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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…
Mariangela Hungria, Marco Antonio Nogueira, Ricardo Silva Araujo
Legume nodulation by rhizobia can supply crops with nitrogen and reduce environmental impacts caused by chemical fertilization. The soybean crop in Brazil is an impressive example of how biological N2 fixation can be employed with a plant species of high econ…
Md. Fuad Mondal, Md. Asaduzzaman, Toshiki Asao, 1 1
Plant releases many bioactive chemicals from its various parts such as leaves, stem, root and sometimes decomposed body through different mechanism into its surrounding environment. These bioactive chemicals are often termed as allelochemicals because they in…
Magdalena Spasova Kondeva-Burdina, Viktor Bratkov, Rumyana Lubomirova Simeonova, Vessela Bisserova Vitcheva, Ilina Nikolaeva Krasteva, Petranka Krumova Zdraveva
Saponin mixture, obtained from Astragalus monspessulanus subsp. monspessulanus (Fabaceae) was investigated for possible protective effect on tert -butyl hydroperoxide (t-BuOOH)-induced cytotoxicity using primary isolated rat hepatocytes. The cells were isolat…
Zhichao Yin, Jie Liang, Xiyu Hao, Huan Lu, Jianjun Hao, Fengxiang Yin
The study was carried out on the basis of the flowering period of mung bean (Phaseolus radiatus). The polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG6000) was used to stimulate water stress. Four mung bean varieties with different drought resistances were used as materials in…
Ahmed Mohamed Adam Eldoma, Sures M. Kumar, Nor Aini Ab Shukor
Loss of apical dominance, resulting in seedlings with more than one leader, generally referred to as multiple leaders (ML), has been a major problem in forest tree plantation in the tropics. A study to examine the effects of site preparation by burning on gro…
Olufisayo Kolade, Adebola Raji, Iyiola Fawole, Ivan Ingelbrecht, 1 1
Previous genetic studies in cowpea [ Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] have shown that an active bipartite transposable element (TE) is responsible for a range of mutant phenotypes of its leaf, stem and flower. Since type II TEs have not been characterized at the…
Rainer Stahlberg, Robert E. Cleland, Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh
The growth rate of any multilayered plant organ is limited by the cell layer with the least extensibility. The dicot leaf blade has two epidermal layers covering the mesophyll layers, in which the vascular network is embedded. There has been a lingering uncer…
A. E. Badran, Mohamed R. A. Abd Alhady, Waffa A. Hassan
The experiment was conducted to evaluate the differences of plant growth as well as sweetener material of two types of Stevia rebaudiana under conditions of absence and presence of drought stress. In vitro, the experiment was conducted as drought traits using…
Mitsuru Hattori, Yusuke Nagano, Takao Itino
Geographic variation of flower size is potentially affected by various biotic and abiotic factors such as pollinator size, abundance of nectar robbers, and temperature. To elucidate the effect of geographic variation of flower-visitor fauna on flower size, we…
Maria E. Jimenez, Analia M. Rossi, Norma C. Sammán
The value of the native potato varieties grown in Argentinean northwest lies both in their fundamental role as a source of food for the population and in their potential for the development of new products. The aim of this work was to study the changes produc…
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