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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…
Raquel Fialho Rubim, Henrique Duarte Vieira, Eduardo Fontes Araújo, Anna Christina Sanazário de Oliveira, Alexandre Pio Viana
The coffee seeds are problematic for the physiologycal quality, featuring low speed of seedling emergence. In this sense, this work was developed with the objective of evaluating the effect of sodium hypochlorite in the removal of the parchment and in the eme…
Leiv M. Mortensen
Miniature roses ( Rosa sp .) were grown at 100 and 150 μmol m -2 ·s -1 photon flux densities (PFD) with 16, 20 and 24 h·day -1 lighting periods (LP) in a greenhouse compartment in midwinter at latitude 59 ° north. The study included 10 different treatments an…
K. Narasimha Murthy, Fazilath Uzma, Chitrashree  , C. Srinivas
Short Retraction Notice The paper does not meet the standards of "American Journal of Plant Sciences". This article has been retracted to straighten the academic record. In making this decision the Editorial Board follows COPE's Retraction Guidelines . The ai…
Sudhanshu Sekhar Das, Neeti Sanan-Mishra
RNAi is an efficient surveillance machinery that plays a robust defensive role in shielding plant and animal hosts against viral infections. In counter-defense viruses encode suppressor proteins that have the ability to restrict the RNAi machinery to ensure s…
Assunta Bertaccini, Bojan Duduk, Samanta Paltrinieri, Nicoletta Contaldo
Several economically relevant phytoplasma-associated diseases are described together with an update of phytoplasma taxonomy and major biological and molecular features of phytoplasmas. Outlook about persepectives and future work to contain spread of these dis…
Pious Thomas, Reshmi Upreti
The study was undertaken to assess whether seedling age played any role in governing the vulnerability of tomato to the bacterial wilt pathogen, Ralstonia solanacearum , based on the preliminary observations that the extent of mortality during seedling-stage…
Igor V. Maksimov, Liubov G. Yarullina, Olga B. Surina
The influence of exogenic hormones ( indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), abscisic acid (ABA) and kinetin) on defense reaction of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) calli to the bunt agent Tilletia caries (D.C.) Tul. & C. Tul. was studied. ABA and kinetin induced the oxala…
Satu Huttunen, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Michael J. Arbaugh, Katriina Bent, Marketta Karhu, Päivi Tuohimaa
Tropospheric ozone is a worldwide phenomenon causing injuries to forest trees. Californian ponderosa and Jeffrey pines are well known for their sensitivity to ozone, while other pine species have varied in their susceptibility. Sensitive pine species are know…
Nand K. Fageria, Virupax C. Baligar, Marshall K. Elson
Tropical soils are deficient in essential plant nutrients, including zinc (Zn). Using cover crops in cropping systems is an important option to improve soil fertility for sustainable crop production. However, success of cover crops in highly weathered tropica…
Nobuhito Sekiya, Jun Abe, Fumitaka Shiotsu, Shigenori Morita
The production of cellulosic bioethanol from non-edible plants is drawing increasing attention, as it potentially avoids food-fuel competition. Because growing such plants on farmland indirectly reduces food availability, the plants should be grown on margina…
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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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