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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…
Jessica L. de Haan, Liette Vasseur
Intercropping has been seen as an advantageous strategy in sustainable agriculture. Plants however interact with one another both above and below ground with members of the same species (intraspecific) or members of a different species (interspecific) for nut…
Marco A. A. Souza, Marcela J. Lemos, Diego M. C. Brito, Manlio S. Fernandes, Rosane N. Castro, Sonia R. Souza
Agricultural products certified as organic and free of pesticides cannot use synthetic chemicals in the production process. In this context, the search for new natural products appears as an alternative to the use of conventional pesticides, aiming to combat…
Neal Dwaine Teaster, Robert Edward Hoagland
qPCR (quantitative polymerase chain reaction) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) were utilized to investigate genetic stability of Palmer amaranth cloned plants over 10 generations. DNA from original parent Palmer amaranth plants (grown from seeds) w…
Rong Wang, Xiang Shen, Chao Wang, Rui Ge, Zhen Zhang, Xiaojing Guo
The aim of this experiment was to analyze the leaf volatiles of crabapple ( Malus sp.) individuals at different aphid’s resistance, to ascertain the particular ingredients which has lure or aversion effects on aphid, and to provide reference for finding out a…
Nader Soltani, Christy Shropshire, Peter H. Sikkema
There is limited information on the sensitivity of dry bean to dimethenamid-p, saflufenacil and a preformulated mixture of dimethenamid-p/saflufenacil. Field trials were conducted at Exeter and Ridgetown, ON, Canada in 2012 and 2013 to evaluate the tolerance…
Joshua A. White, Rocky Lemus
Annual warm-season grasses such as forage sorghum, sorghum × sudangrass hybrid and sundangrass are highly productive and valuable feed crops (rotational crop and silage). In addition, sugar in the stems of these warm-season grasses can be extracted and fermen…
L. O. Shosan, O. O. Fawibe, A. A. Ajiboye, T. A. Abeegunrin, D. A. Agboola
An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in curing some diseases in infants in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria was carried out between February and June, 2012. Ethnobotanical data were collected by oral interview with the…
Mingyao Huang, Qiang Sheng, Jihua Wu, Xiaoyun Pan
Harvest and salinity are two important factors of the growth of common reed ( Phragmites australis ). We here examined the different impact of winter harvest treatment on the Phragmites australis between high and low salinity (mean soil electrical conductivit…
Benjamin Kemmerer, Jude Liu
As a dedicated energy crop, switchgrass may be harvested in fall or early spring depending on weather conditions, field capacities of harvesting machines, storage capacities, field management and availability of machine operators. To reduce storage space dema…
A. Cano-Ortiz, E. Bioindi, C. J. Pinto Gomes, S. Del Río González, E. Cano
A study was made of grasslands in olive groves with a high frequency of Hordeum leporinum Link , Chrysanthemum coronarium L. , Malva neglecta Wallr. , Aegilops geniculata Roth and Dasypyrum villosum (L.) Borbas, initially included in the alliance Hordeion lep…
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