Instructions for the Conference Proceedings
California Plant & Soil Conference - 2009
1. Your paper will be published in the Conference Proceedings. For consistency and uniformity please use Times New Roman, size 12 font for text and 14 Bold font for title. (Note: these instructions are in Times New Roman font). 2. Use single-spaced text with 1-inch margins on all sides. Do not use logo or letterhead. 3. Suggested length is three to six pages. Please keep summary short. 4. Be sure to include name(s) of author(s) and affiliation(s) below the title. Also include addresses, phone number, FAX, and e-mail address. (see attached example or http://calasa.ucdavis.edu for full proceeding examples) 5. Tables, graphs, and line drawings are acceptable. Color and half tone graphics will be reproduced as black and white. All tables, graphs and drawings should be in the "portrait" setup. Do not use "landscape" page setup. 6. Note mechanical style in attached example. Title and section headings are Bold the rest is standard. Follow American Society of Agronomy style for any citations. 7. Standard English units are preferred. If metric units are used, please include dual units. For example: 1.0 kg/ha (0.9 lbs./acre). 8. Do not type page numbers. Pages will be numbered in final preparation for printing. 9. Do not use headers or footers for footnotes or titles. 10. An electronic copy, formatted as per instructions provided should be sent to your session chair by Monday December 8, 2008. This "due" date is set to provide time for editing and printing the proceedings for the conference.
DEADLINE: If you cannot meet the deadline for your session, please contact your session chair as soon as possible.