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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…
Awad F. Farah, Samia M. Ibrahim
Four solanaceous plant species, namely hot pepper (Capsicum frutescensL.), potato (Solanum tuberosumL.), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacumL.) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentumMiller) were anatomically screened for compatibility/incompatibility to field dodder (Cus…
Carlos Nick, Jorge Gonzalez Aguilera, Bruno Soares Laurindo, Victor de Souza Almeida, Renata Dias de Freitas, Cosme Damião Cruz, Derly José Henriques da Silva
The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters and quantify the correlations between late blight (LB) resistance and fruit quality traits in 220 families F2:3, under tropical field conditions. The families were arranged in randomized blocks in…
Jéssica Volponi, Janaina N. Matos, Larissa Girotto, Mariana S. Marangoni, Rafael Galbieri, Yeshwant R. Mehta
Spore production ofRamularia areolahas always been a difficult task. Brazilian isolates ofR. areolaproduce spores of variable size and shape. The typical spores are 3 septate, rarely 4 and 5 septate, together with abundant single celled oblong to round bodies…
Brandon Schlautman, Vera Pfeiffer, Juan Zalapa, Johanne Brunet
Numerous microsatellite markers were developed forAquilegia formosafrom sequences deposited within the Expressed Sequence Tag (EST), Genomic Survey Sequence (GSS), and Nucleotide databases in NCBI. Microsatellites (SSRs) were identified and primers were desig…
Chimezie Ekeke, Ikechukwu O. Agbagwa
Leaves of twenty-two (22) species of Combretum in Nigeria were examined for occurrence and distribution of different types and sizes of ergastic substances (calcium oxalate crystals). Fresh and herbarium specimens were used for the study. These specimens were…
Rumana Ahmad, Neelam Misra
A major environmental concern due to dispersal of industrial and urban wastes generated by human activities is the contamination of soil. The release of heavy metals into the terrestrial ecosystem is a major problem. Accumulation of heavy metals in environmen…
Syed Atif Hasan Naqvi, Rashida Perveen, Syed Amir Manzoor, Hafiz Muhammad Imran Umar, Muhammad Tayyab Iqbal, Fatima Liaquat, Taha Majid, Ahsan Irshad
Mango ( Mangifera indica L: Anacardiaceae ) is regarded as the most liked fruit in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Powdery mildew of mango caused by Oidium mangiferae Bert. is one of the major plant pathological constraints in growing healthy…
Andy Siegenthaler, Alexandre Buttler, Philippe Grosvernier, Jean-Michel Gobat, Edward Mitchell
Bryophytes dominate northern peatlands. Obtaining reliable measurements of moss-growth and how it may be affected by global changes are therefore important. Several methods have been used to measure moss-growth but it is unclear how comparable they are in dif…
Manal Ahmed Sadeq, Malabika Roy Pathak, Ahmed Ali Salih, Mohammed Abido, Asma Abahussain
Leptadenia pyrotechnica is an important multipurpose endangered plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain with restricted distribution. Nodal explants were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with different concentrations and combinations of indole…
Emanoeli Borges Monteiro, Cátia Cardoso da Silva, Andréa Carvalho da Silva, Adilson Pacheco de Souza
This study determined the thermal requirements of forest native seedlings ( Hymenolobium petraeum and Parkia pendula ) and exotic seedlings ( Adenanthera pavonina and Cassia fistula ) all belonging to Fabaceae family, in three shading conditions (full sun, 50…
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