Welcome to Journal of Soils and Crops

Journal of Soils and Crops was started during June 1991 having frequency Half Yearly and run by Association of Soils and Crops Research Scientists, Nagpur.It is a refereed research journal. Dr. R.D Deotale is the Editor-in-Chief and Secretary of the Journal.

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Guidelines For Authors

Here are few points to ponder while submitting the papers to us.

• Authors should submit two copies of manuscript should be typed with 1.5 to 2.0 spacing on one side of the bond paper measuring 22 cm x 28 cm with a margin of 5 cm on the left side and 3 cm on three other sides.
• Communication - Research articles/notes/review paper should be to the point, concise and clear with short introduction. The title of the article should be in capital letters
• The text of the paper should be arranged into suitable headings - ABSTRACT, Keywords, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS and METHODS, RESULTS and DISCUSSION followed by REFERENCES
• The manuscript should be more informative including tables, graphs and figures.
• Abbreviations of the periodical should confirm to those given in the world list of the scientific periodicals.
• Diagram and photographs must be submitted in original and they should be properly labelled
• Tables should be typed separately from the text and the head lines of the same should be short and clear
• References should be written as under

(i) A.A. Zohry and A.A. Mohamadin,2020. Chemical versus nonchemical fertilizer sources to enhance the yield of three edible oil crops in east el-owinate region in Egypt, J. Soils and Crops, 30 (2) :191-199.

• (ii) Gokhale, K.V.G.K. and T.C. Rao, 1983. Ore deposits of India. 3rd Ed. Affiliated East-West Press Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. pp. 70-89.
• (iii) Mate, Puja , R. D. Deotale, K. B. Chande, S.R. Kamdi and P.V. Shende, 2020. Morphophysiological traits and yield in green gram as influenced by foliar feeding of vitamin E and zinc, J. Soils and Crops, 30 (2) : 279-284.
• All correspondence relating to membership and the Journal should be addressed to Dr. R.D. Deotale, Secretary, Association of Soils and Crops Research Scientists Nagpur, 21, Anand Nagar, Atrey Layout, Pratap Nagar P.O. Nagpur - 440 022 (M.S.) India
• First author of the research paper/short communication/review paper will be solely responsible for any legality involved in its publication. Association of Soil & Crops will not be responsible for plagiarism and genuiness of the data suspected by any person.
• All the authors mentioned in the communication should be subscribers of this Journal. An individual institution can become a subscriber by paying Rs.2000/- as annual subscription. However, subscription of the author contributing research paper will be Rs. 250/- in addition to printing and other charges to be borne by him
• Subscribers from other countries will pay equivalent amount in US dollars besides postal charges.
• Send paper on email : info@ascrsnagpur.com
• Abbreviation of the Journal : J. Soils and Crops