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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…
Bernard Palmer Kfuban Yerima, Grace Mbakpor Ayuk, Roger Kogge Enang, Nicole Guehjung, Yanick Alphonse Tiamgne
Moringa oleifera is a multipurpose tree used to remedy problems related to food insecurity and soil fertility degradation. Proper husbandry of this crop is contingent on the use of seedlings of good quality. This study aimed at assessing the germination and e…
Falah Abdul-Hasan, Halima Z. Hussein
Detection of F. solani f. sp. cucurbitae causal agent of the crown and root rot disease of melon race 1, race 2 is difficult. It is based only on morphological characteristic. In this study, forty isolates identified as Fusarium solani based on morphological…
Reginald S. Fletcher, Krishna N. Reddy, Rickie B. Turley
To implement strategies to control Palmer amaranth ( Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.) and redroot pigweed ( Amaranthus retroflexus L.) infestations in cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) production systems, managers need effective techniques to identify the weeds. Le…
Poulami Jha, Alok C. Samal, Subhash C. Santra, Anjana Dewanji
Freshwaters are not only used locally in many developing countries but they are often over exploited for domestic purposes, agriculture and disposal of industrial wastes which result in an overload of excess nutrients, harmful chemicals and heavy metals. Plan…
Thomas A. McKeon
The fatty acid composition of the low water-use shrub Fremontodendron californicum was examined by high temperature capillary gas chromatography. The ground seeds were extracted by supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) to obtain the oil (25.6% w/w) and for sub…
Patricia L. Sáez, León A. Bravo, 1 1, Manuel Sánchez-Olate, Paulina B. Bravo, Darcy G. Ríos
The low photon flux density (PFD) under in vitro conditions and sucrose added to the culture medium negatively limits the photochemical activity and photoprotective mechanisms of microshoots. In this work we hypothesize that decreasing sucrose in the culture…
Pallavi Upadhyay, Camelia Maier
Animal steroidal hormones, including estrogens, are being introduced into the agricultural soil and water supply from increased pharmaceutical and farm waste. Considering the current levels of xenoestrogen contamination of plant environments in view of the cl…
Robert D. Kinley, Matthew J. Vucko, Lorenna Machado, Nigel W. Tomkins
Contribution of ruminants to total greenhouse gas emissions in Australia is approximately 10% and likely to increase with demand for livestock products, thus an efficient method of mitigation must be implemented. The red marine macroalgae Asparagopsis taxifor…
Tana Jubany-Marí, Seán Meehan, Marta López-Carbonell, Leonor Alegre
Changes in glutathione and ascorbate content, hydrogen peroxide and abscisic acid were studied in developing leaves in wild-type (Col-0) and glutathione-deficient mutant pad 2-1 lines of Arabidopsis thaliana over a time period of 9 days of drought followed by…
Marvellous Zhou, 1 1
Eldana saccharina is the most damaging stem borer of sugarcane in South Africa causing US$90 million losses of revenue annually. The breeding strategy at the South African Sugarcane Research Institute is based on evaluating parents for breeding values using p…
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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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