Abstract Submissions Open – 2025 Australian Citrus Congress

Abstract poster submissions for the 2025 Australian Citrus Congress are now open. Before submitting your abstract, ensure you read the below guidelines carefully. 

All submissions must be received by COB Friday 24 January 2025 at australiancitruscongress@citrusaustralia.com.au. You will be notified of the outcome of your submission by Friday 31 January 2025.

 

Abstract presentation guidelines

We have prepared abstract guidelines to assist you with preparing your abstract for the congress.

It is important to read these carefully when preparing for your submission.

  • All submissions must be in English. English is the official congress language, and all presentations must also be in English
  • Submission titles must not be longer than 20 words and must clearly indicate the nature of the presentation
  • Submissions must not exceed 400 words, be clear and concise, highlight relevant aspects, findings and conclusions
  • Only standard abbreviations may be used within submissions
  • References are not required for submissions
  • The abstract title, section headings and references are not included in the overall word count
  • Abstracts should follow the following format
    • Background/Purpose: background or statement of purpose
    • Methods: methods, materials and analytical procedure used
    • Results: summary of the results in sufficient detail to support conclusion (we do not recommend including “results will be discussed”)
    • Conclusion: conclusions reached
    • Tables, graphs and images are permitted within submissions (maximum 2)
  • Original abstracts are strongly recommended

IMPORTANT
Please enter submission information carefully, information will be published exactly as submitted.

 

Abstract Submission Topics – examples from the 2024 congress below

  • IPDM
  • Biosecurity
  • Improving Production
  • Improving Fruit Quality
  • Supply Chain

Abstract review

  • All submitted abstracts will be peer reviewed by the Citrus Australia Organising Committee.
  • Incomplete abstracts or abstracts not written in English cannot be processed and will not be reviewed

Conditions of acceptance

If accepted into the official program; the following conditions will apply:

  • Presenters must be a listed author on the submission
  • Accepted presenters must register, pay and attend the congress (in-person)
  • Abstract submissions remain the property of Citrus Australia and the Organising Committee reserves the right to publish and distribute

Terms and conditions

All abstract submitters are required to agree to the below terms and conditions prior to submitting their work:

  • Submitting author hereby commits with the present data protection and privacy policy
  • Submitting authors declare that the submission is the original work of at least one author/presenter
  • No funding is provided to accepted presenters. Accepted presenters acknowledge they must register, pay and attend the congress for their work to be included in the official program.
  • Submitting authors must declare the work described in the abstract has appropriate approval under local, ethical and experimentation rules
  • Submitting authors must declare that their work does not conflict with any existing copyright agreements with alternate publishers
  • Submitting authors provide consent for their presentation materials to be used to assist ACC 2025, future congresses and on-demand content

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