GUIDELINES FOR POSTER PRESENTATION

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The poster should contain the following

GUIDELINES FOR PAPERS

Title of paper (Times New Roman 14 Bold)

Authors’ Names (underline corresponding author) (Times New Roman 12 Bold)
Address of author(s) (Times New Roman 11)
E-mail address (Times New Roman 11)

Abstract (Times New Roman 11 Bold)
Single column italics arial 11 point of not more than 300 words.

Keywords (Times New Roman 11 Bold): 4-5 keywords (Times New Roman 11)

Running text should be in single column width only.
Page set up: A4
Top margin: 1"
Bottom margin: 1"
Left margin: 1.25"
Right margin: 1.25"
Typefaces: Text: Times New Roman, 11 pt

Heading 2: Times New Roman, 11 pt, Bold (sections within major sections)
Major sections: Times New Roman 11 pt, Capital letters and Bold

1. INTRODUCTION (with brief review in the particular field)
2. MATERIALS AND METHODS
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION (including figures and tables numbered serially and inserted in running text wherever they have to appear in the paper). The captions should be brief.
4. REFERENCES

Other Sections

1. Running text under each major section and subsection should be Times New Roman 11 pt.
2. Subsections within major sections: Title of subsection Times New Roman 11 point bold.
3. Headers, Footers and Pagination: Do not use headers or footers. Do not use pagination. This will be done when the proceedings are produced.

References: References in the text are indicated by authors’ names and year of publication in parentheses “(Gupta, 1998)” or “(Sharma and Singh, 1998)”. If a referenced paper has three or more authors the reference should appear as first author followed by et al. All names should be mentioned in the reference. Multiple citations should be ordered by date, e.g. (Jain et al, 1971; Thampayak et al, 1980; Lumyong, 2005). Use a semi-colon to divide the citations. References to works published in the same year should be cited as, e.g. (Tiwari, 1999a; 1999b).

The references should be listed alphabetically at the end of the manuscript. Journal titles should not be abbreviated.

Sample References:

References

Books:

Hancock, J. T. (2006): Cell signalling. Oxford University Press, India.

Book Chapters:
Campbell, S. and Landry, M. L. (2006): Rapid Antigen tests. In Y.W. Tang and C. W. Stratton (Eds): Advanced techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology. Springer, New York.

Journal Articles:
Xiao, L-Q. and Gong, X. (2006) Genetic differentiation and relationsships of populations in the Cycas balanse complex (Cycadaceae) and its conservation implications. Annals of Botany 97: 807-812. 453-469.

Conference Proceedings:
Hill, K. D.(1999): Cycas- an evolutionay perspective. In Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Cycad Biology, Beijing , 98-115.

Internet Sources:
Give the universal resource locator in full, e.g. http://www.liu.se/cmto/english/projects/index.html Acessed June 7, 2008

Computer Programs:
Yeh F. C., Yang, R. C. and Boyle, T. (1999) POPGENE. Microsoft windows based freeware for population genetic analysis. Release 1.31 Edmonton: Unviersity of Alberta.