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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…
Kun Li, Lili Liu, Huanxiang Yang, Caihong Zhang, Huicheng Xie, Chuanrong Li
Three species of aquatic plants ( Scirpus validus , Phragmites australis and Acorus calamus ) were used as experimental materials to study their capacity to purify contaminated water and their effects on water pH and dissolved oxygen (DO). The water was conta…
Sudhir Singla, Kulbhushan Grover, Sangamesh V. Angadi, Sultan H. Begna, Brian Schutte, Dawn Van Leeuwen
Guar is a drought and salt tolerant summer annual legume, which could be a potential alternative crop in the semi-arid Southern High Plains. Increased use of guar gum in oil industries has increased the demand of guar globally. Planting date effects on stand…
LaMont Alexander Croom, Carissa L. Jackson, Brajesh Nanda Vaidya, Prahlad Parajuli, Nirmal Joshee
Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. ( Scrophulariaceae ) is a highly sought after medicinal plant with therapeutic properties as cognition enhancer as well as for other brain and body functions. Research was conducted to optimize a thin cell layer explant based micr…
Doohong Min
Understanding the relationship between dry matter yield and nutritive value throughout the growing season will help optimize the cutting intervals between harvests in alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.). The Ogallala Aquifer is a very important water source when gr…
Allison N. Taziar, Nader Soltani, Christy Shropshire, Darren E. Robinson, Mitch Long, Chris L. Gillard, Peter H. Sikkema
Only one herbicide mode of action (ALS inhibitor) is currently available to Ontario dry bean producers for soil-applied broadleaf weed control. Four field studies were conducted over two years (2014, 2015) to examine the tolerance of four market classes of dr…
Carolina Alvarez, Luis Valledor, Patricia Sáez, Rodrigo Hasbún, Manuel Sánchez-Olate, María Jesús Cañal, Darcy Ríos
A major problem in forest clonal productivity is the loss of morphogenetic capability with the increasing age of plants. However, despite of the importance of loss of morphogenetic competence, very little research has been done about the underlying mechanisms…
José González Yaque, Armando Cuéllar, Lionel Massi, Max Monan, Enmanuel Nossin, Frantz François-Haugrin
The red petals of the flowers of Talipariti elatum , commonly named majagua is used as antitussive, expectorant and antasthmatic in phytotherapy, although the plants’ composition has not been determined in detail so far. Hence, in this study, we present a val…
Ratikanta Maiti, Humberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, Aruna Kumari
The present study was undertaken in Forest Science Faculty, Universidad de Nuevo Leon, Mexico on variability of Wood density and its possible relation to few wood chemical composition and wood fiber cell structure anatomy. The results reveal that among 10 spe…
Osvaldo R. Vignolio, Gustavo S. Cambareri, Lucas R. Petigrosso, Natalia Murillo, Néstor O. Maceira
Lotus tenuis forage yield has been quantified under defoliation conditions in pastures, grasslands and under dual-purpose production of both livestock forage and seeds. However, little is known about the effects of defoliation management on L. tenuis flower a…
Yusuke Iki, Yasuyuki Ishii, Satoru Fukagawa, Sachiko Idota
Dwarf, late-heading (DL) Napier grass is suitable for both cut-and-carry and grazing management due to sufficient yield and quality potential. This species can hardly produce viable seed, and thus vegetative propagation should be essential before winter in te…
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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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