Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. • Type of peer review: Single-blind peer review by two committee members • Conference submission management system: Submissions were received and handled via e-mail asae@ortum-publish.ru. The initial submission were handled by the secretary of the committee Ivan Krivolapov or his affiliates. Further correspondence with the authors and reviewers was handled via the same email under the supervision of the volume editor Galina Korotkova. • Number of submissions received: 237 • Number of submissions sent for review: 180 • Number of submissions accepted: 161 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 68% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2,5 • Total number of reviewers involved: 50 • Any additional info on review process: All the submissions were reviewed in two round. • Prior to the conference, preliminary texts (in Russian or in English) and slides (in English) were reviewed by one of programme committee members, who are responsible for this particular session. • After the conference, authors of the reported studies were encouraged to submit full texts in English for publication in this volume. The independent referees (at least one per paper) reviewed all texts. The review process was supervised by the volume editor. The editor communicated to the authors all suggestions and comments from the referees. After the revision, the editor may submit the revised document to the reviewer to get the confirmation of successful revision. • Reviewers of the scientific journal “Vestnik Michurinskogo Gossudarstvennogo Agrarnogo Universiteta” contributed to the process. • Spell and style check was applied for all accepted papers. The specialist from the language and publishing departments of Michurinsk State Agricultural University were involved in this process. • Contact person for queries: Galina Korotkova, Ph.D., Vice-rector for Research and Development of Michurinsk State Agrarian University, co-editor of Vestnik of MGAU (Michurinsk, Russia), korotkova-g@mail.ru