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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…
Nivedita Rai, Meera Yadav, Hardeo Singh Yadav
Luffa aegyptiaca fruit has been assayed for the presence of lignin peroxidase activity using veratryl alcohol as the substrate. The fruit juice contained activity of 3.14 U/ml which was much higher than 0.075 U/ml reported in the culture filtrate of Phanaroch…
Prabal Das, Paulin Seal, Asok K. Biswas
The effect of NaCl with or without silicon on the growth and metabolism in rice seedlings cv. MTU1010 was studied. In these seedlings, the oxidative stress has been observed with NaCl treatments and the levels of proline, H 2 O 2 and malondialdehyde contents…
Md Anamul Haque, M. Moynul Haque
Globally, the current important concern is to minimize nitrogen use in crop culture under climate change condition. The experiment was conducted at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh during the rainy season of 2014…
Tim L. Springer, Jason J. Goldman
Under field conditions water is often inadequate for satisfactory seed germination. An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of simulated dry conditions on germination and seedling growth of five bluegrass ( Poa ) species, including: Texas, P. ara…
Brhan Khiar Saleh, Remmy W. Kasili, Edward G. Mamati, Woldeamlak Araia, Aggrey B. Nyende
Diversity studies are an essential step in plant breeding and understanding the genetic relationships between pepper accessions may provide an effective management tool for their conservation, as well as help inform plant breeding efforts. The objective of th…
Jaime Solano, Ivette Acuña, Jean-Eric Chauvin, Philippe Brabant
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the resistance of 10 accessions to P. infestans , by in-vitro inoculation of detached leaflets with a complex isolation of the fungus. Late blight, caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans Mont. De Bary, i…
Maame Adjoa Dwumawa Monney, Naalamle Amissah, Essie Blay
The study being the first of its kind established an efficient protocol for micropropagation of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta , an important endangered medicinal plant species, used in the treatment of Malaria. For shoot induction, semi hard wood nodal segments w…
Wenya Li, Wenchao Yu, Long Bai, Hongmei Liu, Dianlin Yang
During the past two centuries, global changes ( i.e. , enhanced nitrogen deposition) have exerted profound effects on ecological processes of steppe ecosystems. We used litterbag method and mixed litters of three different plant species tissues ( Stipa baical…
Ramdeo Seepaul, Bisoondat Macoon, K. Raja Reddy, William B. Evans
Switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum L.) is considered as an important biofuel crop but further studies on factors that may have an effect on agronomic performance and energy attributes are needed to help elucidate management strategies for the crop. A 2-yr field s…
K. Harathi, C. V. Naidu
In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to study the influence of ethylene inhibitor silver nitrate on direct shoot regeneration in Sphaeranthus indicus , an important antijaundice medicinal plant, by using in vitro raised shoot tip explants. T…
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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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