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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…
Abdullah Alaklabi
Acacia species are found at various arid and semiarid regions. Among the tree genera of family, Fabaceae, Acacia contains the highest number of species. We have collected different species of Acacia from various places of Saudi Arabia and reconstructed phylog…
Soumendra Chakraborty, Dhiman Mukherjee, Sibdas Baskey
An inhabitant of north western Himalayan region and a gynodioceious plant having a lot of medicinal properties, Valeriana jatamansi Jones (Valerianaceae) is an enlisted endangered plant in the world. It was introduced in the research station of North Bengal A…
René C. Rodríguez-Escriba, Romelio Rodríguez, Dariel López, Gustavo Y. Lorente, Yaima Pino, Carlos E. Aragón, Yolanda Garza, Florencio E. Podestá, Justo L. González-Olmedo
This work describes the evaluation of morpho-physiological and biochemical changes in “MD-2” micro-propagated pineapple plants (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) grown after 30 days under low light intensity (LL, greenhouse light conditions at 250 μmol·m -2 ·s -1 )…
Godson O. Osuji, Eustace Duffus, Paul Johnson, Sela Woldesenbet, Aruna Weerasooriya, Peter A. Y. Ampim, Laura Carson, Yoonsung Jung, Sanique South, Edna Idan, Dwiesha Johnson, Diadrian Clarke, Billy Lawton, Alfred Parks, Ali Fares, Alton Johnson
Lack of essential amino acids (EAA) in the diet of at-risk populations could beget a state of food insecurity. Plant proteins are deficient in some essential amino acids. Animals obtain EAA from plant sources. Simple biotechnologies are being developed for im…
Rocío L. Fernández, 1 1, Marta C. Rivera, 1 1, Bruno Varsallona, Eduardo R. Wright
About 60% of blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) plantations in Argentina are located in the provinces of Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires. Alternaria tenuissima and Pestalotiopsis guepinii have been reported as pathogens of blueberry, causing leaf spots and branch…
Siwei Cao, Huoji Chen, Shijian Xiang, Junhui Hong, Lidong Weng, Hongxia Zhu, Qiang Liu
Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world and a promising area of cancer research is concentrated on chemoprevention by nutritional compounds. Capsaicin, traditionally used as a food additive and an analgesic, is one of the main pu…
Muhammad Noman, 1 1, Wajya Ajmal, Muhammad Ramzan Khan, 1 1, Armghan Shahzad, 1 1, Ghulam Muhammad Ali, 1 1
Rapid and reliable identification of olive plants using DNA markers has been attempted in the past but the selection of polymorphic regions for discrimination at varietal level remained obscure. Recent sequencing of plastid genome of the olive flaunts high re…
Amanda D. A. Uchôa, Weslley F. Oliveira, Aline P. C. Pereira, Alexandre G. Silva, Bruna M. P. C. Cordeiro, Carolina B. Malafaia, Clébia M. A. Almeida, Nicácio H. Silva, Juliana F. C. Albuquerque, Márcia V. Silva, Maria T. S. Correia
Spondias tuberosa Arruda (umbuzeiro), a Brazilian semiarid plant, is a species of great economic, social, and ecological importance. In folk medicine, the leaves have been used in the treatment of diabetes, inflammation, stomach and uterine pains, and constip…
Khageshwar Singh Patel, Santosh Chikhlekar, Shobhana Ramteke, Bharat Lal Sahu, Nohar Singh Dahariya, Reetu Sharma
Two major issues, i.e. large crop productions and huge anthropogenic activities (e.g. fuel burning and mineral roasting) disturb the micronutrient balance in the soil of India. In this work, the available and total status of eight micronutrients i.e. Fe, Mn,…
Dina Lida Gutierrez Reynoso, Rodrigo A. Valverde, Norimoto Murai
Sweet potato is one of the first natural GMOs, genetically modified 8000 years ago by Agrobacterium rhizogenes as reported recently by Kyndt et al. A section of 10 kbp long DNA (Transferred- DNA or T-DNA) of the Ri (Root-inducing) plasmid was transferred to 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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