Submission of papers
Indications are that the Symposium will host 60 oral contributions (keynote lectures and offered contributions) and over 300 posters. Each type of paper (keynote, oral contribution or poster) should be prepared according to the following guidelines. A copy of your paper on a 3.5 inch diskette in MSWord Windows file (if MS Word is not available please specify the software and the related release used) should be sent by mail or by e-mail (preferably) no later than June 16 to:

Istituto Sperimentale Cerealicoltura TIWGS Secretariat
Via Cassia, 176
00191 Roma (Italy)
tel. 0039.06.3295705-6-7
fax 0039.06.36306022     
e-mail: tiwgs@mclink.it  pognanorberto@mclink.it 

Guidelines for preparing papers
1. Length
The maximum length of papers allowed is 7 (seven) pages for keynote presentations, 4 (four) pages for oral presentations and 3 (three) pages for poster papers.

2. Margins, main text and font
The paper format must be A4.
The margins (top/bottom and sides) must be of 2.54 cm (1 inch). The main text should be Times New Roman,12 point font, single column, single-spaced, left-right justified.
Do not number pages.

3. Paper structure
The paper should include the Title, Authors and Addresses at the beginning of the paper as indicated in the example below. All headings (ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND REFERENCES) should be capitalized and must have two lines spacing before and one line spacing after.
Use only bold for headings.

4. Figures, tables and references
Tables and figures must fit in the pages allowed. Text appearing in the figures should be in 9 point font. Each figure/table must be in the text and provided with a concise legend in 9 point font. Color illustrations are not accepted. Text references should be as follows:

a) Krause and Weis (1984) or Govindjee et al (1986), if more that two authors;
b) (Krause and Weis, 1984; Govindjee et al, 1986), chronologically. The REFERENCES paragraph
     must include only publications cited in the text. They must be listed in alphabetical order under
     the first author's name, listing all authors and the complete title according the following
     examples:

Example:
Heterosis in diallel crosses involving seven wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) lines.

(two lines spacing)
ABSTRACT
(one line spacing)
Seven lines of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) along with their F1 hybrids......

(two lines spacing)
INTRODUCTION
(one line spacing)
Hybrid wheat cultivars hold great potential for improving economic yield
(Pogna, 1999; Boggini and Di Fonzo, 1998, 1999; Boggini et al. 2001) .....