Submission Guidelines
Please refer to the following set of guidelines before submitting your manuscript for consideration for publication in
Phytopathology®, Plant Disease, MPMI®, Plant Health Progress, Phytobiomes Journal, and PhytoFrontiers™.
Initial Submission
 A single PDF may be uploaded as the “Main
Document”, for initial submission. Include all text
formatted as outlined in this guide, as well as all tables
and figures, including captions.
Upon final acceptance, text files for main document
will be required, as well as high resolution image files
for all figures.
Content
 Significance and originality of work are shown.
 Discussion relates work to other published material and
addresses strengths and weaknesses of research.
 Major conclusions are supported by results from repeated
experiments. Reproducibility of results is described
explicitly.
 Objectives are clearly stated in opening paragraph.
 Opening paragraphs include a succinct evaluation of the
topic, including all relevant literature citations.
 If authors feel the paper would benefit from a language-
editing service, APS has partnered with Charlesworth
Author Services; APS authors will receive a 10% discount on
services offered. This should be done prior to submission
and is the responsibility of the author. Other similar services
are available, by searching the web for “Scientific Editing”.
 Manuscript has not been published previously or
simultaneously submitted elsewhere.
 Manuscript has been critically reviewed by colleagues
before submission.
Format
General
 Line-numbered pages 8 1/2 × 11 inches, double-spaced
(including tables and figure captions). Typescript is 12 point
san serif type.
 First author’s name, page number, and journal name on
each page
 Title does not exceed 150 characters and spaces. Includes
host, pathogen or disease, and phenomenon, as
appropriate. Do not use both common and scientific names
for organisms.
 Author name(s), affiliations, and addresses given in a
separate paragraph. Please refer to the new format for all
APS journals.
 Corresponding author’s name and e-mail address given
before the abstract.
 Abstract limited to 250 words in one paragraph.
 Keywords included after the abstract.
 Use sections as described in Organization of Materials.
 Acknowledgments are provided after the text. Funding
details will be supplied in the Manuscript upload and do not
need to be included in this paragraph.
 All citations should be double-checked for accuracy and
completeness and listed in alphabetical order by authors' sur-
names and cited in the text by the author-year method.
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Tables
 All tables cited in text in order of appearance. Tables placed
on separate numbered pages after Literature Cited section.
 Explain any nonstandard abbreviations in table footnotes.
Submit tables as text, not as images.
Figures
 First letter of first word of label is capitalized; all others are
lowercase, except proper nouns.
 Figures must be prepared for same-size reproduction.
Consistent font style and sizing is used for all figures.
 Figures are submitted as separate files in .tif, .eps, or .jpg
format (preferred, rather than embedded in the text file)
upon final submission; they may be embedded in the main
document file or PDF for initial submission only. Include
captions for figures, placed on a separate numbered page
following tables.
e-Xtras
 You may upload a single PDF for this file designation.
Consider adding the title and any text you feel the
reader will find useful in addition to all the
supplementary images, captions and tables with titles
in the single PDF. Files such as videos or large .xlsx files
will need to be uploaded as separate files as they
cannot be included in the single PDF. Include titles for
other file types such as video clips or data files, on a
separate page at the end of the main document. Files for
e-Xtras should have the file designation of e-Xtra in the
file upload step.
Supporting Material
 Proof of all “in press” citations.
 Copies of personal communication for verification.
Permission granted for copyrighted material.
 Voucher cultures and specimens deposited in recognized
collections. Accession numbers obtained for nucleotide
sequences.
 Statement of author contributions are required for MPMI®
and Phytobiomes Journal and optional for Phytopathology™,
Plant Disease and Plant Health Progress.
 Photographs, drawings, or diagrams, from an article, or
related to an article, may be submitted for consideration for
the journal cover for Plant Disease and Phytopathology™.
Such figures should be labeled and include a caption.