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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…
Chhay Ros, Peter F. White, Richard W. Bell
In rainfed lowlands, the beneficial effects on rice (Oryza sativa) yield from fertilizing the seedling nursery may depend on the occurrence of water and nutrient stress after transplanting into the mainfield. The aim of the study was to test the effect of see…
Hafiz A. Salami, Adolphe Adjanohoun, Wilfrid Padonou, Abdoul-Madjidou Yacoubou, Djima Aly, Chabi Yallou, Haziz Sina, Lamine Baba-Moussa
The better knowledge of a plant genetic biodiversity is based on a prior study of its agro-morphological characteristics. The objective of this study was to investigate the morphological diversity of maize accessions and its structure on the basis of 14 varia…
Yan Ma, Suqing Qu, Xiurong Xu, Tingting Liang, Dekui Zang
In order to detect the genetic relationship of different Cotoneaster schantungensis natural populations, 16 samples were selected for genetic diversity analysis based on SRAP markers. Twelve pairs primers were selected out, 93 bands were amplified, of which 9…
Zakira Naureen, 1 1, Muhammad Aqeel, Muhammad Nadeem Hassan, Syed Abdullah Gilani, Nahla Bouqellah, Fazal Mabood, Javid Hussain, Fauzia Y. Hafeez
Silicate solubilizing bacteria (SSB) can play an efficient role in soil by solubilizing insoluble forms of silicates. In addition to this some SSB can also solubilize potassium and phosphates, hence increasing soil fertility and enhancing plant defense mechan…
Yan Ma, Yan Lin, Huali Zhang, Fang Liang, Liping Sun, Maoliang Wang, Haibo Xin
The distant hybridization was used in lodging-resistance breeding of Platycodon grandiflorus. The parents were Platycodon grandiflorus (♀) and Campanula medium (♂). 187 seeds of F1 were harvested by using the inter-generic hybridization in 2009 and 2010, 2 re…
Carline Santos, Clement Agbangla, Daniel Chougourou, Antoine Abel Missihoun, Corneille Ahanhanzo
The rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.) and the Angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Oliv.), are serious pests of stored rice in Africa. This study aims to evaluate the influence of growing environments to rice resistance to these pests. Thus, eleven r…
N. M. Fakuta, I. F. Ojiekpon, I. B. Gashua, O. C. Ogunremi
Twelve (12) Acacia senegal provenances were evaluated at the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Gum Arabic Sub-Station Gashua, Yobe state. Gum yield and some morphological data were collect in three years to estimate mean effects, genetic variability, heri…
Chinelo A. Ezeabara, C. U. Okeke, J. E. Amadi, A. I. Izundu, Bibian O. Aziagba, P. T. Egboka, C. D. Udechukwu
Comparative morphological study of five varieties of Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott present in Anambra State, Nigeria was carried out, in order to furnish plant taxonomists with information which could be of great help in delimitation of the varieties. Signi…
Silindile P. Miya, Albert T. Modi
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of weeds and fertilizer application on dry bean seed quality. Four dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivars, Caledon (C), Ukulinga (U), Gadra (G) and uMtata (M) were planted for seed production using…
Aung Zaw Htwe, Yuichi Saeki, Kyi Moe, Takeo Yamakawa
Soybean (Glycine max L.) plays an essential role in human nutrition as a protein source, and in plant nutrition as a N source. The rate of N fixation varies depending on the cultivars and compatibility between the inoculated Rhizobium strain and the host cult…
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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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