Leaf Disease]. Disertasi. Institut Pertanian Bogor. Bogor.

In the main text: Irawati, 2004)

In the references:

Irawati AFC. 2004. Karakterisasi dan Uji Hipovirulensi Rhizoctonia sp. yang Diisolasi dari Perakaran Tanaman Vanili [Characterization and Hipovirulence test of Rhizoctonia sp. Isolated from The Rhizosphere of Vanilla]. Tesis. Universitas Gadjah Mada. Yogyakarta.

Proceeding

The title of the manuscript is written in plain with only the first sentence is capitalized. The name of the proceeding is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. If the proceeding has a doi, then it should be written.

English language

Ofori DA. 2013. Domestication and conservation of pesticidal plants: principles and practices. In: Anjarwalla P, Ofori DA, Jamnadass R, Mowo JG & Stevenson PC (Eds.).Proceedings of the Training Workshop on Sustainable Production, Harvesting and Conservation of Botanical Pesticides. pp. 12–14. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya.

Non-english language

Bayu MSYI, Christanto, & Tengkano W. 2011. Komposisi genus dan spesies pengisap polong kedelai pada pertanaman kedelai [Composition of the genus and species of soybean pod sucker in soybean plantations]. In: Widjono A, Hermanto, Nugrahaeni N, Rahmianna AA, Suharsono, Rozi F, Ginting E, Taufiq A, Harsono A, Prayogo Y, & Yusnawan E (Eds.). Prosiding Seminar Hasil Penelitian Tanaman Aneka Kacang dan Umbi. pp. 271–278. Balai Penelitian Kacang dan Umbi. Malang.

Conference

The title of the manuscript is written in plain with only the first sentence is capitalized. The name of the conference is written in italic with the first letter is capitalized except for the hyphens. If the proceeding has a DOI, then it should be written.

Sartiami D, Dadang, Harahap IS, Kusumah YM, Anwar R. 2020. First record of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Indonesia and its occurrence in three provinces. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 468: 012021. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/468/1/012021

Websites and other online formats

The web address and the date, month and year when it was accessed should be written.

Online database

English language Online document In the main text: (Doe, 1999)

In the references:

Doe J. 1999. Title of subordinate document. In: The Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects. Royal Society of Chemistry. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Accessed 15 January 1999.

Non-English Language In the main text: (PUSDATIN, 2020)

In the references:

PUSDATIN.                    2020.                   Outlook                   Cabai                  [Chili                   Outlook]. http://epublikasi.pertanian.go.id/download/ file/586outlook-cabai-besar-2020.              Accessed       8

April 2021.

E-Book

In the main text:

(Brogden & Guthmille 2002)

In the references:

Brogden  KA  &  Guthmille  JM.  2002.   Polymicrobial  Diseases.  ASM  Press.  Washington  D.C. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2475/. Accessed 28 February 2014.

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