How to submit

Authors should submit Reports to the Senior Editor, Robert Black in electronic format by email.

Email: ndr@bspp.org.uk

File Attachments

Email messages submitting manuscripts to NDR with unnecessarily large file attachments pose a severe strain on NDR’s email systems and add unnecessarily to the Senior Editor's workload. Text figures MUST be submitted as JPEG (.jpg) files (see below) and each text figure must be sent as a separate file (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, etc.). Other graphic files formats such as bitmaps, TIF, etc, are not acceptable. The following are also NOT acceptable:

  • manuscript text (.doc or .rtf) that includes embedded text figures (even if text figures sent separately)
  • any file in .pdf format
  • files with multiple text figures

Any submission including an unacceptable 'mail bomb' of this sort (such as Word documents of more than 100kB and forbidden graphic file formats) will be deleted without acknowledgement. Authors please also note that anti-virus systems may block zip files from some servers.

PLEASE NOTE: submission by post (either on diskette/CD or paper copies) will no longer be accepted.

Content

For details on what is and what is not acceptable for publication in NDR, please refer to 'Instructions for Authors'

Format

All submissions should accurately follow the guidelines given below under ‘Structure and formatting instructions’; preferrably using the NDR example template supplied. All files should be saved in PC (not Mac) format, preferably as a Microsoft Word document (.doc) or as an RTF file (.rtf).

Photographic images

A maximum of five images (which may be composites) will be uploaded to the New Disease Reports webpages but the annual hard copy supplement in Plant Pathology will be text only. Images should be of good quality in .jpg format, at least 500 pixels height or width and supplied to the Senior Editor as separate files to the text. Poor quality images will be rejected. Hard copy photographs cannot be accepted.

Action following initial submission

Acknowledgement of submission to New Disease Reports will be sent to authors within 5 days of receipt.

Following submission, the Senior Editor will review the report for its overall acceptability in terms of content, format and significance. After this initial review papers will be rejected outright as unacceptable, returned with comments for resubmission or passed onto an editor for a more detailed review.

In the case of the latter situation, once a report has been assigned to an editor, they are responsible for checking the authenticity of the report and its overall scientific content. It is the editor’s responsibility to decide whether to accept or reject a report.

Editors are at liberty to consult additional reviewers where deemed necessary.

The entire review and editing process is handled electronically between the assigned Editor and the author, with the editor corresponding with the authors directly.

An author receiving reviews and editorial recommendations for revision of a manuscript has 2 months to complete the revision and return the manuscript to the Editor.

Once the final version of the Report is complete, this will be emailed by the Editor to the Senior Editor, who will carry out a final review, prior to publication online.

Publication

The completed Report will be forwarded by the Senior Editor to the BSPP Webmanager, for publication on the New Disease Reports WebPages on the BSPP Website. Reports will also be printed (hard copy) three times each year within the BSPP journal Plant Pathology (April, August and December issues).

All papers published on the BSPP Website will be archived biannually.

The date of posting on the BSPP Website will be the official publication date.

Disclaimer

All papers published on the BSPP Web New Disease Reports page and biannually within the BSPP journal Plant Pathology reflect the views of the authors and are not necessarily the views of BSPP or the institutions with which the editors and authors are affiliated. The editors reserve the right to reject or accept papers for publication and to edit them for clarity and conciseness.

Structure and format

Please download and use the example template for all submitted New Disease Reports to ensure correct formatting. The recommended font for reports is Times New Roman. Text should be single spaced and aligned left.

word document NDR Template rich text format (.rtf) 11.7 kb
pdf document NDR Template pdf format (.pdf) 20.2 kb

The title of the report should include the disease, pathogen (scientific name where known), host (common name if well known, otherwise scientific name) and the location of the record(s). Do not include authorities for scientific names.

The author line should have initials before surnames, followed by institution(s). The email address of the corresponding author name should be given before the main text and indicated using an asterix (*).

The text should state observations, including general methods and measurements, but omitting tables, illustrations, footnotes and keywords.

For units or quantities SI units are preferred. Numbers preceding units should be written as numerals; those preceding other items up to nine should be spelt out; e.g. 8 cm, 2 days, nine fields, 10 leaves. Units should preferably be explicit, e.g. 1 g/l rather than 0.l% w/v.

The scientific name of the host should be included if it is not used in the title. Authorities should not be included.

Please provide completed proof of pathogenicity and identify the causal agent to species where possible for reports of new hosts or new diseases caused by plant pathogens, including previously known diseases new to a country or region. Authors are encouraged to deposit specimens and cultures in a recognised repository and to report the place of deposit. A brief interpretation or statement of the implications of the Report is permissible. The significance of the Report should be clearly stated within the text. A brief interpretation or statement of the implications of the Report is permissible.

For DNA Sequences obtained from public databases, accession numbers should be given where applicable.

New Disease Reports should not exceed 2000 characters (approximately 300 words), excluding title, authors, and references. Authors should verify the length of the Report before submission.

Acknowledgments can be included but should be restricted to less than 120 characters

References

Reports shall have no more than four references which should be listed alphabetically. Within the references for a particular author, those with the author alone should precede those with two authors and these should precede lists with more than two. Within each of these groups the references should be listed chronologically. The exact style of presenting references can be found at the Blackwells Publishing website Plant Pathology. All journal titles should be written out in full. Examples are given below.

Journals:

  • Standard journal article
    Jones CS, 1980. A forecasting system for leaf blight of tomato. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 49, 460-69.
  • No author given
    Anonymous, 1947. The measurement of potato blight. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 31, 140-41.
  • Journal supplement
    Grylls NE, Waterford CJ, 1976. Transmission of the causal agent of chloris striate mosaic disease by insect injection and membrane feeding. Australian Plant Pathological Society Newsletter 5(Suppl. 1), 89.
  • On-line journal
    Gibbs MJ, Ziegler A, Robinson DJ, Waterhouse PM, Cooper JI, 1996. Carrot mottle mimic virus (CMoMV): a second umbravirus associated with carrot motley dwarf disease recognized by nucleic acid hybridization. Molecular Plant Pathology On-line [http://www.bspp.org.uk/mppol] 1996/1111gibbs.


Books and other monographs:

  • Personal author(s)
    Sutton BC, 1980. The Coelomycetes. Kew: Commonwealth Mycological Institute.
  • Editor, compiler, chairman as author
    Palti J, Kranz J, eds, 1980. Comparative Epidemiology. A Tool for Better Disease Management. Wageningen, the Netherlands: Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation.
  • Chapter in a book
    Jones CS, Smith N, Brown RS, 1979. Biology of diseases caused by Botrytis spp. In: Smith N, Brown RS, eds. Diseases of Vegetables. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 40-49.
  • Published proceedings paper
    McIntosh Review Article, 1992. Catalogue of gene symbols for wheat. In: Miller TE, Koebner RM, eds. Proceedings of the Seventh International Wheat Genetics Symposium, 1987. Cambridge, UK: IPSR, 1225-323.
  • Monograph in a series
    Allen PJ, 1976. Control of spore germination and infection structure formation in the fungi. In: Heitefuss R, Williams PH, eds. Physiological Plant Pathology. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 51-78. (Pirson A, Zimmermann MH, eds. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology New Series; vol. 4.)
  • Agency publication
    Harvey JM, Pentzer WT, 1960. Market Diseases of Grapes and Other Small Fruits. Washington, USA: United States Department of Agriculture: USDA publication no. 189. (Agriculture Handbook Series.)
  • Dissertation or thesis
    Lenné JM, 1978. Studies of the Biology and Taxonomy of Colletotrichum Species. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne, PhD thesis.


Citing New Disease Reports:

Kiss L, Szentiványi O, 2000. Infection of bean with cucumber powdery mildew, Podosphaera fusca. New Disease Reports [http://www.bspp.org.uk/ndr/] Volume 2.