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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…
Muhammad Saleem, M. Shahid Ibni Zamir, Ihtishamul Haq, M. Zahid Irshad, M. Kamran Khan, M. Asim, Qamaruz Zaman, Ihtisham Ali, Aman Khan, Saeedur Rehman
Nitrogen availability can be enhanced with the application of nitrogen fixing bacteria and it may be helpful in increasing forage yield and improving quality of oat. Therefore, a field trial to evaluate the effect of seed inoculation with nitrogen fixing bact…
Incoronata Galasso, Elena Ponzoni
Simple sequence repeat (SSR) or microsatellite markers, are a valuable tool for several purposes such as evaluation of genetic diversity, fingerprinting, marker assisted selection, and breeding. Recent developments in sequencing technologies and bioinformatic…
Ahou Anique Gbotto, Kouamé Kevin Koffi, Jean-Pierre Baudoin, Irié Arsène Zoro Bi
Thirty accessions of Lagenaria siceraria from the Nangui Abrogoua University germplasm collection were analyzed using three microsatellite markers. The average Polymorphism Information Content (PIC) value was 0.61. The average observed heterozygosity value (H…
Sanâa Wahbi, 1 1, Yves Prin, Tasnime Maghraoui, 1 1, Hervé Sanguin, Jean Thioulouse, Khalid Oufdou, Mohamed Hafidi, Robin Duponnois
The aim of this study was to test the impact of Rhizophagus irregularis , an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF), on durum wheat growth and soil microbial functionalities in a field inoculation trial conducted in Morocco. The results showed that i) the R. irr…
Reginald S. Fletcher
Velvetleaf ( Abutilon theophrasti Medic.) infestations negatively impact row crop production throughout the United States and Canada’s eastern provinces. To implement management strategies to control velvetleaf, managers need tools for differentiating it from…
A. Catalina Mendoza-González, Luz Elena Mateo-Cid, Deisy Yazmín García-López
This report describes a new record and two unusual and rare species of marine algae collected from Oaxaca, Michoacán, Jalisco and Baja California Sur at Mexican Pacific coast. Boodleopsis verticillata is the first record in the Pacific shore of Mexico, in the…
Paolo Fasciani, 1 1, Loretta Pace, 1 1
Climate change influences the distribution of species, causing the displacement of distribution areas, both in altitude and latitude. The potentially most climate change-susceptible taxa are those of mountain peaks, with limited distribution areas, such as ra…
Angela G. Mkindi, Kelvin M. Mtei, Karoli N. Njau, Patrick A. Ndakidemi
Pesticidal plants are scientifically proven for their effectiveness in controlling insect pests. Their activity is enhanced by active compounds contained, which are known for their repellant and antifeedant potentials to the insects. Use of pesticidal plants…
Arthur Blois Villela, Andreia da Silva Almeida, César Iván Suárez Castellanos, Cristiane Deuner, Vanessa Nogueira Soares, Thais Ongaratto de Camargo, Geri Eduardo Meneghello, Francisco Amaral Villela, Lilian Madruga de Tunes, Paulo Dejalma Zimmer
The thiamethoxam acts as enhancer, allowing maximizing the expression of seed vigor. Isozymes are products of gene expression, highly influenced by the environment, because genes that control its expression are manifested in certain stages of development and…
Claudia Marcela Giletto, Hernán Eduardo Echeverría
The critical nitrogen dilution curve (CNDC) can be used as a diagnostic tool to assess crop N nutrition during the growing season. Potato cultivars have different biomass production and accumulation of N and consequently different growth patterns. These diffe…
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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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