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Abstract.
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                
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 informative abstract    substantive abstract    
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Dryland Grain Sorghum Water Use, Light Interception,
and GrowthResponses to Planting Geometry
J. L. Steiner
ABSTRACT
Rationale           
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Objectives or          
hypothesis 
Methods         
Sorghum bicolor
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Results             
           
            
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Results.
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Discussion. 
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
[when all authors are responsible for the data]
[when only the author Faribault is responsible
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          
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in reviewin press
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Dynamics of hydro-
logical and geomorphological processes in evaporite karst at the eastern Dead Sea:
A multidisciplinary study

Properties of the affine invariant ensemble
sampler in high dimensions
Magazine article.
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Crops and
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Books (including bulletins, reports, multivolume works, series)
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   Soils of the Okpilak River region, Alaska 
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tification handbook
Chemical Abstracts Service source index: 1907–1984
cumulative, plus annual supplements
        Manual of methods: Soil and envi-
ronmental chemistry laboratory     
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  Surface complexation modeling: Hydrous
ferric oxide
Stages of soybean development

     Forage fiber analysis (apparatus, reagents,
procedures, and some applications)     

 Sunflower technology and production 

Soil Taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making
and interpreting soil surveys
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Reference soil test methods for the southern region of
the United States
[Publisher varies as the series rotates among institutions.]
Principles and procedures of statistics, with special
reference to the biological sciences
Principles and procedures of statistics: A biometri-
cal approach 
Guide for the use of the International System of Units (SI)

  Process design manual for land treatment of municipal wastewater
       
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Soil testing and plant analysis
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        Applications of toxicogenomics in
safety evaluation and risk assessment
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  Expression analysis supporting functional genomics research in
maize         
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Dissertations and theses.
    Design and performance of denitrification bioreactors for
agricultural drainage       
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Adsorption selectivity of cations in constrained environments
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formance tests in Texas: 1991
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soybean varieties
        Uniform soybean tests, southern states, 1997.
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Manure production characteristics 
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Chapter 2. General Style Conventions
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SPELLING AND CAPITALIZATION
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary



Chicago Manual of Style

ACS Style Guide


TABLE 2–1 

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Abbr. Meaning (restriction) Abbr. Meaning (restriction)
   
   
  h 
   
   
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 
   
   
  
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  
   
   
   
   
   
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 
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New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors
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           
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Glycine max 
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Hyphens, Spaces, and Dashes
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       
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             Plant
Disease, 66 

           
≤−
           

MISCELLANEOUS POINTS OF USAGE

Affect vs. effect (verb).

Affect vs. effect vs. impact (noun).


Alternate vs. alternative.


Between vs. among (prep.).
British spelling. 


cf. (Latin confero, compare).

Compare to vs. compare with (verb + prep.). 






e.g. (Latin exempli gratia, for example) vs. i.e. (Latin id est, that is).


Ensure vs. insure (verb). 

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Further vs. farther (adj. or adv.).

Geographical names.


Percent vs. percentage vs. percentage point.





Restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses (that; which).










Subject–verb agreement.

        






Use vs. employ (verb).         

Use vs. utilize (verb).   


Words of foreign origin.
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary

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CROP SCIENCE GLOSSARY
Glossary of Crop Science Terms 
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Crop Science 
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SOIL SCIENCE GLOSSARY
 Glossary of Soil Science Terms       

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CROP GROWTH STAGING SCALES
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        
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SOIL IDENTIFICATION
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                
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 
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             

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TABLE 3–1            
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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    
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 
       
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        
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National Soil Survey Handbook 
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Keys to Soil Taxonomy 
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         
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MUNSELL COLOR NOTATION
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LIGHT MEASUREMENTS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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 Photosynthetically active radiation
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 Photosynthetic photon flux density
           
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 Apparent photosynthesis      
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photosynthesisnet assimilation
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    International Code of Nomenclature for
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Tomato spotted wilt virus
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   

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 
       
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  
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 
 
            
  
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Hortus III
World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference
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Cultivars
cultivarvariety
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     
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         
Medicago sativa 
cultivar
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Triticum aestivum
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HinHaemophilus influenzaeBamBacillus amyloliquefaciens
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HinH. influenzaeBam
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         
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TREATMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
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              
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          
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SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL STATISTICAL ANALYSES
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ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
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TABLE 4–1 
Abbreviation or
symbol
a
Explanation
 
bβ 
 
 
F F
 
n 
Pp 
rr 
r

R

 
 
s, s,  
s

s
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 
s
x
–
s
 
t t
x
–
 
a 
β 
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
Notea
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           
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
Table 5–2 is an example of a typical table that shows the consistent relation of the uppermost spanner heading
to the units and the data values. Adapted from Saseendran et al. (1998; Agronomy Journal 90, pp. 185–190).
TABLE 5–2 
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Grain yield Straw yield
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    
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Table 5–3 is an example of a table with units varying row to row (unlike the usual pattern seen in Table 5–2).
Adapted from Bordovsky et al. (1998; Agronomy Journal 90, pp. 638–643).
TABLE 5–3 
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Copyright © ASA–CSSA–SSSA, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison, WI 53711, USA.
5-4 Publications Handbook and Style Manual.
t
       

Agronomy Journal–


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
Table 5–4 shows how to incorporate ANOVA results. The centered independent heading is used, together with
the new main entry line in the stub, to alert the reader to a change in the type of data for the rows that follow.
Adapted from Porter et al. (1996; Agronomy Journal 88, pp. 750–757).
TABLE 5–4 
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As shown in Table 5–5, sometimes a table is the best way to organize words. Adapted from Einhellig (1996;
Agronomy Journal 88, pp. 886–893).
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Schizachyrium
scoparium
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Chapter 7. Numbers, Mathematical Equations,
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
             

     

Position and Spacing
   




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--

  


Special Characters
         




   


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Simplifying Equations
x/y
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Integrals, Summations, and Limits
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Numbering Equations
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

              

Exponential Functions
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Base and Derived Units
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 
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
TABLE 7–2 
 
 
    
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   
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  W 
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     
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Copyright © ASA–CSSA–SSSA, 5585 Guilford Rd., Madison, WI 53711, USA.
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   
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Chapter 8. Journal Procedures
GENERAL PROCEDURES
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THE PLANT GENOME
The Plant Genome
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THE PLANT PHENOME JOURNAL
The Plant Phenome Journal
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             

            

URBAN AGRICULTURE & REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS
Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems

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          
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VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL
Vadose Zone Journal

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           

               
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     
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    A manual for authors of mathematical papers 
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ASABE Standard S414.2. Terminology and definitions for agricultural tillage implement
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Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United
States and Canada

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(ICNCP or Cultivated Plant Code) incorporating the rules and recommendations for naming plants in
cultivation
Authors of plant names: A list of authors of scientific names
of plants, with recommended standard forms of their names, including abbreviations 
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in the United States
Fungal databases

Stages of soybean development

Alfalfa: Quality, maturity, and mean stage of development

Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology
How to write and publish a scientific paper
NCU-3: Names in current
use for extant plant genera        

Suggestions to authors of the reports of the United States Geological Survey

Agronomy Journal, 65,
Biological nomenclature

Crop Science, 21,
Journal of Heredity, 64,

Annals of Applied Biology,
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Crop Science, 8,
HortScience 13, 
Statistical methods in agricultural research
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
International code
of botanical nomenclature (Vienna Code), adopted by the 17th International Botanical Congress,
Vienna, Austria, July 2005
Crop protection handbook
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

Agronomy Journal, 83,

Journal of Agronomic Education, 12, 
Glossary of geology
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      Crop
Science, 29,
riting scientific papers in English: An ELSE-Ciba Foundation
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How a corn plant develops

             How a soybean plant develops

Units, symbols, and terminology for plant physiology: A reference for presentation of
research results in the plant sciences
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Biochemical calculations: How to solve mathematical problems in general biochemistry
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Herbicide handbook
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Statistical methods
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Keys to soil taxonomy 
Principles and procedures of statistics: A biometrical
approach
he International System of Units (SI)
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Guide for the use of the International System of Units (SI). Version 3.0
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Journal of Agronomic Education, 10,
The pesticide manual: A world compendium
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Annals of Applied
Biology, 110,
The Chicago manual of style
  National soil survey handbook, title 430-VI 

 U.S. Government Printing Office style manual, 2008  

            Sorghum bicolor  
Agronomy Journal, 64,
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Journal of Agronomic Education, 10,
The grass genera of the world
Enzyme nomenclature, 1992: Recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of
the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology on the nomenclature and classification
of enzymes.
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