All papers presented in the conference will be published in the Arab Journal of Plant Protection. We very much appreciate it if you can send your paper to Dr. Safaa Kumari, Chair of the Organizing Committee by e-mail before July 15, 2004. The manuscripts need not be lengthy, and a size of 4-6 typed pages, single space, will be appropriate. Please see the Author's Guide for Manuscript Preparation, which is below:

Manuscript Writing: The first page should start with the title in the center, which should be not be more than 100 characters and spaces, followed by the author(s) name(s) with the address, directly under the title. Key words, maximum six, would be useful for index retrieval systems. All manuscripts should contain the following sections: 1) abstract, 2) Introduction, 3) Material and Methods, 4) Results, 5) Discussion or results and Discussion could be combined in one section, 6) Acknowledgment (if necessary), 7) References. Footnotes are not permitted in the text.

Tables: Tables should be planned to fit a maximum page of 18 x 26 cm. it should be typed on separate pages and numbered consecutively in the sequence of their appearance in the text. They should bear a descriptive, self-explanatory clear heading. Footnotes to tables should appear as a superscript letters starting with "a" in each table, and should be indicated at the bottom of the table.

Figures (Diagrams, graphs, photographs): Diagrams and graphs should be drawn using the Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel. When authors present their data in a histogram form, the values should be printed on the top of each column. Only black and white photographs are accepted.
   The size of the figures should be 9 cm wide (for a column) or 18 cm wide (for a complete page), and should not exceed 26 cm in height including the captions. Figures must be numbered consecutively according to their citation in the text.

Names and Terms: Latin binomials should be written in italics or underlined to differentiate them from the rest of the text. Pesticides should be named by their common names.

References: References are numbered and arranged in an alphabetical order, with the author's last name first followed by his initials, the publication year, title, journal or publication place, the volume and pages. References are cited in the text by their numbers.

Examples
1. Article in a Journal
   Cockbain, A.J. and C.L. Costa. 1973. Comparative transmission of bean leaf roll and pea    enation mosaic viruses by aphids. Annals of Applied Biology, 73:167-176.

2. Abstract
   Hymaydan, H.S. 1983. Impact of seed-borne pathogens on intranational and international    movement of seeds (Abstract). Phytopathology, 73:784

3. Books
   Talhouk, A.M.S. 1969. Insects and mites injurious to crops in Middle Eastern Countries.    Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg and Berlin, West Germany. 239 pp.

4. Chapter in a book
   Makkouk, K.M. and H. Laterrot. 1983. Epidemiology and control of tomato yellow leaf curl    virus. Pages 315-321. In: Plant Virus Epidemiology. R.T. Plumb and K.M. Hresh (Editors).    Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford. 377 pp.

5. Proceedings
   Makkouk, K.M. and S.G. Kumari. 1997. Etiology and control of soybean dwarf luteovirus    affecting lentils (Lens culinaris) in Syria. Pages 731-734. In: Proceedings of 10th Congress of    the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union. June 1-5, 1997, Montpellier-Lec Corum, France.

6. Bulletins
   Mustafa, F.H. 1974. List of plant diseases in Iraq. Bulletin No. 74. Ministry of Agriculture,    Iraq. 27 pp.