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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…
James R. Mahan, Andrew W. Young, Paxton Payton
Water deficits are major limiters of crop yield worldwide. The detection of water deficits can be difficult. Measurements of the aerial and soil environment are often used to infer the water status and detect water deficits. Since crop yield accumulates incre…
Edna Maria Bonfim-Silva, Ellen Cristina Alves de Anicésio, Jakeline Rosa de Oliveira, Helon Hébano de Freitas Sousa, Tonny José Araújo da Silva
The safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is adapted to grow in adverse conditions, is tolerant to salinity and water deficit, however, its productivity increases when grown in areas with greater availability of water and in fertilized conditions, showing that…
Mebeaselassie Andargie, Luoye Li, Aiqing Feng, Jianxiong Li
The fungus U. virens is the causal agent of rice false smut disease. The green fluorescent protein (GFP) was used to mark this fungus in order to visualize and analyze the colonization and infection processes in vivo. Using epifluorescence microscopy coloniza…
Edimar Rodrigues Soares, Robertt Fernandes, Laércio da Silva Londero, Leandro Galon, Fabiana Ferreira Pires, Marcelo de Andrade Barbosa, Diego Lopes dos Santos, Samara Cristina Sampaio Correa, Everton Augusto Sampaio Correa, Remy Carvalho dos Santos
The upland rice productivity in the state of Rond?nia is still low, in view of the potential of culture. The use of cultivars adapted to different regions and more responsive to fertilizer employed is an essential practice which can change that. The aim of th…
Maria Gabriela Fontanetti Rodrigues, Murilo Racy Soares, Ester Silveira Ramos, Silvana Giuliatti
Fruits from fig tree (Ficus carica L.) are economically important worldwide, and rank among the top 20 fruits exported by Brazil. However, due to particular features in its floral structure, classical plant breeding procedures that involve hybridization are n…
Yeshwant R. Mehta, Mariana S. Marangoni, Janaina N. Matos, José Marcos G. Mandarino, Rafael Galbieri
Shale water as a by-product obtained by Petrobras, Brazil, during the process of extraction of petroleum from fossil rock may act as an inducer of Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) to some plant pathogens. The objective of the present investigation was to ve…
Martin Kwiaton, Jian R. Wang
To address the central question of how climate change influences tree growth within the context of climate will become warmer and drier in central Ontario, we used dendroclimatological analysis to understand the radial growth responses of four co-occurring ha…
S. K. Ogundare, J. A. Oloniruha, F. G. Ayodele, I. A. Bello
Experiments were located at Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Ejiba and Horticultural Section College of Agriculture, Kabba in 2014 cropping season to investigate the effect of different spacing and urea application rates on fruit nutrient compos…
Joshua A. White, Rocky Lemus
Alfalfa is a high quality forage that is not often utilized in the southeastern United States because of its perceived lack of adaptability to the area. However, the risk of growing alfalfa could be partially mitigated by its inclusion into an existing bermud…
Aye Nyein Chan, 1 1, Shutu Xu, 1 1, Dongwei Guo, 1 1, Yaqin Shi, 1 1, Yanan Li, 1 1, Yajun Li, 1 1, Jiquan Xue, 1 1
Chlorophyll, one of the major chloroplast components for photosynthesis, has a positive relationship with the photosynthetic rate. The chlorophyll content is an important assessment parameter in agronomy and plant biology research. This study was conducted to…
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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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