All oral presentations require an accompanying full paper, which will be published in a volume of Acta Horticulturae. If this is not agreed to by the author(s), the work can be presented as a poster.

Full papers need to follow the ISHS guidelines, which are detailed on the ISHS website. In short, full papers should be formatted as follows:

• Maximum length: 8 A4 pages of 600-800 words, including all tables, graphs and references.
• Page setup: A4 with margins as follows: top 2.7 cm (1.06"); bottom 3.5 cm (1.38"); left 2.8 cm (1.10"); right 2.9 cm (1.14").
• Font: Cambria.
• Font size: Title 18 point; Rest of the manuscript, including tables, 11 point; Literature cited: 9 point.
• Title and all headings are aligned left and “sentence case” (first letter in capital and the others in lower case)..

Title

Font size 18, boldface, sentence case.

RANK ONE

Boldface and all capital letters. No period. Paragraphs within this section are indented at 0.99 cm without spaces between paragraphs. Headings such as Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Acknowledgements are Rank 1 headings.

Rank two
Boldface and sentence case. No period. Paragraphs within this section are indented at 0.99 cm without spaces between paragraphs.

1. Rank three.
Boldface and sentence case, and initiated with Arabic numerals (1,2,3 etc.). Ends with a period. Paragraphs within this section are indented at 0.99 cm without spaces between paragraphs.

Rank four.
Italic, non-boldface, sentence case. Ends with a period. Paragraphs within this section are indented at 0.99 cm without spaces between paragraphs.

Use exactly 12 pt paragraph spacing. Text should be justified. First lines of all paragraphs should have a 0.99 cm indentation. Provide a hanging indent (2 cm) on the second line of the Keywords. Do not include blank lines between paragraphs within a section. 

Organization of the paper:

• Articles should be written in English.
• Use the metric system exclusively. SI units should be used throughout. Use abbreviation L for liter, mg/L for milligram(me) per liter, mL for milliliter, µL for microliter and t for tonne (metric ton).
• Scientific names are to be included for all plant species and are to be in italic font except for the abbreviations “var.”, “subsp.”, “f.”, etc. (e.g., Musa acuminata subsp. malaccensis). Common names may be used for well-known plants once the scientific name has been provided (e.g., banana). Cultivated varieties which are the product of selection and/or breeding are to be referred to as “cultivars” and not “varieties”. The name should be placed within single quotation marks, not preceded by “cv.” (e.g., ‘Gros Michel’).