Journal of Safe Agriculture

(JSA)
Editor-in-Chief
Dr Jag Paul Sharma
Director Research
SKUAST- Jammu

Editor
Dr Vikas Sharma
Associate Professor
SKUAST- Jammu

Editorial Board
Dr Nariender Panotra Dr Anand K Singh
SKUAST Jammu BHU Varanasi
Dr Piyush Malviya Dr Sanjay Guleria
Jammu University, SKUAST Jammu
Dr Hukam Chandra Dr Sanjay Arora
IASRI, New Delhi CSSRI, Lucknow
Dr R.K. Salgotra
SKUAST-Jammu
Dr Sumit Chaturvedi
GBPUA&T, Pantnagar
Dr. Vinod Kumar
NBPGR New Delhi

Society for Integrated Development of Agriculture,

Veterinary and Ecological Sciences (SIDAVES)
Directorate of Research, SKUAST-Jammu, Chatha, J&K-180009 INDIA
 Journal of Safe Agriculture
(Society for Integrated Development of Agriculture, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences)
Email: sidavesindia@gmail.com, editorsidaves@gmail.comwww.sidaves.com

Aim and Scope of Journal

The Journal of Safe Agriculture (JSA) is published half yearly
by the Society for Integrated Development of Agriculture, Veterinary and Ecological
Sciences" (SIDAVES), Jammu, India. The Journal of Safe Agriculturestrive to focus on
recent technology developments with comprehensive coverage of broad key areas in
agriculture and allied subjects such as horticulture, ecology, biotechnology etc. The
Journal accepts full-length research papers, short communications and invited review
papersfor publication. The primary objective of JSA is to promotemultidisciplinary
research that has practical bearing on enhancing productivity.

Author Guidelines
Research articles should have
Running Title
Title
Abstract (250 words)
Keywords (4-5)
Introduction
Material and Methods
Results and Discussion (with concluding para)
Acknowledgements (if any)
References
Tables
Figures (if any)

The authors/contributors will be responsible for the authenticity of the

works submitted, plagiarism and originality of the manuscripts.
The following types of material will be considered for publication in the
Journal of Safe Agriculture in TYPE-WRITTEN (MS WORD), Font (Times New
Roman) with size 12, in doublespaced throughout (including references and tables) with
a 2.5 cm margin at the top, bottom and righthand side and left-hand side. The articles in
PDF format will not be accepted.Numbering of all the pages of the manuscript is
necessary.The authors may also suggest three to four reviewers (not from the same
institution) for the manuscript to fast the process of review.
 PAPERS ON ORIGINAL RESEARCH, not exceeding 5,000 words.
SHORT COMMUNICATION not more than 1,500 words,

REFERENCES: Citations in the text are typed as follows: Pandey (2016)

or (Pandey 2016); Sharma et al (2017) or (Sharma et al2011); Pandey and Sharma
(2011) or (Singh and Sharma 2011). If citations are >2, then these references should be
separated by semi-colon (Panotraet al 2011; Singh et al 2016).Groups of references
cited in a sentence in the text must be listed in chronological order as in the previous
sentence.
References in the list: should be typed in alphabetical order.
For journal articles Author(s).year. Title. Journal name (full and italic) volume number
(bold):pagepage.
Singh PK, Gautam NK, Gupta SK and Singh SK. 2017.Application of stem cell in
Agriculture. Journal ofAgricultural Sciences73: 499-503.

Note: Give full Journal name, DO NOT USE Journal Abbreviations

For whole books Author(s), Year. Title. (Ed.).Edition if any, Publisher, address.
Jenny H. 1941. Factors of Soil Formation: A System of Quantitative Pedology.
McGraw-Hill, New York.
Webster R and Oliver MA. 2007. Geostatistics for environmental scientists. John Wiley
& Sons, Chichester, UK.
For chapters from books Author(s).year. Title. In: book title, editors (ed/s) Publisher,
address. Pagepage.
Bhargava BS and Raghupathi HB. 1993. Analysis of Plant Materials for Macro and
Micronutrients.
In: Methods of Analysis of Soils, Plants, Waters and Fertilizers. Tandon HLS (ed)
Fertilizers Development and Consultation Organisation, New Delhi, India, pp 49
82
Bernoux M, Feller C and Cerri CC. 2006. Soil carbon sequestration. In: Soil erosion
and carbon dynamics. Roose EJ et al. (eds) CRC Press, New York, USA, pp 1322.
Doran JW andSafley M. 1997. Defining and assessing soil health and sustainable
productivity. In: Biological indicators of soil health. Pankhurst et al. (eds) CAB
International, UK, pp 128.
For Thesis: Author(s). Year. M.Sc. or Ph.D. Thesis. Institution/University
Bindroo RK. 1998. Characterization of citrus orchard soils of sub-tropical zone of
Jammu region. M.Sc. Thesis, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences
and Technology of Jammu.
For Symposium: Author(s). Year. Title. Proceedings of the (conference/symposium
name). Month year. Place. pp page-page.
Grimme H. 1974. Potassium release in relation to crop production. In: Proceedings of
the 10th Congress of the International Potash Institute. June 1974. Budapest,
Hungary. pp 131-136.
Submission of manuscript and copyright Form
Manuscripts can be submitted at editorsidaves@gmail.com as an attachment. It can also
be submitted at http://www.sidaves.com/articleSubmission.php
Download Copyright Form from www.sidaves.com and submit duly signed certificate
in original with the original manuscript by online submission system.

Note: Refer paper template/current issue papers for style of paper writing.
Detailed guidelines are available at www.sidaves.com

Contact us:
Dr Jag Paul Sharma
Director Research, SKUAST-Jammu
Founder Editor- in-Chief
Journal of Safe Agriculture
Editors Email: editorsidaves@gmail.com mob: 09419134737