Instruction to the Author for Manuscript Preparation
The authors are also expected to read the editor’s note before proceeding towards preparing the manuscript. The following instructions should be followed during the preparation of the manuscript.
- On the first page of the manuscript, only the title of the paper and the name(s) of the author(s) with the address(es) should be typed.
- On the following pages the Title of the paper, Key words, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Acknowledgement (if any) and References should be typed without any sub-heading.
- In case of Short communication: Short communication should not exceed three journal pages (900 words) inclusive of graphs, tables and figures. The presentation should be without sectional headings : Introduction, Materials and Methods etc.
- Title: It should be brief and specific.
- Abbreviations: Abbreviations should be the same as used by the American Journal of Botany.
- Abstract: Should not exceed 150 words.
- Text: It should include Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion - the Results and Discussion should preferably be combined.
- The corresponding author must provide his/her e-mail address(es) to enable the editorial office to contact them at short notice and be responsible for sending the revised version of the article as an attachment.
- Tables, Graphs and Figures : The number of tables, graphs and figures should be minimum. The same data should not be used in both tables and graphs. Tables should be typed on separate sheets. Figures and graphs should be properly labeled with bold, solid lines so that these can stand reduction up to half or less of their original size. The photographs should be submitted on a glossy white paper. However, JPEG format of the properly labeled good quality images for Figures and Graphs should be attached during online submission of the manuscript.
- References: In the text a reference should be given within brackets without a comma between the name of the author(s) and the year; two or more references however, should be separated by a semicolon. References at the end of the text should be arranged alphabetically beginning with the authors(s) name and followed by the year, the title of the paper, abbreviated name of the journal, volume number and page number(s). In case of books, the names of publishers should be given. Full stops, comma and colon should be given as shown below:
White PR (1934) Potentially unlimited growth of excised tomato root tips in a liquid medium. Plant Physiol. 9: 585-600.
Shimasaki K and Uemoto S (1990) Micropropagation of a terrestrial Cymbidium species using rhizomes developed from seeds and pseudobulbs. Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult. 22: 237-244.
Plessner O, Ziv M and Negbi M (1990) In vitro corm productionin the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.). Plant Cell, Tiss. Org. Cult. 20: 89-94.
Reinert J and Bajaj YPS (1977) Anther culture: Haploid production and its significance. In: Applied and Fundamental Aspects of Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, Reinert J and Bajaj YPS (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 251-267.
The oft-quoted references should be omitted, namely:
Murashige T and Skoog F (1962) A revised medium for rapid growth and bioassays with tobacco tissue culture. Physiol. Plant. 15: 437-497.
Declaration
The author (at least one of them in case of multiple authors) must be a member of the BAPTC&B. The sole or principal author in case of many is required to sign a declaration certifying that the work has been carried out by the authors themselves showing to what extent the submitted work was shared by individual authors and the contents of the paper were neither published nor submitted for publication to any other journal EXCEPT to the Editorial Committee of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology.
Article processing fees
Authors are required to pay BDT 2500.00 (local authors) or US $ 50.00 (foreign authors) as an article processing fees for publication of the accepted articles. Payment should be made following an invoice/a demand slip issued by the general Secretary/Chief Editor addressing the Author for correspondence via bank account or via Western Union favouring the Savings Bank account of the "Bangladesh Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology", University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Payment could also be made directly at the office of the "Bangladesh Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology", C/o Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh in local currency on a printed money receipt as issued by the Bangladesh Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology.
