NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
http://www.ueb.cas.cz/bp
BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM is an international journal
for experimental botany. It publishes original scientific
papers and brief communications, reviews on specialized
topics, and book reviews in plant physiology,
biochemistry, physiological anatomy, ecophysiology,
genetics, molecular biology, and pathophysiology. Only
papers presenting generally valid findings are usually
accepted. Papers should not be published or under
consideration for publication elsewhere.
Manuscripts in English should be addressed to the
Executive Editor:
Dr. Jana Pospíšilová, Institute of Experimental Botany,
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Karlovce
1a, CZ-16000 Praha 6, Czech Republic;
fax: (+420) 224310113; e-mail: biol.plant@ueb.cas.cz
The manuscripts should be sent in electronic version
(text in MS Word for Windows, figures and photographs
as JPG or TIF files) as attached files by e-mail.
Every manuscript is reviewed usually by two
reviewers familiar with the relevant field of research,
being from a different country or at least from different
institution from the author.
In further correspondence do not forget to use
manuscript number.
ORIGINAL PAPERS
The length of a paper including figures, tables and
references should not exceed 12 pages (final size in the
journal). The paper should be arranged as follows: Title,
names and addresses of the author(s), abstract with
additional key words, introduction, materials and
methods, results, discussion, references. The tables
(numbered and with a heading) and figure legends
should be printed on separate sheets of paper and should
be self-explanatory without reference to text. Units,
dimensions, terms, symbols, abbreviations, etc.,
recommended by the Système International d'Unités (SI)
should be used. The text should be printed 1.5 line apart,
size 11, without additional formatting.
Line drawings may be produced using computer
graphics with laser printing. The drawings should be
surrounded by a frame which forms their axes. Grid
marks should point inwards. As far as possible, different
curves should be individually labelled. Alongside the
scale of the ordinate and abscissa the quantity measured
should be given, followed by appropriate dimension in
SI units in brackets, e.g.: TRANSPIRATION RATE
[mg(H
2
O) m
-2
s
-1
].
Photographs must be of the highest quality with a full
range of tones and of good contrast. Colour photographs
are printed on authors′ expenses. Figures and
photographs must be sent as separate file(s) in quality
suitable for publication.
References in the text should contain the authors'
names followed by the year of publication, e.g. Amesz
(1989) or (Lüttge et al. 1989, Herbert and Nilson 1991).
References at the end of the paper should be arranged
alphabetically (by authors' names) (for abbreviations of
journal titles see the next page):
Scebba, F., Sebastiani, L., Vitagliano, C.: Activities of
antioxidant enzymes during senescence of Prunus
armeniaca leaves. - Biol. Plant. 44: 41-46, 2001.
Tausz, M.: The role of glutathione in plant response and
adaptation to natural stress. - In: Grill, D., Tausz, M., De
Kok, L.J. (ed.): Significance of Glutathione in Plant
Adaptation to the Environment. Pp. 101-122. Kluwer
Academic Press, Dordrecht - Boston - London 2001.
Koch, G.W., Mooney, A.A. (ed.): Carbon Dioxide and
Terrestrial Ecosystems. - Academic Press, San Diego -
New York - Boston - London - Sydney - Tokyo - Toronto
1996.
Gribova, Z.P., Antonovskiï, V.L.: [Ultraviolet radiation effect
on paramagnetic centres of plant leaves and chloroplasts.] -
Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. biol. 1991(1): 51-58, 1991. [In
Russ.]
Titles of articles written in languages other than
English are given only in English translation (see the
above example). However, book titles should be given
also in the original language.
Additional key words (10 or less) best characterizing
the contents of article and not contained in its title follow
the abstract. The list of abbreviations in alphabetical
order is also recommended.
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Papers not longer than 4 pages (final size in the journal)
including abstract, text, references, one table and one
figure, or two figures, or two tables are usually published
more rapidly than the longer papers.
REVIEW ARTICLES
Short but comprehensive reviews with full bibliography
are accepted after preliminary discussion of the intended
topics with the editors.
BOOK REVIEWS
Reviews of new books up to 1 page (final size in the
journal) dealing with experimental botany or related
fields, sent to the Editor, are published as soon as
possible.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The journal publishes announcements of conferences,
symposia, etc. in the respective fields only on free pages.