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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…
Rachael Njeri E. Njogu, David K. Kariuki, David M. Kamau, Francis N. Wachira
In Kenya, foliar fertilizers have not found use in tea production despite their numerous advantages as exhibited in other crops. A fertilizer trial test was established in three sites of the major tea growing regions, with 36 plots per site to determine the e…
Kimberly D. Walsh, Nader Soltani, Lynette R. Brown, Peter H. Sikkema
Glyphosate-resistant (GR) giant ragweed ( Ambrosia trifida L.) was first identified in Canada in 2008 and has since been found throughout southwestern Ontario. Six field trials were conducted over a two-year period (2012, 2013) on Ontario farms with GR giant…
Ab Rahman Zuraida, Othman Ayu Nazreena, Kamarulzaman Fatin Liyana Izzati, Ahmad Aziz
Callus and suspension cells culture of Kaempferia parviflora was successfully established. Meristematic shoots can be used for utilization of plant cell biosynthetic capabilities for obtaining useful products from valuable medicinal plant to meet out the phar…
Mitsuru Hattori, Yusuke Nagano, Takao Itino
Many studies have argued the importance of the flower-pollinator size matching for flower trait diversification. However, non-pollinator agents may also influence flower traits. In this study, we investigated the altitudinal variation of flower size (spur len…
Clyde D. Boyette, Hamed K. Abbas, Bobbie Johnson, Robert E. Hoagland, Mark A. Weaver
Colletotrichum truncatum , grown on rice grain (3 to 4 weeks, 22 ° C to 24 ° C) produced a fungus-infested rice mixture of microsclerotia and conidia (spores) in a ratio of ~9:1, respectively. Greenhouse tests of this formulation (0.4 to 50 mg finely-ground f…
Farzana Ashrafi Neela, Ismat Ara Sonia, Shamim Shamsi
The antifungal activity of ethanol and acetone extract of leaves of nine medicinal plants: Piper betel , Lowsonia inermis , Psidium guajava , Carica papaya , Moringa oleifera , Mimosa pudica , Catharanthus roseus , Adhatoda vasica and Andrographis paniculata…
Helio A. W. Joris, Thais R. Souza, Zaqueu F. Montezano, Vitor P. Vargas, Heitor Cantarella
Nitrogen (N) fertilization is important for sugarcane crops, for both agronomic and environmental reasons. Better use of N from fertilizer is required for crop management, and in order to achieve it, adequate N nutrition monitoring is necessary. Sap extract a…
Azeem Tariq, Shakeel A. Anjum, Mahmood A. Randhawa, Ehsan Ullah, Muhammad Naeem, Rafi Qamar, Umair Ashraf, Mubashar Nadeem
A field experiment was conducted during spring 2011 at Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan to evaluate the comparative efficacy of Zn uptake and grain yield in three maize hybrids namely Pioneer-32F 10, Monsanto-6525 and H…
Fernanda Izabel Garcia da Rocha Concenço, Paulo César Stringheta, Afonso Mota Ramos, Igor Hiroshi Terayama Oliveira
There is pressure from consumers about exchanging synthetic for natural dyes in foods. This review aimed to expose the potential of blueberry ( Vaccinium myrtillus ) as a source of natural dye, associated with its properties of functional food. Blueberry is a…
Naima Harras, Ahmed Lamarti
In vitro seeds germination and plantlets establishment of Cladanthus mixtus (L.) Oberpr. and Vogt were studied in this report. A reliable protocol was developed for in vitro seed germination, multiplication and plantlet regeneration of Cladanthus mixtus . The…
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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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