Original research papers and short communications based on research on all aspects of plantation crops (coconut, arecanut, cocoa, cashew, oil palm, coffee, tea, rubber including plantation based cropping system) and spices (black pepper, cardamom, ginger, turmeric, tree spices) are accepted for publication in the Journal. Review articles that summarize, analyze and synthesize the existing state of knowledge on an aspect of plantation crops/spices are generally published by invitation only.