Scope and Policy

The CBAB – CROP BREEDING AND APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY  (https://cbab.sbmp.org.br/, e ISSN 1984-7033) – is the official quarterly journal of the Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding (www.sbmp.org.br), abbreviated CROP BREED APPL BIOTECHNOL. 

It is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, AGRIS, CAB International Abstracts, Biosys, Latindex, Periódica, Chemical Abstracts Service, Agricola, Agrobase, Wilson, Ebsco, ProQuest, DOAJ, Google Scholar, Acervo Documental da Embrapa, Portal da Capes and SciELO. 

It publishes original scientific articles, which contribute to the scientific and technological development of plant breeding and agriculture. Articles should be to do with basic and applied research on improvement of perennial and annual plants, within the fields of genetics, conservation of germplasm, biotechnology, genomics, cytogenetics, experimental statistics, seeds, food quality, biotic and abiotic stress, and correlated areas. 

The article must be unpublished. Simultaneous submitting to another periodical is ruled out. Authors are held solely responsible for the opinions and ideas expressed, which do not necessarily reflect the view of the Editorial Board. However, the Editorial Board reserves the right to suggest or ask for any modifications required. The journal adopts the Ithenticate software for identification of plagiarism. Complete or partial reproduction of articles is permitted, provided the source is cited. 

Articles are licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 open-access license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) so they can be read and downloaded by anyone. They can be reused and cited if the original published version is given credit.

This journal provides immediate and unrestricted access to its contents, adhering to the principle that releasing scientific knowledge to the public in a freely accessible manner leads to a greater global democratization of knowledge.

All articles are published free of charge.