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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…
E. D. N. Dube, T. Madanzi, A. Kapenzi, E. Masvaya
A study to assess the effect of intercropping maize ( Zea mays L.) and cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L.) within the same basin or outside the basin on root length density (RLD) was conducted at the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICR…
Leiv M. Mortensen
Miniature roses (Rosa sp.) and Kalanchoe blossfeldiana were grown at photon flux densities (PFD) ranging from 60 to 670 μmol·m -2 ·s -1 (associated with a temperature gradient from 20.0°C to 24.0°C [TEMP1]) and from 50 to 370 μmol·m -2 -s -1 (associated with…
João Victor Figueiredo Cardoso Rodrigues, José Francisco de Carvalho Gonçalves
Adaptation along environmental gradients is presumed to induce physiological and biochemical leaf changes in plant species. In this paper, we report how leaf gas exchange, photon capture and light harvest for photosynthesis in Aldina heterophylla change along…
Kingsuk Das, Chiranjib Mandal, Nirmalya Ghosh, Narottam Dey, Malay Kumar Adak
In a hydroponic based experiment, the Cd toxicity is monitored with some cellular responses of Marsilea plant. Initially, plants were grown under varying concentrations (0, 50, 100 and 200 μM of Cd) of cadmium (Cd) with supplementation of 2 mM spermidine (Spd…
Eusebio Cano, Alverto Veloz, Ana Cano-Ortiz
This article presents a study of the cloud forest dominated by the Prestoea montana (R. Graham) Nichols. This is a hyperhumid forest located in ravines and shaded areas with cloud condensation, and at heights ranging from 350 - 1250 masl. This type of forest…
Angélica María Hernández-Ramírez, José A. Aké-Castillo
Distyly is a floral polymorphism with long-styled flowers and short-styled flowers. Traditionally, floral traits in distylous species have been studied as a variable composed of several linear measurements. We proposed the use of a geometric morphometric appr…
Marcos Doniseti Michelotto, Jacob Crosariol Netto, José Fernando Grigolli, Antonio Carlos Busoli, Willians Cesar Carrega, Everton Luis Finoto, Juliana Altafin Galli
The cotton leafworm is an important defoliating pest of cotton in Brazil, and occurs in all regions where the crop is cultivated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of larval densities of A. argillacea after different infestation periods on…
Juliana Altafin Galli, Marcos Doniseti Michelotto, Maria Beatriz Bernardes Soares, Antônio Lucio Melo Martins, Ivan Herman Fischer
The psyllid ( Triozoida sp.) is the primary pest of guava tree in the Central Northern region of S ? o Paulo State, Brazil. The variation of climatic factors may influence directly or indirectly the behavior of agricultural pests. The present work had objecti…
M. A. Sobrado
The mixed forests of the upper Rio Negro at the northern of the Amazon basin grow in oxisol soils that are extremely infertile. These areas exhibit deficiencies in several macro-nutrients, and may also be characterized by the shortage or toxic excess of some…
Leonardo Fardim Christo, Tafarel Victor Colodetti, Wagner Nunes Rodrigues, Lima Deleon Martins, Sebastião Batista Brinate, José Francisco Teixeira do Amaral, Bruno Galvêas Laviola, Marcelo Antonio Tomaz
With probable center of origin in Brazil, the species Jatropha curcas L., known as physic nut, is a tropical oilseed with potential for cultivation aiming at the production of biodiesel. This study was conducted with the objective of investigating the genetic…
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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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