Western Nutrient Management Conference
Grand Sierra Resort, Reno NV
March 5-6, 2015
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION GUIDELINES
DUE DATE: January 9, 2015 submitted to ppates@ipni.net
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Six page limit (three pages front and back including tables, figures, and references)
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12 point Times font; single spaced
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One inch margins top, bottom, right and left; full justification; first line indent 0.3”
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Manuscript to include Title (short), Author(s)/Location, Abstract, Objectives (brief),
Methods (brief), Results and Discussion.
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Title: 14 pt Times font, bold, centered, all caps, followed by single space
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Abstract: 12 pt Times font, double indent 0.5”, left-justified.
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Main Section headings: 12 pt Times font, bold, all caps, left-justified; subheadings: 12 pt
Times font, bold, initial caps, left-justified
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English Units preferred. If using metric units give English unit equivalents
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ASA publication format for tables and figures. All figures and tables to be embedded
within the text.
o Submit figures in black and white only. Do not insert Power Point slides w/color
o remove colored or gray backgrounds (fill) from tables, graphs and figures
o Suggest graph be 2 inches by 3 inches and minimum10 pt font used. See page 172
from the 2005 proceedings as an example.
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Send electronically as attachment (Word preferred) by January 9, 2015 to Phyllis Pates
(ppates@ipni.net).
Example follows
BIOFUMIGANT RESPONSE TO RESIDUAL AND APPLIED
PHOSPHORUS
Brad Brown, Brad Geary, and Roger Gibson
UI Extension Soil and Crop Management Specialist, Parma, ID; BYU Plant Pest
Management Specialist, Provo, UT; UI Scientific Aide, Parma, ID
ABSTRACT
Available P can influence biomass of phosporus (P) sensitive crops in high lime
soils, particularly mycorrhizal non-host crops. Field studies were conducted…
INTRODUCTION
Mustard and oilseed radish cultivars are Brassicas that have been suggested as bio-fumigant
substitutes for commercial fumigants in controlling soil-borne pests and affecting …
Phosphorus availability is sometimes marginal in the highly calcareous soils of the Treasure
Valley. Brassica species also are non-hosts to mycorrhizae that facilitate P availability….
METHODS
Previous P studies on a calcareous Greenleaf silt loam in Parma involved the application of
variable amounts of P fertilizer to three different trials in different areas of the same field …
Wheat or barley was grown previous to the brassicas and the stubble flailed and disked. The
seedbed was then firmed with a cultipacker prior to seeding the plots with a small plot seeder…
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Mean residual P had decreased in the main plots, prior to planting the biofumigants, to levels
that would be limiting to biomass production in many crops. Pre-plant main plot Olsen P…
The P concentration of tops increased with P in all years for the radish and in most years for
the mustard. Concentrations of P were higher for the radish especially with higher …
SUMMARY
The results of these field studies indicate that these mustard and oil seed radish varieties
differ appreciably in their response to available P. Whereas Idagold mustard was…
REFERENCES
Bhatti, A.U., D.J. Mulla, and B.E. Frazier. 1991. Estimation of soil properties and wheat yields
on complex eroded…