Manuscript submission

Chapter planning and headings: Discuss the chapters and heading scheme with editor before finalization. Author: Any change in author(s) / contributor(s) will need to be pre-agreed with ICAR. Photos/figures: Submit only very relevant colour / black and white photographs and clearly drawn line drawings. Copyright: Authors/contributors are responsible to get copyright clearance for any figure, quote or image to be used in the text by them; internationally online material is also subject to the same copyright legislation as in print. References: References need to be in presented in ICAR house-style. Preface/foreword: Should be submitted with the completed manuscript. Indexing: ICAR will prepare index in-house, hence do not send it with manuscript. Manuscript preparation Arrange preliminary pages in the following order: half title page (book title and subtitle only); title page (book title, subtitle; editor/author names; affiliation); Content; authors list (alphabetical by surname, full postal address and e-mail address of each author); Foreword; Preface; include acknowledgement and dedication in preface only). Preparation of each chapter: Chapter number/title/text. Place the tables (in WORD), after the paragraph where they are first mentioned. Figure number and captions should be marked after the paragraph where the figures appear first time; provide figures in separate.jpg or.tiff (at least 1.2 MB). Headings: In text, use four levels of headings and give numbered headings. The printing style will be finalized at editor’s level. Avoid more than four levels of headings. Spellings: Follow the Oxford English Dictionary. Numbers: Spell out numbers up to nine, but use figures for 10 onwards; but if the number is with unit use figure (e.g. 1 ha). Units: Use metric units and leave a space between numbers and units e.g. 4 ml. Use kg/ha or kg ha-1, but use the same style throughout the manuscript. Tables: Compose in WORD with no background/grid etc. Tables should be numbered in Arabic (1,2 and chapter-wise (e.g. Table 1.1, 3.2 etc.). Avoid very long or very short table. Footnotes: Try to avoid footnote, and provide information in parenthesis wherever required