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American Journal of Plant Sciences (AJPS) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of plant sciences. All manuscripts subm…
Richard C. Beeson Jr.
To meet minimum spring flows, water management districts in Florida sought to make both agriculture and urban landscapes water efficient, which includes tree farms. Acer rubrum L. (red maple) trees are endemic to Central Florida and native to the eastern port…
Vijay K. Nandula, Heather L. Tyler
Widespread distribution of glyphosate-resistant weeds in soybean-growing areas across Mississippi has economically affected soybean planting and follow-up crop management operations. New multiple herbicide-resistant crop (including soybean) technologies with…
Megumu Takahashi, Koji Mikami
Phototropism is a response to the direction of light that guides growth orientation and determines the shape of plants to optimize photosynthetic activity. The phototropic response is present not only in terrestrial plants but also in water-living algae. Howe…
Tapaswini Hota, Chinmaya Pradhan, Gyana Ranjan Rout
Sesamum indicum L. (family: Pedaliaceae) is an economically important oil seed crop grown in tropical and sub-tropical countries. It is widely used in food, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical industries. Sesamum is widely distributed in all the climatic stages and…
Yulia Vinogradova
Five alien legume species, actively invading in natural plant communities in European part of Russia, were studied— Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl., Galega orientalis Lam., Robinia pseudoacacia L., Amorpha fruticosa L. and Caragana arborescens L. Distribution rang…
Robert E. Hoagland, Clyde D. Boyette, Kenneth C. Stetina, Robin H. Jordan
Comparative studies were conducted on mycelial preparations of the bioherbicide, Myrothecium verrucaria (MV) strain IMI 361690 and a recently discovered sector (MV-Sector BSH) of this fungus. The whitish sector was discovered, isolated, grown in pure culture…
James E. Altland, Jennifer K. Boldt, Charles C. Krause
Mulches are commonly used to control weeds in container nursery crops, especially in sites where preemergence herbicides are either not labeled or potentially phytotoxic to the crop. Parboiled rice hulls have been shown to provide effective weed control when…
Clyde D. Boyette, Robert E. Hoagland, Kenneth C. Stetina
Greenhouse experiments were conducted to determine the effects of an invert (water-in-oil) emulsion (IE) on dew period duration and dew delay of Colletotrichum coccodes for biocontrol of the problematic weed, eastern black nightshade ( Solanum ptycanthum ). D…
Daniel Osmar Caldiz, Carolina de Lasa, Pablo Eugenio Bisio
Weed competition in the potato crop could cause up to a 95% yield reduction depending on the variety, the weed species and the competition period. In this work the effect of Clomazone (Command 36 CS ® ), when applied alone or in combination with Metribuzi…
Aline D. Barreto, Érika M. R. Gutierrez, Mauro R. Silva, Fabiano O. Silva, Nilton O. C. Silva, Inayara C. A. Lacerda, Renata A. Labanca, Raquel L. B. Araújo
Salvia hispanica L. is a herbacia plant that originates from Mexico and Guatemala, and it is currently known by the popular name of chia. Currently, chia seeds have been considered to be of great importance for human health and nutrition because they have a h…
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American Journal of Plant Sciences (AJPS) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of plant sciences. All manuscripts subm… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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