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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…
Bonni J. Kealy-Dichone, David J. Wollkind, Richard A. Cangelosi
An existing weakly nonlinear diffusive instability hexagonal planform analysis for an interaction-diffusion plant-surface water model system in an arid flat environment [11] is extended by performing a rhombic planform analysis as well. In addition a threshol…
Sota Koeda, Kosuke Sato, Yuri Tanaka, Rihito Takisawa, Akira Kitajima
The participation of <i> O </i> -methyltransferase (COMT) in phenylpropanoid-mediated capsaicinoid biosynthesis has long been proposed. Ferulic acid, a phenylpropanoid intermediate, is a precursor of capsaicinoid biosynthesis and is produced from caffeic acid…
Ansaar Ahmed, Fayaz Ali,   Inamullah, Amjad Ali, Arif Ullah, Rubina Naz, Amanullah Mahar, Shahmir Ali Kalhoro
The response of several canola cultivars to different potassium (K) levels was investigated in terms of various agronomic parameters including yields, oil and protein contents in a trial conducted at The University of Agriculture, Peshawar-Pakistan in Rabi 20…
Punyavee Dechkrong, Takanori Yoshikawa, Jun-Ichi Itoh
Leaf cells undergo two main developmental events; i.e., cell proliferation and cell differentiation, before maturation. These events occur sequentially at specific positions and with specific timing during leaf development. To understand the transition from c…
Feifeng Liu, Huize Chen, Rong Han
The level of ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation on the Earth’s surface has increased due to depletion of the ozone layer. Here, we explored the effects of continuous wave He-Ne laser irradiation (632 nm, 5 mW·mm <sup>-2</sup> , 2 min·d <sup>-1</sup> ) on prolifer…
Peggy Obaseojei Willie, Peter Osobase Aikpokpodion
Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata is a major staple for millions of households in the tropics. A cowpea land race, “ Olaudi ” collected from South-Eastern Nigeria was investigated for mitotic indices during cell division. Root tips were pre-treated with 8-hydroxyquin…
Incoronata Galasso, Antonella Manca, Luca Braglia, Elena Ponzoni, Diego Breviario
Interest on the genus Camelina has recently increased due to the biofuel, or jet fuel, potential of the oil extracted from seeds of the cultivated species Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz. While our knowledge on C. sativa is constantly augmenting, only few studies…
Md Ziaul Haq, M. Mofazzal Hossain, M. Moynul Haque, Mira Rani Das, Muhammad Shamsul Huda
Black cumin ( Nigella sativa L.; Family-Ranunculaceae) is an important spice crop. Mature seeds are consumed for edible and medical purposes and also used as a food additive and flavour. Seed of black cumin has great potentiality as spice crop due to nutritiv…
Malay Das, Monica Fernández-Aparicio, Zhenzhen Yang, Kan Huang, Norman J. Wickett, Shannon Alford, Eric K. Wafula, Claude dePamphilis, Harro Bouwmeester, Michael P. Timko, John I. Yoder, James H. Westwood
Strigolactones are plant hormones with multiple functions, including regulating various aspects of plant architecture such as shoot branching, facilitating the colonization of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and acting as seed germination stimula…
Murugesan Mohana Keerthi, Rajagopalan Babu, Mani Joseph, Rajiah Amutha
Greengram ( Vigna radiata L.) is important pulse crop in India. The yield and economics were in-creased by optimization of plant geometry and nutrient management under irrigated condition. The field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of November 2013…
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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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