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Author Guidelines

I. General information

VIR Bulletin publishes original research results, review articles,  protocols, and methods in the field of establishment, development, preservation, studying, and utilization of plant genetic resources collections, based on modern knowledge and techniques  pertaining to plant taxonomy, genetics, breeding, and biotechnology. Critical reviews and materials of science chronicles are also accepted.

The authors retain copyright to their articles and grant the journal the right of first publication of their work under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.

The journal is published four times a year. Publication languages are Russian and English.

Manuscripts are submitted via the electronic editing resource https://virbul.elpub.ru

In addition, each submitted manuscript should be accompanied by a letter signed by the author(s) (loaded as an additional separate file together with the manuscript) with the following information:

1. financial transparency statement: the author(s) declare(s) the absence of any financial interest in the materials or methods presented;
2. methods, additional references, summaries of the research-related reports, source data, statements on the presence of data and materials related to them are available at the address (if applicable);
3. the authors thank the reviewers for their contribution to the peer review of their work;
4. all the authors approve of this manuscript;
5. there is no conflict of interests;
6. the manuscript has never been published earlier nor submitted for consideration and publication in any other journal; and
7. Information about the author (authors): last name, first name and patronymic (middle name), place of employment and its address, scientific degree (title), position, contact telephone number, and e-mail address. A contact person should also be identified for the editors to communicate and correspond with, plus ORCID references for all authors (https://orcid.org);

Personal data processing: https://elpub.vir.nw.ru/jour/about/privacyPolicyCommon

VIR Bulletin accepts peer-reviewed manuscripts for publication (the full text is available at https://virbul.elpub.ru/jour/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0).

The editors request the authors to abide by the rules below while preparing and sending their manuscripts to the journal. The Editorial Board will not consider the manuscripts whose format does not conform to these rules. All received materials will not be returned. The author(s) will be informed by e-mail on the decision taken. All stages of the manuscript’s progress may be tracked online from the author’s personal page (https://virbul.elpub.ru/jour/index).

II. Publication size and structure

The volume of review, problem-oriented and analytical articles should not exceed 20 pages of computerized text in line with the below format, whereas experimental articles should cover no more than 15 pages of computerized text. This volume includes an abstract (in Russian and English), keywords (in Russian and English), main text, list of references, tables and/or illustrations and their captions (in Russian and English). Articles exceeding these volumes are left to the Editorial Board’s discretion to be accepted.

The text of the electronic version of a manuscript offered for publication should be typeset in the Word for Windows text editor and saved in *.doc or *.docx formats.

The file name should comply with the last name and initials of the article’s main author in Roman characters (e.g. Krylov_AG.docx).

The font of the text shall be Times New Roman, font size 14pt, without hyphenation, with fully justified alignment. Single interline spacing should be used. All margins are 2 cm. No page numbers should be inserted. Paper size is А4. If the above format requirements are not observed, such manuscript will not be accepted for consideration.

III. Content requirements

Articles should be explicitly related, and the following text structure is to be observed:

Abstract: Russian and English versions are presented, each no less than 0.5 of the page (up to 200 words). The English version of the abstract need not be the exact translation of the Russian version and may considerable exceed the latter in size (up to 300 words);

Keywords: no less than four, in Russian and in English; they must not repeat the words used in the article’s title;

Text of the article

References: in English and, where applicable, in Russian.

When describing original experimental data, it is advisable to use the following subtitles:

Introduction

Materials and methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusion, or Findings

Theoretical, review and problem-oriented articles may have optional structure, but must contain an abstract, keywords, the main text, and references.

For articles in Russian, a more extensive English abstract is recommended.

1. Requirements for the title

The title of an article must be as concise as possible and clearly reflect the contents. The title’s format: lowercase; boldface; 16pt (incl. Latin names); left alignment. The UDC index is typed above the article’s title in the upper left corner of the page (font size: 14pt).

Data of the authors. The first name, middle initial, and last name are typed in lowercase letters, boldface, 14pt, left alignment. A non-breakable space is inserted by pressing the combination Ctrl+Shift+Space to preclude the splitting of the author’s name into two lines.

Affiliation of the author(s) includes the full name(s) of his/her employer(s) (organization/scientific institution).  The employer’s subdivisions (departments, laboratories, chairs, etc.) and preambles specifying the employer’s legal status should be omitted. If the authors have different employers, each coauthor’s last name is followed by a superscript number with the respective data presented below. The employer’s name is followed by the respective city/town and country. The employer’s full legal address is included in the section Information about the authors (see below) where the data are presented in Russian and English (street names not translated but transliterated) and each author’s e-mail address is added

(format: lowercase; regular; 14pt; left alignment). After the affiliation, the corresponding author is indicated (12pt) with his/her e-mail.

EXAMPLE

Original article

UDC 633.16:631.524

Earliness and photoperiod sensitivity of barley accessions from East Asian countries

Renat A. Abdullaev¹, Belahan A. Batasheva², Olga N. Kovaleva¹, Zoya A. Shchedrina¹, Evgeny E. Radchenko¹

¹ N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, St. Petersburg, Russia

² N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, Dagestan Experiment Station – branch of VIR, Derbentsky District, Russia

Corresponding author: Renat A. Abdullaev, abdullaev.1988@list.ru

The title information is followed by the Abstract and Keywords.

2. Requirements for the abstract

The abstract is to be submitted in a sufficiently extensive form – first of all, it refers to the English version, because it will be the main data source for the international community. That is why the English abstract may be expanded up to 300 words. It should accurately and explicitly recite major results, findings and, if needed, methods and materials of the presented research.

Descriptive (review) articles do not require division into separate sections.

EXAMPLE

Abstract

Background. Text.

Materials and methods. Text. No references to any published materials are included; conventional methods or own techniques are briefed.

Results. Text.

Conclusion. Text.

3. Requirements for keywords

Keywords, consisting of no fewer than four but no more that twelve components, should not repeat the words used in the article’s title.

4. Acknowledgments

If the authors wish to express their gratitude to individuals and/or scientific foundations that helped them to accomplish their work, such information should appear (in Russian and English) after the keywords in the section Acknowledgements.

5. For citation

The bibliographic reference to the presented article (made by the editors).

6. Financial transparency, thanks to the peer reviewers, and declaration of the journal’s neutrality.

Financial transparency: the authors have no financial interest in the presented materials or methods. The authors thank the reviewers for their contribution to the peer review of this work. The journal’s opinion is neutral to the presented materials, the authors or their employers.

7. Requirements for the text

Titles of the sections (lowercase; boldface; 14pt; centered) are typed in a separate line, detached from the previous and following paragraphs by one blank line.

The text within the sections is lowercase regular (14pt).

Introduction should outline the scope of issues considered in the article and briefly describe the essence of the studied problem, its background, and relevance. In the end, the objective of the research is posed.

The section Materials and methods should contain the list (or refer to an existing table) and characteristics of the materials used (origin of accessions, dates when collected, etc.), as well as consecutive presentation of all the techniques employed. With conventional methods, it is enough to refer to the data sources. Less known methods require description of their essence and/or specific features of the applied modifications. New, uncommon or unique methods should be described in sufficient detail, so that other research teams could reproduce them. If needed, the schemes of experiments, routes of collecting missions, etc. are presented. In the event of using any instruments that could influence the results of the research or any new and unique devices, the manuscript should contain their brand names and, in parentheses, the name(s) of their producer(s) and the country of origin.

The data obtained are sequentially and in detail accounted for in the section Results. It is important to choose the easiest and most comprehensible manner of their presentation to the reader (text, graphics, or tables). It is recommended first to relate the data obtained, and then proceed with their interpretation, comparison and discussion in the section Discussion.

If abbreviations are used in the text, they should be expanded once, at their first appearance; for example: crop wild relatives (CWR). Conventional abbreviations are given as they are, without expansion, for example: DNA, PCR, CFU, RF, USA, etc.

When a plant under study is mentioned in the text for the first time, its common and Latin names are presented (full generic name, species epithet, and author or authors). After that, at the author’s choice, only its common name or Latin analogue is used.

Names of the genus, species, variety, and form are italicized, but names of the author(s) and words indicating the taxon’s rank are not (Triticum aestivum L. subsp. hadropyrum (Flaksb.) Tzvelev var. schrederi Udacz.). When a generic name is mentioned in the text for the first time, it is not abbreviated (Triticum durum Desf.); later it is abbreviated to the uppercase (first) letter, the species epithet always remains unabbreviated, and the author’s name is not mentioned at all (T. durum). Between the generic abbreviation and the species epithet, a non-breakable space is inserted by pressing the combination: Ctrl+Shift+Space to preclude their splitting into two lines.

All taxa of higher ranks are never italicized (Fabaceae).

The rules of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature should be used to make taxonomic surveys or describe new taxa. Latin plant names need to comply with the latest sources (it does not apply to the understanding of boundaries between taxa). If the author vouches for an alternative concept of a taxon, it is desirable to mention its conventional name at its first appearance in the text.

The author(s) of the taxa appear(s) in the text only when first mentioned. One should remember that the names of plant taxa should include the author’s name(s) when appearing in the abstract, the titles of tables, and the captions to figures, but such name(s) are omitted in the title of the article. 

Gene names and symbols are italicized, while the names of their products are not; for example: genes Vrn1, af, det, sym; proteins hsp 70, ATM, etc. Phage and virus names are not italicized.

Molecular size (length) of DNA fragments (base pairs) should be designated without points, starting with a lowercase letter (bp).

The symbol × is used to designate multiplication and crosses.

All values should be expressed in the units of measurement standardized in the International System of Units (SI) or approved by the National Standards (GOST). Decimal fractions are separated with a comma in Russian texts, and with a dot in English versions.

Names of phenological phases are written starting with a lowercase letter in quotation marks (“flowering”), while interphase periods are separated with an n-dash (“sprouting – flowering”).

If an expert is not certain about the accuracy of an accession’s name, he/she should write, “the accessions received from ___________ (country) under the name of __________.”

When citations appear directly in the text, the author, year and page are to be indicated (Author, 2014, p. 67). When a table or a figure is cited, it should be marked (from: Author, year).

The text of the article is finalized with the section Conclusion or Findings.

8. Requirements for the list of references

References

1. All sources in the list of references are arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of the first author or, if author is not available, by title (not in the order of citing).
2. For original articles, it is desirable to cite 15–20 sources (max. 30); for review articles, no more than 60; for other kinds of manuscripts, up to 15.
3. The list of references should contain, in addition to basic background works, publications for the past 5 years and, first of all, articles from journals and references to highly cited sources, including those from Scopus and Web of Science. All references must be verifiable..
4. The section References is separated from the main text by a blank line and contains the list of cited sources with mandatory mentioning of their titles (see examples below).
5. References within the text are given in parentheses in English. An author’s last name without initials is followed by a comma and the year of publication, for example: (Mitrofanova, 2019). If there are two coauthors, both last names are cited, with a comma (not “and” between them: (Radchenko, Sokolova, 2018). If there are three coauthors or more, only the first one is named, with “et al.” after his/her last name: (Artemyeva et al., 2018). If there is a need to refer to several sources, the references in the text are arranged in chronological order, for example: “In a number of publications (Gavrilenko, 2007; Shvachko, Gavrilenko, 2011; Antonova et al., 2018)…” References to several publications of the same author (or the same group of authors) published in the same year are formatted by adding Roman lowercase letters after the year in alphabetical order, for example: (Novikova et al., 2019а, 2019b; Vishnyakova, 2018a, 2018d; Burlyaeva et al., 2014b). The sequence of such letters must comply with the positions of the publications in the section References.
6. The section References must contain bibliographic descriptions of all publications referred to in the manuscript. The list of references should be formatted in line with the journal’s standards (see below).
7. Bibliographic description of each source must include all the authors. However, when a reference describes an article (from a journal or a collection of scientific papers) written by more than 6 authors, only the first six should be mentioned, with “et al.” after the sixth name.
8. If the original publication is in Russian, Cyrillic names of the authors should be transliterated in the Roman alphabet. If the original publication is in English or any other language based on the Roman alphabet, the names of the authors are presented in such language. The order of the authors in a published source must not be altered. A description begins with the author’s last name, followed by initials (without space between them). English versions of the titles of Russian journals should conform to the editors’ translations (as a rule, they may be found on a journal’s official website). The titles of foreign journals and books are presented in their original version.
9. Titles of articles and names of domestic journals must not be abbreviated. 

• Bibliographic descriptions of Russian sources consist of two consecutive parts: Romanized (English) and Cyrillic (Russian). The Romanized part should precede the Cyrillic one (translation of the title and, if need be, its transliteration). In the end of the Romanized part, an indication of the publication’s original language is given in brackets: [in Russian], followed by the Cyrillic part.
• NB: the following sources ARE NOT CITED: textbooks; manuals; conference proceedings (except when they are easily found via browsers); statistical data sources; and non-deposited dissertation papers (not to be mentioned at all). References to dissertations, conference proceedings, patents and legal instruments are allowed only if they are freely accessible via web browsers!!!
• Sources described in the list of references may include printed (published as hard copies) and electronic publications (books with ISBN or articles from journals with ISSN).
• The author is fully and personally responsible for the accuracy and credibility of the data presented in his/her manuscript that was submitted to the journal’s editors.
• In all cases when a cited source has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), it must be included in the end of its bibliographic description. One can check whether an article has a DOI or not on the websites http://search.crossref.org or https://www.citethisforme.com). Loading the English title of the article is deemed sufficient to procure its DOI. Most foreign publications (since 2000) and many Russian articles (published after 2013) are registered in CrossRef and have a unique DOI. For example:
  Leonova S.L., Shelenga T.V., Hamberg M., Konarev A.A, Loskutov I.G., Carlsson A.S. Analysis of oil composition in cultivars and wild species of oat (Avena). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2008;56(17):7983-7991. DOI: 10.1021/jf800761c

Instructions concerning non-English sources (based a Roman alphabet):

If an article’s language is based on the Roman alphabet (English, German, Finnish, Danish, Italian, etc.), such article is to be cited in its original version, with the indication of the original language in brackets at the end of the bibliographic description (e.g., [in French]). For the languages employing other fonts (Greek, Chinese, Arabic, etc.), only the English version of the reference is presented, with the indication of the original language in brackets at the end of the bibliographic description (e.g., [in Japanese]). For example:

• Chamich M. La forêt d’Arganier: quelle gestion pour quelle ressource. Revue Forestière Française. 2013;17:145-150. [in French] DOI: 10.4267/2042/53628
• Liu H., Na H.E., Li Y.J., Ning D.L., Ting M.A., Xiao L.J. Evaluation on drought stress tolerance of six olive varieties cultivated in Yunnan. Journal of West China Forestry Science. 2013;42:107-110. [in Chinese]

For an article with a registered official translation of its title, but written in a Cyrillic language (Russian, etc.), the original Cyrillic bibliographic description follows the Romanized one in parentheses. The availability of an official translation can be checked by searching through the website eLibrary.ru. For example:

• Tretyakova S., Baranova O.G., Luneva N.N., Terekhina T.A., Yamalov S.M., Lebedeva M.V. et al. Segetal flora of some regions of Russia: characteristics of the taxonomic structure. Proceedings on Applied Botany, Genetics and Breeding. 2020;181(2):123-133. [in Russian] (Третьякова А.С., Баранова О.Г., Лунева Н.Н., Терехина Т.А., Ямалов С.М., Лебедева М.В. и др. Сегетальная флора некоторых регионов России: характеристика таксономической структуры. Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции. 2020;181(2):123-133). DOI: 10.30901/2227-8834-2020-2-123-133

For Russian articles without an official English translation of their titles, an English translation is required, a transliteration in parentheses, journal title (transliterated = translated into English), and publication data (year; volume(issue):hyphenated pages). Some contemporary online references offer the article ID instead of pages. The article’s original language is given in brackets: [in Russian], followed by parenthesized Cyrillic bibliographic reference. Names of the authors and titles must not differ from the article’s original publication. DOI, if available, is placed after the parenthesized bibliographic description. For example:

• Budantsev A.L. Ultrastructural features of fruit surface in genus Nereta (Lamiaceae) (Ozobennosti ultrastruktury poverkhnosti plodov vidov roda Nepeta [Lamiaceae]). Botanicheskii zhurnal = Botanical Journal. 1993;78(4):80-87. [in Russian] (БуданцевА.Л. Особенности ультраструктуры поверхности плодов видов рода Nepeta (Lamiaceae). Ботанический журнал. 1993;78(4):80-87).
• Kalitskaya N.G., Galichenko A.P., Fokina E.M. Studying the soybean white and purple forms genetic collection by economically useful traits. The Bulletin of KrasGAU. 2021;11(176):17-23. [in Russian] (КалицкаяН.Г., Галиченко А.П., Фокина Е.М. Изучение генетической коллекции белоцветковых и фиолетовоцветковых форм сои по хозяйственно полезным признакам. Вестник КрасГАУ. 2021;11(176):17-23). DOI: 10.36718/1819-4036-2021-11-17-23

Books and monographs (one or more authors): do not include the total number of pages in the publication. For example:

• Vavilov N.I. Life is short, we must hurry (Zhizn korotka, nado speshit). Moscow: Sovetskaya Rossiya; 1990. [in Russian] (ВавиловН.И. Жизнь коротка, надо спешить. Москва: Советская Россия; 1990).

Chapter in a book: the author(s) and the title of the chapter are followed by “In:” (the book title is to be italicized). Examples:

• Kang M.S. Breeding: Genotype-by-environment interaction. In:M. Goodman (ed.). Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science. New York, NY: Marcel-Dekker; 2004. p.218-221.
• Bukasov S.M. 40 years of potato breeding in the USSR (40 let selektsii kartofelya v SSSR). In: Agricultural Issues (Voprosy zemledeliya). Moscow; 1959. p.326-339. [in Russian] (БукасовС.М. 40 лет селекции картофеля в СССР. В кн.: Вопросы земледелия. Москва; 1959. С.326-339).

Online publications, for example:

• Perrier X., Jacquemoud-Collet J.P. DARwin software. Paris: CIRAD; 2006. Available from: https://darwin.cirad.fr/ [accessed Mar.02, 2025].
• Devyatkin A.M., Markova I.A., Belyi A.I. Pests, diseases and weeds of the alfalfa agrocenosis: monograph (Vrediteli, bolezni i sornyaki lyutsernovogo agrotsenoza). Krasnodar; 2013. [in Russian] (ДевяткинА.М., Маркова И.А., Белый А.И. Вредители, болезни и сорняки люцернового агроценоза: монография. Краснодар; 2013). URL: https://kubsau.ru/upload/iblock/79b/79bc2b58964bbaa73a9c24633addd736.pdf [дата обращения: 10.05.2024].

Information on correct reference formatting is presented in more detail in the Appendix to the present rules (see below).

9. Requirements for tables and figures

Tables are to be placed within the article’s main text. Tables are formatted using MSWord processing instruments in the Tables section. The title of a table is formatted as follows: lowercase; boldface; 14pt; centered; without a full stop (period) at the end. The titles of tables and the captions of figures are separated from the tables/figures and from the article’s main text by blank lines.

When there is more than one table or figure in the article, they must be consecutively numbered. Each table and each column within it must have a title. Abbreviations, except for conventional ones, are not allowed in tables. The content of tables should not duplicate the text. Tables should not contain columns or rows with the same values in all cells (such cases should be specifically pointed out in a footnote to the table or in the text). If no data are available, a dash is used (–).

If a figure or a table is cited from another source, the author(s) should be referred to in parentheses (from: Ivanov, 2000), and such source must be listed among the references.

One should keep in mind that tables and figures considerably facilitate perceiving the article’s content by readers; they are “self-contained” components of an article and require indication of the place and time where and when the data presented in the table or figure were obtained.

Table 3. Title of the table 

All titles of the tables and subtitles within should be in Russian and English. Recommended font size for tables is 12pt, and no less than 10pt in case of high density of the text within. All abbreviations and acronyms should be expanded in the footnotes to the table. Vertical and horizontal lines are mandatory for a table, except for the left and right boundaries. If a table does not fit within one page, its heading should be reproduced on each page of the table. Reference to a table in the text should be: Table 3 or (Table 3). If the same table is mentioned more than once, (see Table 3) is used. If the article contains only one table, the same rule is applied, but without any number: Table or (Table).

Fig. 1. Caption to the figure

Captions under the figures must be in Russian and in English. All figures (including charts, graphs, and diagrams) should be incorporated into the main text and additionally represented in the files (.jpeg, .tiff; .xls, .xlsx – Excel formats) attached to the manuscript. All figures should be consecutively numbered. The caption begins with “Fig. 2’” followed by a full stop and the text of the caption (lowercase; boldface; 14pt; centered; without a period at the end). A figure is referred to in the text as Fig. 2. or (Fig. 2); a fragment of a figure, as (Fig. 2a). If only one figure is used, no number is required, and the word “Figure” is not abbreviated.

When inserting an illustration into the text, one should select the In Front Of Text wrapping option (Image – Wrap Text – In Front Of Text), having drawn the text apart with blank lines. Illustrations may be multicolored (for an online version), but should have copies – with shades of grey, black-and-white, or monochrome (for a printed version). Scanned pictures should have resolution no less than 300 dpi or, if the picture is tiny, 600 dpi, and saved in the .jpeg or .tiff format. Font size within the illustrations should be 12pt.

10. The last page should accommodate the following:

• Information about the authors:

First name, initial, and last name (boldfaced), then (regular font) scientific title, position, name of the author’s employer, number and street, city/town with zip code, country, e-mail, ORCID. For example:

Ivan A. Petrov, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Senior Researcher, N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, 42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000, Russia, i.petrov@vir.nw.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-00XX-XXXX-XXXX

• Contribution of the authors:

Specified in Russian and in English in line with recommendations (GOST R 7.0.7–2021). For example:

Вклад авторов: Петров И. А. – научное руководство; концепция исследования; разработка методов и их реализация; написание исходного текста; итоговые выводы. Сидорова Е. В. – участие в разработке методики; доработка текста; итоговые выводы.

Contribution of the authors: Petrov I. A. – scientific supervision; research concept; development of methods and their implementation; writing of the initial text; final conclusions. Sidorova E. V. – participation in the development of methods; finalization of the text; final conclusions.

or, if the authors are not inclined to specify individual contributions:

Вклад авторов: все авторы сделали эквивалентный вклад в подготовку публикации.

Contribution of the authors: the authors contributed equally to this article.

• Conflict of interests:

Example:

Конфликт интересов: авторы заявляют об отсутствии конфликта интересов.

Conflict of interests: the authors declare no conflicts of interests.

To familiarize yourself with the manuscript acceptance criteria and the journal’s policy, please visit our electronic editor website: https://elpub.vir.nw.ru/jour/about

III. Contacts

VIR Bulletin Editorial Board

Editors online: https://elpub.vir.nw.ru/jour/index

e-mail: trudyVIR@vir.nw.ru

N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR)

42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street

St. Petersburg 190000

Russian Federation

APPENDIX

EXAMPLES OF CORRECT FORMATTING IN THE LISTS OF REFERENCES

Journal articles

1. Conventional references to an English source and a Russian one with a published English translation of the title:

Panishcheva D., Motyleva S., Kozak N. The comparison of biochemical composition of Actinidia kolomikta and Actinidia polygama fruits. Slovak Journal of Food Sciences. 2021;15:723-731. DOI: 10.5219/1682

Salamini F., Özkan H., Brandolini A., Schäfer-Pregl R., Martin W. Genetics and geography of wild cereal domestication in the near east. Nature Reviews. Genetics. 2002;3(6):429-441. DOI: 10.1038/nrg817

Makarkina М.А., Vetrova О.А., Gruner L.А., Коrnilov B.B. Bioactive compounds in blackberry fruits under the conditions of Central Russia. Proceedings on Applied Botany, Genetics and Breeding. 2022;183(2):58-66. [in Russian] (Макаркина М.А., Ветрова О.А., Грюнер Л.А., Корнилов Б.Б. Биологически активные вещества в плодах ежевики в условиях средней полосы России. Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции. 2022;183(2):58-66). DOI: 10.30901/2227-8834-2022-2-58-66

Khlestkina E.K. Rice genome editing using CRISPR/Cas system. Plant Biotechnology and Breeding. 2019;2(1):49-54. [in Russian] (Хлесткина Е.К. Геномное редактирование риса при использовании системы CRISPR/Cas. Биотехнология и селекция растений. 2019;2(1):49-54). DOI: 10.30901/2658-6266-2019-1-49-54

2. When the authors of an article are individuals and corporate entities:

Okonechnikov K., Golosova O., Fursov M.; the UGENE team. Unipro UGENE: a unified bioinformatics toolkit. Bioinformatics. 2012;28(8):1166-1167. DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts091

Moonen J.H.E., Scheepstra A., Graveland A.; Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO. The positive effects of the high molecular weight subunits 3+10 and 2* of glutenin on the bread-making quality of wheat cultivars. Euphytica. 1983;32(3):735-742. DOI: 10.1007/bf00042153

3. No-author articles:

Commission Directive 2008/100/EC of 28 October 2008 amending Council Directive 90/496/EEC on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs as regards recommended daily allowance, energy conversion factors and definitions. Official Journal of the European Union. 2008;1(285):9-12.

4. Reference to a supplement to a journal’s volume or issue:

Bykova I.V., Lashina N.M., Efimov V.M., Afanasenko O.S., Khlestkina E.K. Identification of 50 K Illumina-chip SNPs associated with resistance to spot blotch in barley. BMC Plant Biology. 2017;17 Suppl 2:250. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-1198-9

Saeb K., Gholamrezaee S. Variation of essential oil composition of Melissa officinalis L. leaves during different stages of plant growth. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 2012;2(2 suppl):547-549. DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60271-8

5. A journal’s volume (issue) is divided into parts:

Wang Y., Zhu J., Meng X., Liu S., Mu J., Ning C. Comparison of polyphenol, anthocyanin and antioxidant capacity in four varieties of Lonicera caerulea berry extracts. Food Chemistry. 2016;197(Pt A):522-529. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.11.006

6. A journal has only volumes (no issues) or issues (no volumes):

Anderson M.M. Resistance to gall mite (Phytoptus ribes Nal.) in the eucorcosma section of Ribes. Euphytica. 1971;20:422-426. DOI: 10.1007/BF00035668

Holloway P.S. How to germinate seeds of Alaska wild iris. Georgeson Botanical Notes. 2007;(36):19-20.

7. A journal has neither identified volumes nor issues:

Lempereur M., Majewska C., Brunquers A., Wongpramud S., Valet B., Janssens P. et al. Tetrahydro-iso-alpha acids antagonize estrogen receptor alpha activity in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2016;2016:9747863. DOI: 10.1155/2016/9747863

Outreach: bringing HIV-positive individuals into care. HRSA Careaction. 2002:110-116.

8. A book has one author or several coauthors (the number of pages in the book should be omitted):

Biancardi E., Panella L.W., Lewellen R.T. Beta maritima: the origin of beets. New York, NY: Springer; 2012. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0842-0

Lawless J. The encyclopaedia of essential oils. Moscow: Kron-Press; 2000. [in Russian] (Лоулес Д. Энциклопедия ароматических масел. Москва: Крон-Пресс; 2000).

Ramenskaya M.L., Andreeva V.N. Identification key to higher plants of Murmansk Province and Karelia (Opredelitel vysshikh rasteniy Murmanskoy oblasti i Karelii). Leningrad: Nauka; 1982. [in Russian] (Раменская М.Л., Андреева В.Н. Определитель высших растений Мурманской области и Карелии. Ленинград: Наука; 1982).

9. A book has one or several editors:

Loebenstein G., Berger P.H., Brunt A.A., Lawson R.H. (eds). Virus and virus-like diseases of potatoes and production of seed-potatoes. Dordrecht: Springer; 2001. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0842-6

Sedov E.N., Ogoltsova T.P. (eds). Program and methodology of variety studies for fruit, berry and nut crops (Programma i metodika sortoizucheniya plodovykh, yagodnykh i orekhoplodnykh kultur). Orel: VNIISPK; 1999. [in Russian] (Программа и методика сортоизучения плодовых, ягодных и орехоплодных культур / под ред. Е.Н Седова, Т.П. Огольцовой. Орел: ВНИИСПК; 1999).

10. A book has both author(s) and editor(s):

Loskutov I.G. The history of the global collection of plant genetic resources in Russia. E.K. Khlestkina (ed.). 2nd ed. St. Petersburg: VIR; 2025. [in Russian] (Лоскутов И.Г. История мировой коллекции генетических ресурсов растений в России / под ред. Е.К. Хлесткиной. 2-е изд. Санкт-Петербург: ВИР; 2025). DOI: 10.30901/978-5-907780-18-7

11. The author is a corporate entity:

FAO. The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security. Rome: FAO; 2021. DOI: 10.4060/cb3673en

12. A chapter in a book:

Saini H.K., Akhatar J., Vasistha N.K. Mutagenesis in crop improvement. In: Classical and Molecular Approaches in Plant Breeding. Delhi: Narendra Publishing House; 2020. p.137-159.

Dragavtsev V.A. Ecological and genetic organization of quantitative traits of plants and the theory of breeding indices (Ekologo-geneticheskaya organizatsiya kolichestvennykh priznakov rasteniy i teoriya selektsionnykh indeksov). In: Ecological Genetics of Cultivated Plants (Ekologicheskaya genetika kulturnykh rasteniy). Krasnodar; 2011. p.31-50. [in Russian] (Драгавцев В.А. Эколого-генетическая организация количественных признаков растений и теория селекционных индексов. В кн.: Экологическая генетика культурных растений. Краснодар; 2011. С.31-50).

13. Conference proceedings:

Seglina D., Krasnova I., Ruisa S., Strautiņa S., Heidemane G. Research on antioxidant activity of berries grown in Latvia. In: Proceedings of International Scientific Conference “Sustainable Fruit Growing: From Plant to Product”; May 28-31, 2008; Jurmala–Dobele, Latvia. Dobele: Latvia State Institute of Fruit-Growing; 2008. p.265-272. Available from: https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/20103169559 [accessed Feb. 03, 2025].

Asbaganov S.V. Sorbocotoneaster gene pool in Sorbus breeding. In: Genepool and Plant Breeding (GPB2022): The 6th International Conference (November 23–25, 2022, Novosibirsk, Russia); Proceedings. Novosibirsk: ICG SB RAS; 2022. p.16-20. [in Russian] (Асбаганов С.В. Генофонд Sorbocotoneaster для селекции рябины. В кн.: Генофонд и селекция растений: сборник материалов 6-й Международной конференции «Генофонд и селекция растений» (Новосибирск, 23–25 ноября 2022 г.). Новосибирск: ИЦиГ СО РАН; 2022. С.16-20). URL: https://www.elibrary.ru/download/elibrary_49959749_20966775.pdf [дата обращения: 12.02.2025].

14. Scientific or technical report (the agency/institution conducting the exploration must me mentioned):

Annual Report of the U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory. Phoenix, AZ: USWCL; 1985. Available from: https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/53442000/AnnualReports/AnnualReportArchive/USWCL_AnnualReport_1985[OCR].pdf [accessed June 15, 2022].

Kobylyanskaya K.A., Asyakin B.P., Kovalenko E.D. Full report on the results of the business trip to Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) (Polny otchet o rezultatakh komandirovaniya v Laos [Laosskaya Narodno-Demokraticheskaya Respublika]). N.I. Vavilov All-Union Research Institute of Plant Industry. Report number: 5 Laos 1983 (931); 1983. [in Russian] (Кобылянская К.А., Асякин Б.П., Коваленко Е.Д. Полный отчет о результатах командирования в Лаос (Лаосская Народно-Демократическая Республика). ВНИИ растениеводства имени Н.И. Вавилова. Номер отчета: 5 Лаос 1983 (931); 1983).

15. Dissertations:

Dan H.M. Studies on rules for seed testing and standards for quality grading of Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Salvia miltiorrhiza and Achyranthes bidentata seeds [dissertation]. Beijing: Peking Union Medical College; 2006.

Porokhovinova E.A. Genetic collection of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.): establishment, analysis, and prospects of utilization (Geneticheskaya kollektsiya lna (Linum usitatissimum L.): sozdaniye, analiz i perspectivy ispolzovanya) [dissertation]. St. Petersburg: VIR; 2019. [in Russian] (Пороховинова Е.А. Генетическая коллекция льна (Linum usitatissimum L.): создание, анализ и перспективы использования: дис. ... д-ра биол. наук. Санкт-Петербург: ВИР; 2019).

16. Patents:

Jones J., Foster S.J., Chu Z., Park T.H., van der Vossen E.A.G., Pel M.A., Visser R.G.F. Late blight resistance genes and methods. UK; patent number: WO/2009/013468; 2009.

Pashina L.V., Pashin E.L. Method of evaluating fiber flax fiber quality according to morphological characteristics. Russian Federation; patent number: 2369671 C1; 2009. [in Russian] (Пашина Л.В., Пашин Е.Л. Способ оценки качества волокна в стеблях льна-долгунца по морфологическим признакам. Российская Федерация; патент № 2369671 C1; 2009). URL: https://patenton.ru/patent/RU2369671C1.pdf [дата обращения: 02.12.2024].

17. Maps, including an example of a Russian reference:

British Geological Survey. South London, 270. 1:50 000. London: BGS; 1998.

Ogureeva G.N. (ed.). Zones and types of zonality for vegetation of Russia and adjacent territories (Zony i tipy poyasnosti rastitelnosti Rossii i sopredelnykh territoriy). 1 : 8 000 000. Moscow: ECOR; 1999. [in Russian] (Зоны и типы поясности растительности России и сопредельных территорий / под ред. Г.Н. Огуреевой 1 : 8 000 000. Москва: ЭКОР; 1999).

18. Materials yet unpublished but accepted for publication:

Wight H., Zhou J., Li M., Hannenhalli S., Mount S., Liu Z. Draft genome assembly and annotation of red raspberry Rubus idaeus. BioRxiv. [preprint] 2019. DOI: 10.1101/546135

Kamnev A.M., Lapkasov M.E., Tyukalova A.A., Zhidiyaeva S.V., Antonova O.Yu. In silico analysis of the genomes within the Rosaceae Juss. family to develop ISAP markers.. Proceedings on Applied Botany, Genetics and Breeding. [preprint] 2025. [in Russian] (Камнев А.М., Лапкасов М.Е., Тюкалова А.А., Жидяева С.В., Антонова О.Ю. In silico-анализ геномов представителей семейства Rosaceae Juss. c целью создания ISAP-маркеров. Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции. [в печати] 2025.

19. Online materials (references in the text are presented as web links – http://..., https://...):

World Flora Online (WFO). WFO Plant List: [website]. Available from: https://wfoplantlist.org/ [accessed Feb. 27, 2023].

JMP Statistical Discovery: [website]. Available from: https://www.jmp.com/en/home [accessed Dec. 09, 2024].

Weather and Climate. Reference and Information Portal (Pogoda i klimat. Spravochno-informatsionny portal): [website]. [in Russian] (Погода и климат. Справочно-информационный портал: [сайт]). URL: http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/history/34880.htm [дата обращения: 21.05.2023].

StatSoft. Electronic manual on statistics (Elektronny uchebnik po statistike): [website]. [in Russian] (StatSoft. Электронный учебник по статистике: [сайт]). URL: http://statsoft.ru/home/textbook/default.htm [дата обращения: 06.05.2021].

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