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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…
Dhananjay K. Pandey, Bhupendra Chaudhary
An alteration in plant phenotypes assisted by their responses to the environmental stimuli (=tropism) has been fundamental to understand the “ plant sensitivity ” that plays a crucial role in plants’ adaptive success. Plants succeed through the deployment of…
Donata A. Largado-Valler
The study aimed to determine the anthocyanin content in callus cultures of Sesbania grandiflora L. (Red Katuray) using petal explants as influenced by 2,4-D and BA. The specific objective of this study is to determine the effect of plant growth regulators spe…
Waltram Second Ravelombola, Ainong Shi, Yuejin Weng, Dennis Motes, Pengyin Chen, Vibha Srivastava, Clay Wingfield
Cowpea is cultivated on more than 11 million hectares with a worldwide production of 5.4 million tons of dried seeds. Cowpea is an affordable source of protein, which is used as an alternative to soybean for people who are allergic to soybean protein. The aim…
Gerardo U. Aguirre, Martín Loza, José Gasquez, María Fusco, Angela Sosa, Gladys M. Ciuffo, Liliana E. C. Ciuffo, 1 1
We evaluated fruit availability, phytochemical characteristics and mineral content of R. rubiginosa L. rose hips, at two experimental sites in San Luis province: Potrero de los Funes-El Volcán (PF-V) and Estancia Grande (EG). Plant density was 70 plants/ha (1…
Niaz Ahmed Kalhoro, Inayatullah Rajpar, Shahmir Ali Kalhoro, Amjad Ali, Sajjad Raza, Muneer Ahmed, Fahad Ali Kalhoro, Muhammad Ramzan, Fazli Wahid
In order to study the effect of salts stress on the growth and yield of wheat (cv. Inqalab), a pot experiment was conducted in the wire-house of the Department of Soil Science, Sindh Agriculture University Tando Jam. The soil was artificially salinized to a r…
Allison N. Taziar, Nader Soltani, Christy Shropshire, Darren E. Robinson, Mitch Long, Chris L. Gillard, Peter H. Sikkema
Ontario dry bean growers are currently limited to ALS inhibitor herbicides for soilapplied broadleaf weed control; therefore another mode of action is needed. Sulfentrazone is a PPO inhibitor herbicide that has activity on some annual grass and broadleaf weed…
Bihu Huang, Zongbu Yan
Yield test of 41 entries, 32 new hybrids, 8 male parents restore lines and 1 inbred variety, was conducted on the farm of University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) in 2012. The only inbred Francis in this experiment was used as the check. Francis is a popul…
Victoria Téllez, Jesús F. López, Agustín Aragón, Teresa Zayas
Raw and treated “nejayote” were assessed as foliar and edaphic fertilisers for native blue maize ( Zea mays L.) crops in the municipality of Amozoc de Mota, Puebla, Mexico, during the 2015 agricultural cycle. Treated nejayote refers to raw nejayote subjected…
Moses Okao, Lawrence Ogwal, Gloria Mutoni, Samuel Oyuko Alip, John Bosco Lamoris Okullo, Clement Akais Okia
Vegetative propagation by stem cutting is an important technique applied for agricultural production where rooting success is one of the major aspects. A study to assess the effects of mode of application of rooting hormones (IBA) on adventitious root formati…
Reginald S. Fletcher
Weed management is a major component of a soybean ( Glycine max L.) production system; thus, managers need tools to help them distinguish soybean from weeds. Vegetation indices derived from light reflectance properties of plants have shown promise as tools to…
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