Horticultura Brasileira
Brief Background
History and object of the trajectory The journal Horticultura Brasileira is the official scientific publication of the Associação Brasileira de Horticultura (ABH), founded in 1961. Horticultura Brasileira has been published regularly and continuously for 42 years. Volume 1 was published in 1983, with two annual issues. In 1999, the journal was published every four months; in 2002 was published every three months; and since 2023, it has been annually with continuous publication. Since 2017, Horticultura Brasileira has published exclusively in English (although it also accepts and processes papers submitted in Portuguese and Spanish) and, since 2020, it has been published exclusively electronically (www.horticulturabrasileira.com.br; SciELO - Horticultura Brasileira). Over the years, Horticultura Brasileira has established itself as the main periodical published in Brazil dedicated exclusively to works on vegetables and aromatic, condiment, medicinal and ornamental plants. Target of the journal Horticultura Brasileira is intended for the publication of original technical-scientific articles involving vegetables and aromatic, condiment, medicinal and ornamental plants, and which contribute significantly to the development of these sectors. |
Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing virtual access, without restrictions (including financial restrictions), to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to the work and authorizing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software or use them for any other lawful purpose. |
Open Science Compliance
Our editorial policy follows the Open Science modus operandi of research communication. The Ciência Aberta movement proposes guidelines for collaborative, shared, and public science. In line with these Open Science guidelines, Horticultura Brasileira adopts a series of practices, such as an open access policy, a code of good practices for editors, and the use of social media to publicize published works. Furthermore, the journal requires precise indication of each author's contribution in multi-authored articles, as well as citation, referencing, and declaration of research data. Horticultura Brasileira also accepts evaluations of articles published as |
Ethics in Publication
Authors must strictly adhere to the rules of conduct and, where applicable, the legislation governing all ethical issues, including gender issues, in the country where the activities were carried out, as well as the writing, which resulted in the work submitted to Horticultura Brasileira. All authors must have actively participated in the preparation of the manuscript and are responsible for the content and accuracy of the information presented. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors are aware of the submission and agree to its publication. It is mandatory to indicate each author's individual contribution, according to the CRediT taxonomy, and to explicitly declare whether or not there are any conflicts of interest. The editorial process of the journal Horticultura Brasileira is completely egalitarian and inclusive, with no privileges of any kind. Editors and reviewers act impartially, with integrity, and confidentially in their evaluations, prioritizing constructive criticism and meeting agreed deadlines. Horticultura Brasileira is guided by the Good Practice Guide for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication, available at COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). |
Focus and Scope
Horticultura Brasileira is intended for the publication of original technical-scientific articles that address any of the stages of the production chain of vegetables and aromatic, condiment, medicinal and ornamental plants, including ethnic, social, economic and environmental aspects related to them, and that contribute significantly to the development of horticulture. |
Indexing Sources
Bibliographic Journal Information
Journal title: Horticultura Brasileira Short title: Hortic. Bras. Publication of: Horticultura Brasileira Periodicity: Annual Publication modality: Continuous publication Year the journal was created: 1983 |
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Peer Review Process
Manuscripts are preliminarily reviewed by the Editorial Board, which verifies the work's adherence to the journal's scope, compliance with publication guidelines, technical and/or scientific relevance, and text quality. The Editorial Board's decision (suitability for processing or not) is communicated through the electronic submission system. If modifications are necessary, authors may submit a new version for review. Once approved, the work is forwarded to at least two ad hoc reviewers. Once two reviewers have been submitted, the work is evaluated by an Editor, who will issue its opinion: (1) recommended for publication, (2) necessary to change, or (3) not recommended for publication. In situation 2, the work is returned to the authors, who must prepare a new version and make it available in the electronic submission system. The Editor may or may not recommend the new version. No changes are incorporated into the work without the authors' approval. After the work is definitively accepted, the corresponding author receives an electronic copy of the formatted version, which must be returned to the Editorial Board within 48 hours. Extensive changes to content or style are not accepted at this stage. Changes, additions, deletions, and edits will require a new review of the work by the Editorial Board. Errors and omissions in the text returned to the Editorial Board are the sole responsibility of the authors. The journal Horticultura Brasileira publishes, at the end of the approved article, the name of the editor responsible for the evaluation. Horticultura Brasileira adopts single-blind peer review as its standard procedure, in which the authors’ identities are known to the reviewers, while the reviewers’ identities remain confidential. In accordance with Open Science practices, reviewers and authors may, by mutual agreement, opt to disclose their identities. Manuscripts previously deposited on preprint servers are also accepted for evaluation. |
Open Data
Horticultura Brasileira follows the Open Science modus operandi for research communication. Submitted manuscripts must be accompanied by a statement confirming the availability of research data. |
Fees
| Horticultura Brasileira charges publication fees after manuscript acceptance. Current values and criteria are available in a specific external document, updated whenever necessary. Click here to consult the publication fee table. |
Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
It is assumed that, during the development of the work, the authors fully complied with the ethical and legal standards in force in the country where the activities were conducted, including the writing and experimental conduct. This includes compliance with institutional and legal guidelines on research ethics, as well as issues related to sex and gender, when applicable. This also includes the writing, which resulted in the work submitted to Horticultura Brasileira. The author who submits the manuscript declares, on behalf of all authors, that the information provided is accurate, that the manuscript complies with the journal’s editorial guidelines, that all authors participated in the work according to the reported contributions, read and approved the submitted version, agree with the order of authorship and with submission to Horticultura Brasileira, and authorize its publication if accepted. Individual declarations or signatures from the other authors are not required. The submitting author assumes responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the information provided. When the submission is made by someone other than the corresponding author, both share this responsibility throughout the editorial process. In cases of misconduct in the article publishing process, the authors will be notified, an investigative process will be initiated and, if the misconduct is confirmed, the publication will be removed from the platform. The use of errata and the making of retractions are governed by the guides made available by Scielo: Guia para o registro, marcação e publicação de Errata Guia para o registro, marcação e publicação de retratação All authors must indicate their contribution and inform whether or not there is a conflict of interest. The editorial process of the journal Horticultura Brasileira is completely egalitarian and inclusive, with no privileges of any kind. Editors and reviewers act impartially, with integrity, and confidentially in their evaluations, prioritizing constructive criticism and meeting agreed deadlines. Horticultura Brasileira is guided by the Guia de Boas Práticas para o Fortalecimento da Ética na Publicação Científica. |
Policy on Conflict of Interest
Conflicts of interest may occur at any stage of the editorial process and involve authors, reviewers, or editors. They may be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial and exist when interests are capable of influencing the preparation, evaluation, or editorial decision on the manuscript. At submission, authors must clearly declare whether conflicts of interest exist, including those related to editors or potential reviewers. This information must be included in the manuscript and in the corresponding fields of the submission system; a separate or signed document is not required. Reviewers and editors must disclose any conflict of interest and abstain from the review or editorial decision, as applicable. All accepted articles must contain, before the references section, a section entitled: Declaration of Conflict of Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest. (or) The authors declare the following conflicts of interest: [describe clearly]. |
Adoption of Similarity Software
Horticultura Brasileira operates with recognized systems and services for controlling and verifying the similarity of texts in received manuscripts with other documents to assist in detecting texts that are not properly cited or situations that are characterized as plagiarism. |
Adoption of Software Using Artificial Intelligence Resources
Horticultura Brasileira recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools can be ethically employed in various stages of scientific writing, provided their use is transparent and properly informed. This guideline follows the recommendations of Guia de uso de ferramentas e recursos de Inteligência Artificial na comunicação de pesquisas na Rede SciELO. Authors must clearly inform the use of AI in their manuscript, specifying the technology employed (name, version, and source), as well as its purpose. This use should be described in a specific section, as well as, when applicable, in the Material and Methods section. This requirement applies to any tool used in writing, producing images or graphics, translating, compiling, or analyzing data. Simply using AI to review or paraphrase content originally written by authors, similar to grammar tools, does not constitute shared authorship with the technology, but it should still be clearly disclosed. The use of AI for full automatic translation of text is not recommended. Editors and reviewers can also use AI tools as technical support, for example, to identify textual similarity, as long as the principles of confidentiality and integrity of the editorial process are respected. All accepted manuscripts must include, before the references section, a section entitled: Declaration on the use of artificial intelligence technologies The authors declare that they did not use artificial intelligence tools in the writing, translation, image generation, or data analysis of this manuscript. (or) The authors declare that they used the tool [name, version, origin], for the purpose of [briefly describe the use], as informed in the Material and Methods section. |
Gender and Sex Issues
The editorial team of Horticultura Brasileira, along with its contributors, adhere to the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER) guidelines. These guidelines provide a framework for integrating information about sex and gender into research design, data analysis, and the interpretation and dissemination of results. The editorial process of Horticultura Brasileira is completely egalitarian and inclusive, with no privileges of any kind. Editors and reviewers are instructed to act impartially, considering the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion at all stages of the editorial process. |
Ethics Committee
When necessary, authors must attach a statement from the Ethics Committee of the institution responsible for approving the execution of the activities reported in the manuscript. |
Copyright
Horticultura Brasileira adopts the Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license. This policy aims to maximize the dissemination of articles and aligns with the policies of leading open access journals and publishers worldwide. Authors retain copyright of the manuscript and grant Horticultura Brasileira the right of first publication. |
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
Authors of articles published by the journal Horticultura Brasileira retain the copyright to their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 4.0 license, which allows the articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided the original work is properly cited. The data, opinions, and concepts expressed in the articles, as well as the accuracy of the bibliographic references, are the sole responsibility of the author(s). Horticultura Brasileira encourages authors to archive their accepted manuscripts by publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media, as well as posting them on their personal social media, provided that a full citation to the journal website version is included. |
Sponsors and Promotion Agencies
Horticultura Brasileira is maintained by the Brazilian Horticulture Association (ABH) and has received financial support from the Scientific Publications Support Program of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), and from the National Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Ministry of Education (MEC). |
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Types of Documents Accepted
Papers submitted to Horticultura Brasileira must be original and have not yet been reported or submitted for publication in any other journal or publication. After submission to Horticultura Brasileira and until the end of its processing, submission of the paper, in whole or in part, to any other journal or publication is prohibited. The use of Horticultura Brasileira encourages the first author of a manuscript to be a member of the Associação Brasileira de Horticultura (ABH) or of national associations with which the ABH has a Reciprocity Agreement, with regularized annuities. While this membership is not required for submission or publication, it is recommended as a way to support the maintenance and strengthening of the journal, whose sustainability depends directly on the commitment of its members. All submissions approved for publication will be published in English. However, works written in Portuguese or Spanish may also be submitted. In this case, once the work is in its final version, approved for publication, the authors can either provide an English translation or authorize the Editorial Board to provide it. If the translated version provided by the authors does not meet the required language standards for publication, the Editorial Board will forward the text for review by a specialist. All costs arising from translation and language review will be covered by the authors. The journal Horticultura Brasileira publishes the name of the editor responsible for the evaluation at the end of the approved article. All published articles will receive a DOI number. The journal Horticultura Brasileira publishes works in the following sections:
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Authors' Contribution
To define the authors of the publication, adopt the following criteria, based on https://www.biomedcentral.com/getpublished/editorial-policies#authorship
All manuscripts must include a section titled "Author Contributions" at the end of the text (before the References). This section objectively describes each author's responsibilities and activities, according to the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) model. This information will be published as an integral part of the article. The simple collection of data; provision of genotypes, seeds or other inputs; discussion of the experiments or results; and general supervision or funding of the research group, in themselves, do not justify authorship and should be included in the Acknowledgments. |
Manuscript Preparation
Files and information required for submission DOWNLOAD THE MANUSCRIPT TEMPLATE: Click here to download the template Horticultura Brasileira provides an official template for manuscripts submitted in the Research and Scientific Note categories. Use of the template is mandatory for these categories and is intended to standardize article presentation and facilitate the editorial and typesetting processes. For the New Cultivar or Technology and Phytosanitary Occurrence Note categories, the template may be used as a formatting basis, with the structure adapted to the specific requirements of the category. Review Articles, Letters to the Editor, and Invited Articles must follow the specific structure indicated in these guidelines, while preserving, when applicable, the journal’s general formatting standards. Submissions must be made online through the Horticultura Brasileira submission system on SciELO. As a general rule, two main files are required:
The submitting author makes these declarations on behalf of all authors and assumes responsibility for the accuracy of the information. During submission, authors must indicate, in the specific fields of the system, at least five potential reviewers, providing the requested information for each suggestion. Suggested reviewers must have expertise in the manuscript topic, must not belong to the same institution as any of the authors, and must not have a conflict of interest that could compromise the independence of the review. The suggestion does not necessarily imply selection of these names by the editorial team. Figures must remain embedded in the manuscript and must also be uploaded separately as high-resolution JPG, PNG, or TIFF files, in accordance with the Digital Assets section. Additional documents, such as Research Ethics Committee approval, permission to use identifiable images, or supplementary material, will be required only when applicable. |
Publication Guidelines
Manuscript structure (Research and Scientific Note sections) Manuscripts submitted as Research Articles or Scientific Notes must follow, whenever applicable, the official Horticultura Brasileira template and include the elements below in the following order: 1. Title: limited to 120 characters, including spaces. The scientific name of the species should be included only when the plant has no common name in the language of the article. 2. Authors' names: present names in full, abbreviating only middle surnames and not first names, even when compound. Example: Anne Marie Sullivan Radford should be written as Anne Marie S Radford. Use superscript numbers to link authors to their respective affiliations. 3. Institutional affiliations: indicate the full name of the institution and, when applicable, the department, including city, state or province, country, and the corresponding author's e-mail address. Affiliations must be linked to the respective authors using superscript numbers. 4. Abstract and keywords in English: the abstract must contain a maximum of 1,500 characters, including spaces. Keywords, also in English, are limited to six. When the scientific name of the organism studied does not appear in the title, it must be the first keyword. Avoid repeating terms already present in the title. 5. Introduction: it must begin directly after the keywords, without the section heading 'INTRODUCTION', and should preferably contain no more than 60 lines. 6. Material and Methods: describe sufficient information to demonstrate study reproducibility, including the location and period of the study, experimental design, number of replications, plot size, evaluation procedures, and statistical analyses used. 7. Results, Discussion and Conclusions: authors may present Results and Discussion as a single section or as separate sections. Conclusions may constitute a separate section or be presented at the end of the Discussion, provided that they are clearly identified. 8. Acknowledgments: include only when applicable, to recognize technical, institutional, financial, or logistical support that does not justify authorship. 9. Mandatory final declarations: before the References, the manuscript must include, in this order: - Author contributions: report individual contributions according to the CRediT taxonomy. Example: Conceptualization: Silva JMF, Oliveira R, Zeist AR. Methodology: Silva JMF, Oliveira R. Formal analysis: Oliveira R, Zeist AR. Investigation: Silva JMF, Oliveira R. Writing - original draft: Silva JMF, Oliveira R. Review and final editing: Zeist AR, Silva JMF. Supervision: Zeist AR. Project administration: Silva JMF. Funding acquisition: Zeist AR. At the end of this declaration, authors must add: "All authors reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript and agree with its publication." - Conflict of interest: explicitly declare whether any conflict of interest related to the manuscript exists. Example: "The authors declare no conflicts of interest related to this manuscript." - Data availability: state whether the data used in the research are available in public repositories, upon request to the corresponding author, or whether access restrictions apply. Example: "The data supporting the conclusions of this study are available upon request to the corresponding author." - Statement on the use of artificial intelligence: state whether AI-based tools were used in writing, translation, data analysis, image or graph generation, or in any other stage of the work. When applicable, also indicate, in the Material and Methods section, the name, version, model, and source of the technology used. 10. References: it is recommended to limit the number of bibliographic references to 30. Including more than 30 references is not prohibited; any additional costs follow the current publication fee table. At least half of the references must have been published in the last ten years. Exceptional cases must be justified in the 'Comments to the Editor' field of the submission system. It is recommended to avoid citing conference abstracts, dissertations, and theses. At least 90% of the references must correspond to articles published in English. 11. Authors' ORCID: after the References, present the full name of each author and the respective ORCID address, one per line. 12. Tables and Figures: a maximum of six elements per manuscript is recommended, considering tables and figures together. Exceptional cases must be justified. Avoid redundancy among text, tables, and figures. Titles must include location, responsible institution, and year(s) of data collection, in this order. Figures include all graphical elements in the manuscript, including graphs, photographs, micrographs, maps, diagrams, schemes, and composite figures. All figures must be inserted in the manuscript and also submitted separately as high-resolution JPG, PNG, or TIFF files. Figures do not need to remain editable in the manuscript, provided that the separately submitted files have adequate quality for editorial production. The submitting author and the corresponding author are responsible for the integrity of the information provided and for the manuscript's compliance with the journal's editorial guidelines. Manuscript structure for other sections For the other categories, the structure must be adapted to the nature of the content, while respecting the mandatory elements indicated in these guidelines. - Letter to the Editor: brief text, with a maximum of two pages, no abstract required, containing an appropriate title, author affiliation, keywords, and clear and concise arguments. - New Cultivar or Technology: include title, authors and affiliations, abstract, keywords in English, origin or development or validation methodology, technical description, and comparative data with reference standards. Figures and tables must follow the same criteria adopted for Research Articles. - Phytosanitary Occurrence Note: free structure, but it is recommended to include title, abstract, keywords in English, description of symptoms, location, host species, identification methods, and discussion of the agronomic or economic impact of the occurrence. - Review Article: must present a clear delimitation of scope, study selection methodology when applicable, critical analysis of the literature, and final considerations. The search method and inclusion criteria for the studies analyzed should be explicitly stated. - Invited Article: must follow the structure defined by the Editorial Board according to the topic and purpose of the invitation. For all categories, author contributions according to the CRediT taxonomy, final declarations, authors' ORCID, and bibliographic references according to the journal's criteria remain mandatory. The following manuscript style and format recommendations have been prepared to assist authors in preparing their scientific work. Adherence to the guidelines contained herein will significantly expedite the processing of your work. This set of recommendations has two parts: the first addresses the scientific writing style we expect to find in texts submitted to Horticultura Brasileira, while the second addresses the text's compliance with the journal's publication standards. Use the first part (Style) to prepare and revise your text. Use the second part once the text is ready to adapt it to our standards. Part 1. Style Every scientific article is written to communicate new knowledge to society. To fulfill this role, the article must be read and understood. Therefore, the text is written for the readers, not the authors. To be readable, it must be enjoyable. It must flow and capture the reader's attention. To be understood, it must be clear and precise and prioritize the main message. The entire first part of this manual was developed to help authors achieve these two objectives. Always put yourself in the reader's shoes: what do you truly appreciate in a scientific text? What, in your opinion, constitutes an adequate text? What type of text favors your understanding? General Guidelines 1. Scientific texts should be clear and precise: the fewer words, the better. Key messages should appear as early as possible and stand out in the text; 2. Use short sentences, in the direct order of the language: subject, verb, and object. This construction has been proven to facilitate understanding of the message; 3. Using verbs instead of their corresponding nouns has also been shown to improve reader’s comprehension. For example, choose "establish" over "establishment," "develop" over "development," "describe" over "description," and so on; 4. Before submitting your work, ask colleagues unfamiliar with the topic to review it. Check with them to see if the main messages were understood. If not, identify the reasons and rewrite the text. Title 5. The title is the most read section of any scientific article. It's also the reader's first point of contact with the work. It should be attractive, concise, and informative. It should be creative and innovative, but not confusing. The title should spark the reader's interest in the work. Avoid the outdated and boring "Effect of...", "Behavior of...", "Evaluation of...", and similar. See for yourself: which of the titles below pique your interest the most? “Survey of the main issues demanded by consumers of organic vegetables” or “What do consumers of organic vegetables want?” “Effect of phosphate fertilization on tomato productivity” or “Increasing doses of phosphorus double tomato productivity”. “Use of correlation between agronomic traits and essential oil production in the selection of mint genotypes” or “Correlation between agronomic traits and essential oil production: a new tool in mint breeding”. “Use of morphological characteristics to describe chrysanthemum cultivars” or “Unambiguous morphological description of chrysanthemum cultivars”. “Influence of temperature and irrigation depth on gherkin production in the Northeastern hinterland” or “Gherkin production: overcoming heat and water deficit” 6. Unless it is relevant to the work, avoid including limitations on the applicability of the results in the title, such as geographic restrictions or growing conditions. 7. The abstract is the second most-read section of a scientific article, right after the title. Therefore, it directly influences the impact of the work. A good abstract should spark the reader's interest in the full paper; 8. A good summary attracts the attention of general readers, not just those familiar with the topic. Therefore, it should be easy to understand; 9. The abstract should be concise, clear and direct, but also informative; 10. Despite the space limitation, a good abstract should present: (a) A brief justification of the problem and the importance/relevance of the work; (b) Objective(s); (c) Main elements of Material and Methods; (d) Results, if possible supported by numbers; (e) Main conclusion(s); (f) Contribution of results to the solution/mitigation of the problem and/or to the advancement of knowledge; Keywords 11. The more appropriate the keywords, the larger the effective audience for the work, greatly increasing its impact; Introduction 12. Contextualize the work, identifying: (a) The scientific problem that is the subject of the article; (b) The importance (justification) of the problem; (c) The state of the art regarding the problem (recently carried out work, latest discussions and results on the subject, etc.); (d) Why did you do your work? How does it differ from previous works? How is it innovative compared to others? Why is it important for the reader to know your results? 13. When presenting figures relating to the socioeconomic importance of the problem, use recent information (at most, three to five years ago); 14. End the introduction with the main objective of the work: present it as clearly and directly as possible; Material and Methods 15. The basic function of the Material and Methods section is to demonstrate to the reader that the work was conducted in accordance with the scientific method and that the results are robust. This objective should guide the preparation of the section; 16. Material and methods must be described in a way that demonstrates the reliability of the results, while avoiding superfluous details; 17. The methods must allow the objective(s) of the work to be achieved; 18. Present the location and date or time of the experiment(s); 19. Mention the experimental design used, the number of repetitions and the size of the plots; 20. Indicate the statistical analysis used and, where applicable, the data transformations applied; Results and Discussion 21. Put yourself in the reader's shoes: how many times have you abandoned a paper because you couldn't find the results the title (and abstract) had caught your attention? Avoid this in your own work; 22. Give absolute prominence to your most relevant results: list them in the first paragraph; 23. Especially in papers that evaluate many characteristics, don't fall into the trap of giving them all equal importance. Immediately after the opening Results and Discussion paragraph, where the most important results should be highlighted, briefly mention the less important results in a second paragraph, then move on to the interpretation of the most impactful results in the following paragraphs. Stay focused on what's relevant. Don't lose your reader's attention; 24. Discuss your results in light of available knowledge. Discussing them, however, doesn't mean simply listing articles that found similar or different results. Discussing them means using available knowledge to explain and theorize about them. 25. Phrases such as: "As shown in Table 1, ...", "Figure 1 shows ...", "The results of ... are presented in Table 1." should not be used. The results should be interpreted and discussed in the text, indicating, in parentheses, the graph, figure, or table where they can be found, as follows: - The productivity of the Alpha cultivar in summer planting was higher than that observed in winter (Table 1); - Plant development occurred exponentially in the first part of the cycle (Figure 1), regardless of the differential incidence of disease observed in this phase (Table 1); 26. Close the section with the main conclusion(s) of the work, indicating your contribution to the advancement of knowledge on the topic. Acknowledgments 27. Use this section to recognize relevant contributions to the work and article, such as: - The authors would like to thank Sementes do Brasil S/A for providing seeds of the Alfa and Beta cultivars; - We thank Dr. Victoria Tozzi for her assistance with the statistical analysis; - We would like to thank Dr. Christopher Koppe for his careful review of the text and valuable contribution to the discussion of the results; - The authors are grateful to Liliana Baptista and Geraldo Mendes for their contribution to data collection and sample processing; - The first author (optionally, mention the author's name as it appears at the beginning of the paper) is a CNPq fellow. The third author is a CNPq Scientific Initiation fellow. - The authors thank FAPEMIG, agreement 1923/2025, for partial financing of the work; References 28. Limit references to the minimum necessary to cover the topic; 29. Must indicate that the authors are up to date with the topic; Graphs, Figures and Tables 30. Less is more: the more graphs, figures and tables, the less emphasis is given to the truly relevant results; 31. Graphs, figures, and tables should serve the reader, not the author. Do not record all of your experimental data in graphs, figures, and tables, but only those that truly illustrate the relevant results of the work; 32. Graphs, figures, and tables should be clear, objective, and self-explanatory. The reader should not need to refer to other sections of the manuscript to understand them; 33. Figures, tables and graphs should not be redundant; 34. The use of decimals should be carefully considered. If they are absolutely necessary, the number of decimal places should be kept to a minimum. The more digits in the table, the greater the visual pollution and the greater the chance of the reader losing focus. 35. Tables and figures must be inserted in the body of the manuscript immediately after their first citation in the text and numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals. Titles, captions, and footnotes must accompany the corresponding elements and allow them to be understood independently of the text. The manuscript must be submitted as a single .docx file containing all tables and figures. Part 2. Format The second part of this manual addresses adapting the completed manuscript to the standards of the journal Horticultura Brasileira. If you are looking for guidance on how to write your article, please refer to the first part of this manual. General Guidelines 1. The term "variety" should be used only in its taxonomic sense. When this is not the case, it should be replaced by "cultivar"; 2. Scientific names should be written in italics only, not in bold italics (Solanum tuberosum); 3. Once the connection between the scientific name and the common name has been made, the common name should preferably be used in the work; Citing Authors in the Text 4. The initial of the surname must be written with a capitalized (Thompson, 2012); 5. Bibliographic citations must be made in parentheses (Resende & Costa, 2015); 6. When there are more than two authors, use the abbreviated Latin expression et al., in italics (Diederich et al., 2016); 7. Identify articles by the same author(s), in the same year, by using a lowercase letter immediately after the year of publication (Morel et al., 2017a,b); 8. Articles by the same author(s) published in different years should have the publication years separated by commas (Inoue-Nagata et al., 2013, 2016); 9. When several works are cited in series, the chronological order of publication should be used (Popescu et al., 2010; Anderson & Singh, 2015; Alagba et al., 2016; Ouma & Little, 2017); Title 10. In bold; 11. Capital letters are used only in the first letter of the first word and in proper nouns; 12. In the title, use the common name and not the scientific name of the species that is the subject of the work, unless there is no common name; 13. The title must respect the 120 character limit, including spaces; Authors and address (see example after number 20) 14. Authors' names in bold, separated by semicolons; 15. Authors' full names, abbreviating middle surnames, but without abbreviating given names, even when compound. For example: - Luiz Felipe Andrade Monteiro should appear as Luiz Felipe A Monteiro (note that there is no period after the abbreviation Andrade); - Exception: compound surnames, with or without a hyphen, such as Smith-Lane or Castelo Branco. Both must be written in full; 16. Relate authors to their respective institutions using superscript numbers and use semicolons to separate author addresses; 17. Present the name of the institution and department, when applicable, followed by the city, state and country, and the author's email address; 18. Do not present qualifications (Dr., Prof., etc.); 19. Move mentions of scholarships to the Acknowledgments; 20. When undergraduate or graduate students are authors or co-authors, simply link them to the educational institution. It is not necessary to indicate that they are students; Example Pedro Augusto B de Lima1; Ann Claire Dolan2; José Enrique Cruz-Sosa3 1Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ, Brazil, pedro.lima@uenf.br; 2University of York, York, United Kingdom, acdolan@york.ac.uk; 3Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL), Palmira, Colombia, cruz-sosa@unal.edu.co Keywords 21. When the scientific name of the species that is the subject of the work is not included in the title, it must be presented as the first keyword; 22. It is not necessary to include words that are already in the title; 23. Do not use more than six keywords (or reference terms). All must be presented in English; Abstract 24. The manuscript must contain only one abstract, in English, with a maximum of 1,500 characters, including spaces. 25. Do not use electronic translators to produce the abstract; Material and Methods 26. Present the geographic coordinates in parentheses, as follows: (22º32’27’’S, 54º42’35’’W, 765 m altitude); 27. For dates, always use the name of the month: February 12, 2015, April 14, 2017; 28. Always indicate the statistical analysis used and, when applicable, the data transformations applied; 29. Present units of measurement as follows: t/ha, mg/dm3, etc.; 30. Present numbers up to fifteen in writing (e.g., four evaluations, eight beds, fifteen trays, etc.). From there, use numerals (e.g., 16 days after planting, 20 observation points, 42 plots); 31. Always use numbers to represent quantities followed by units of measurement, as well as days of the month and year (2 t/ha, 8 g, 15 mL, 18 cm, February 7, 2017); Graphs, Figures and Tables 32. The overall limit is six elements per manuscript, considering tables and figures together. Graphs are considered figures; 33. Conclude the statement by always indicating, in this order: place where the work was carried out, responsible institution(s) and year; 34. Use decimals only when necessary, thus avoiding graphs and tables cluttered with too many digits. Very small numbers should be presented multiplied by 103 or a higher power, indicating the unit of measurement next to the characteristic description in the first row of the table or in the graph legend. 35. Graphs, figures, and tables should be self-explanatory. Use footers, if necessary, to provide additional information. 36. The journal's standard for statements and footnotes must be strictly observed, including mention of statistical analysis (Table 1). Table 1. Commercial production, average weight of commercial tubers, use after frying, and tolerance to greening in potato tubers. Brasília, Embrapa Hortaliças, 2017.
Means followed by the same letter in the columns do not differ statistically from each other, Tukey test, p < 0.05. 1/ Tubers with a transverse diameter greater than 45 mm; 2/ Percentage of sticks suitable for sale after frying; 3/ Tolerance to greening assessed using a rating scale from 1 (no greening) to 9 (intense greening), after fifteen days of exposure to light. |
Digital Assets
Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and inserted in the body of the manuscript immediately after their first citation in the text. Figures include all graphical elements in the manuscript, such as graphs, photographs, micrographs, maps, diagrams, schematics, and composite figures. All figures must also be submitted separately as high-resolution files in JPG, PNG, or TIFF format. Figures do not need to remain editable in the manuscript, provided that the separately submitted files are of suitable quality for editorial processing. Titles, captions, and footnotes must be descriptive and allow the elements to be understood independently of the text. |
Citations and References
The standards for citing references in the text and presenting bibliographic references at the end of the article follow the specific publication guidelines of the journal Horticultura Brasileira, based on the author-date system. The list of references should be presented in alphabetical order and contain only documents cited in the body of the text. For in-text citations, use: (Silva & Lima, 2023) for two authors, and (Silva et al., 2023) for three or more authors. When available, the DOI should be included at the end of the reference. a) Periodical SILVA, CQ; RODRIGUES, R; BENTO, CS; PIMENTA, S. 2017. Heterosis and combining ability in ornamental chili pepper. Horticultura Brasileira 35: 349-357. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-053620170306 b) Book: FILGUEIRA, FAR. 2008. Novo manual de olericultura. Viçosa, BR: UFV. 412p. c) Book chapter MUHAMMAD, L; UNDERWOOD, E. 2004. The maize agriculture context in Kenya. In: HILBECK, A; ANDOW, DA (eds). Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms. v.1. A case study of Bt maize in Kenya. Wallingford, UK: CABI International. p. 21-56. d) Dissertations and theses HIJBEEK, R. 2017. On the role of soil organic matter for crop production in European arable farming. Wageningen, NL: Wageningen University. 211 p (Ph.D. thesis). e) Complete papers published in conference proceedings (when not included in journals). Only cite papers published in conference proceedings after consulting the editorial board: van JOST, M; CLARK, CK; BENSON, W. 2007. Lettuce growth in high soil nitrate levels. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NITROGEN USE IN HORTICULTURE, 4. Annals... Utrecht, NL: ISHS. p. 122-123. f) Electronic media citations f.1) Website AUTHORSHIP OR SOURCE. Year. Title or main page heading. Available at: URL/electronic address. Accessed on January 15, 2018. f.2.) Publication AUTHORSHIP, AUTHORS OR SOURCE. Year. Document title. Responsible/Editor. Available at: URL. Accessed on January 15, 2018. |
Supplementary Documents
Optionals If the work contains supplementary data, the corresponding author must submit a statement of availability indicating the location, nature, and referencing of such data. The following links provide support for information on supplementary data: List of repositories for depositing research data From the 31st bibliographic reference onwards, any costs for converting additional references into metadata will follow the current publication fee table; At least half of the references must be to works published no more than ten years ago, except in special cases, duly justified by the authors; Do not use conference abstracts and papers published in conference proceedings, except in special cases, duly justified by the authors; All works cited in the text must have been listed in the references and vice versa; There should be no discrepancies in the spelling of the authors' surnames and the year of publication between the citation in the text and the references; Present references in alphabetical order by the first author's last name. |
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