References
The reference section is typically limited to published literature and unpublished but available reports, abstracts, theses and dissertations. Authors should cite all references in the text by name and year. For example (Brown, 1963) or (Kilewe and Mbuvi, 1988) or Brown (1963) or Kilewe and Mbuvi (1988) found that... References with more than two authors should be cited in the text as follows – (Kilewe et a1., 1989) or Kilewe et. al. (1989) found that...
Only those references cited in the text should be included under the references in alphabetical order. The references should be compiled in the alphabetical list starting with the surname of the first author followed by the second and third authors The title of the journal should be abbreviated as in the 4th edition of The World List of Scientific Periodicals.
For journal articles - give the authors, year, complete article title, abbreviated journal title, volume number and inclusive pages. For books - give the authors, year, complete book title, publisher and place of publication. For book chapters - give the authors, year, chapter title, pages, book editors), complete book title, publisher and place of publication. For proceedings - give the authors, year, article title, proceedings editors), title of the proceedings, the place and date of the conference, publisher and place of publication and number of pages.
Proceedings
[1] Esilaba, A.O., Reda, F., Ransom, J.K., Wondimu Bayu, Gebremehdin Woldewahid and Beyenesh Zemichael. (1999). The potential for relay cropping and improved fallows for soil fertility improvement and Striga control in northern Ethiopia. Proceedings of the Seventeenth Soil Science Society of East Africa Conference, 6-10 September 1999, Kampala, Uganda. pp 54-62.
Journal article
[2] Smith, D.T., Johnson, D.L. and Thomas, J.K. (2001). Phosphorus losses in irrigation runoff. J. Environ. Qual.30, 256-258.
Book
[3] Lindsay, W.L. (1979). Chemical equilibria in soils. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Chapter in a book
[4] Nelson, D.W. and Sommers, L.E. (1982). Total carbon, organic carbon, and organic matter. P. 539-579. In: Methods of soil analysis (Page, A.L., Miller, R.H. and Keeney , D.R. ed.). Part 2. 2nd ed. Agron. Monogr. 9. ASA and SSSA, Madison, WI.
Chapter in a proceeding
[5] Power, F.F. and Biederbeck, V.O. (1991). Role of cover crops in integrated crop production systems. In: Cover crops for clean water. Proc. Int. Conf., Jackson (Hargrove, W.L. ed), TN. 9-11 Apr. 1991. Soil and Water Conserv. Soc., Ankeny, IA. P. 167-174.
