Authors must submit, through «send an article», a single file with the article, following the format established by the journal Agrociencia Uruguay.

In the field "Comments to the editor" they must declare no conflict of interest with the journal, mention the quality of the original article and suggest 3 or more reviewers, with their corresponding affiliation. These should not be collaborators or belong to the same institution as the authors.

The manuscripts will be assigned to the editorial committee (who will declare no conflict of interest with the authors) and sent to at least two external reviewers (peer review) in a double-blind system and in accordance with the code of ethics of "COPE". For more information, we recommend consulting the following link: Editorial process.

Editorial: a brief introduction/analytical comment on some current and relevant topic of the journal’s subject area.

Research article: it presents original research results It can be presented as a short communication.

Length: up to 7000 words (research article); up to 3500 words (short communication).

Review: it corresponds to the analysis and systematization of research results in a field in which the author or authors have a proven track record.

Technical note: it includes the results of interpretative and critical perspectives on a specific topic, from original sources. Some examples can be the description of a region, a rural socioeconomic problem or the situation of agricultural production items.

Those articles that enter the editorial process in Spanish can consult our team of translators here "translators". For more information or help with the translation fees, please consult agrociencia@fagro.edu.uy.

Manuscripts will be sent in electronic format, with extension .doc or .docx.; Arial Narrow size 12 and single line spacing. Paragraphs should be spaced by 6 points. Pages shall be numbered in the lower right margin on odd pages and in the lower left margin on even ones and should start at 1. The format must be submitted according to the journal’s template.

Abbreviations and/or acronyms should be accompanied with the long form the very first time they are men-tioned, in the abstract and in the text.

The use of common biological names is preferred. The first time that they are presented, they should be followed by their scientific name between brackets.

The use of underline, bold or uppercase in the text is not allowed. Reserve the use of italics only for terms written in a different language from the article or bibliographic titles.

The International System of Units (SI) and its abbreviations are used, in addition to derived units frequently used in the subject area. There should be a space between the figure and the abbreviation of the unit (for example, 89 kg, 37 °C).

The title of the article should not be longer than 15 words and should follow the format established in the journal template.

Abstracts will be presented in English, Spanish and Portuguese of up to 250 words each, followed by up to 5 keywords, in lowercase and separated by commas.

The article must be structured into the following main sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions. The Results and Discussion sections may be presented either as two distinct sections or combined into a single section, depending on the nature of the research and the authors' preference. This flexibility allows for a more coherent and streamlined presentation of the research findings and their interpretation.

The acknowledgment section is optional and should be placed after the conclusions.

The introduction should identify the key points of the study, present the state of the art of the subject and the most important references, which constitute the fundamental basis of the study. The introduction should also clearly identify the relevance and the problem to be addressed, raising the hypotheses of the study.

The author must include sufficient data so that the applied procedures of the study can be reproduced. Methods that have been previously published in detail should not be described, they should be referenced. Authors should specify the name of the manufacturer of the reagents and products used, and the source of the materials, equipment and instruments used in the study. Any chemicals used in the study should be identified by name and composition. Authors should note that all observations, independent variables/manipulations, and dependent variables/measures should be reported, and they should explain how they were determined. These must be properly cited in the text and included in the list of references. Authors should also provide sufficient details of the design used in the study, as well as quantitative or qualitative procedures.

In the discussion, the authors should interpret the results and present the conclusions that support the data clearly. They should emphasize the relevance of the findings, cite suggestions for future research, comment on the practical implications of the study, and identify the limitations of the study.

Conclusions should be strictly based on the objectives, hypotheses and problem formulated in the introduction and on the results that emerge from the study.

The chapters must be sequentially numbered. Do not number abstracts, acknowledgements, author contribution statement or references section. The use of more than three levels of hierarchy for the headings is not allowed.

Figures, tables and other images, such as maps, graphics, can be included only if necessary.

Do not include repetitive statistical information in the text as well as in the tables.

Tables and images must be incorporated into the template, with good quality and contain a resolution from 300 dpi. Tables as well as images containing text must be in editable format so as to allow their corresponding correction/edition. If the table or image is larger than the width of the page, please try to include it without greatly affecting the formatting.

All figures and tables must be referred to in the main text, for example: “as shown in Figure 1” or “(Table 2)”.

Each figure/table must have a centered indicative caption, below for figures and above for tables, beginning with the word “Figure” or “Table” (in bold) and a correlative Arabic number (e.g. Figure 1. xxx).

Two notes should be written before the references: a) Data transparency and b) Individual contribution of the authors.

To comply with data transparency, the author must indicate one of the following options:

Data not available. The dataset supporting the results of this study is not publicly available.

Available data. The dataset supporting the results of this study is available at [where available].

This section is mandatory and should appear before the references. Please indicate the contribution each author has made to the manuscript with the CRediT form , selecting only the option(s) that applies. To see different roles, we recommend accessing the following link https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles-defined/.

AX: Conceptualization; Investigation; Writing – original draft
BZ: Conceptualization; Methodology; Writing – review & editing

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

Author type	Parenthetical citation	Narrative citation
One author	(Luna, 2020)	Luna (2020)
Two authors	(Salas & D’Agostino, 2020)	Salas and D’Agostino (2020)
Three or more authors	(Martin et al., 2020)	Martin et al. (2020)
Group author with abbreviation
First citation	(National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2020)	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, 2020)
Subsequent citation	(NIMH, 2020)	NIMH (2020)
Group author without abbreviation	(Stanford University, 2020)	Stanford University (2020)

- (López, 2025; Martínez, n.d., 1996, 2000; Martínez & González, 1990; Martínez et al., 1987)

Situation	Example
same author(s) – same year	Judge & Kammeyer-Mueller (2012a)
same author(s) – same year	Judge & Kammeyer-Mueller (2012b)
same first author – same year	Kapoor, Bloom, Montez, et al. (2017)
same first author – same year	Kapoor, Bloom, Zucker, et al. (2017)

Interviews derived from research do not need to be cited or listed in the references. They should be presented following the same structure as any other quotation. Quotations containing fewer than 40 words must be incorporated into the text and enclosed in quotation marks (“”). Quotations exceeding 40 words should be formatted as a block quotation, in a separate paragraph with a 1.27 cm indentation on the left margin. In both cases, it must be clearly indicated that the words belong to the interviewees.

Personal communications should not be cited or included in the references either. They must be presented following the structure outlined below:

The reference list should be placed at the end of the article. References must be arranged alphabetically by the first element of the entry (author(s) or title). As a secondary criterion, references should be ordered chronologically, listing the oldest publication first. As a third criterion, when references share both author(s) and year, they should be arranged alphabetically by title.

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of the article. Journal Title, vol(issue), pages. http://

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of the book. Publisher name. http://

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of the Chapter. In E. E. Editor (Ed.). Title of the book (pp. x-x). Publisher name.

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of work (Version x.x) [Software]. Publisher name. http://

This section can present all the material relevant to the conclusion of the article. The elements must be clear and contain all the necessary information, without the reader having to order the material in relation to the article. The material may contain large data files, graphs or tables

ISSN 2730-5066	INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS