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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…
Ofir Degani
Cochliobolus heterostrophus is an agriculturally important and emerging model pathogen for studying the signaling hierarchies' role during the maize host colonization. In particular, G-protein and MAPK-linked pathways are playing a major role during pathogene…
Mathieu Gueye, Nicolas Cyrille Ayessou, Souleye Koma, Seydina Diop, Leonard Elie Akpo, Papa Ibra Samb
In rural areas, the local population draws from several forest resources needed for survival including food. Then it is a granary for these native people. Unfortunately, useful wild plants are highly threatened, especially by various human activities. Because…
Yayeh Bitew Bantie, Fetien Abay Abera, Tadesse Dessalegn Woldegiorgis
The experiment was conducted on intercropping of lupine ( Lupinus albus L.) with wheat ( Triticum aestivum ), barley ( Hordeum vulgar ) and finger millet ( Eleusine coracana ) in 2009 at Adet Agricultural research station, in Western Gojam. The treatments wer…
Saïd Laarabi
We applied electrical spectroscopic impedance measurements (ESI) to the first leaf of intact plants of corn and pumpkin. The electric capacity (C) and resistance (Rp) were determined at the characteristic frequency (FC). We observed that the electrical parame…
Kashif Akhtar, Syed Noor Muhammad Shah, Amjad Ali, Sajjad Zaheer, Fazli Wahid, Ahmad Khan, Mohib Shah, Shahida Bibi, Abdul Majid
This study was conducted with the aim of finding humic acid and crop residues effects on soil and wheat nitrogen at New Development Farm, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan during winter 2009-2010. The experiment was laid out in RCB design having f…
Zia Mehmood, Muhammad Ashiq, Ijaz Rasool Noorka, Amjed Ali, Saba Tabasum, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
Due to similar growth pattern and morphology, monocot weeds offer more severe competition with wheat. A field experiment was conducted to screen herbicides most suitable for the control of monocot weeds in wheat. Seven herbicides viz., Puma super 69EW @ 862.5…
Kristen E. McNaughton, Lynette R. Brown, Peter H. Sikkema
The fall application of post-emergent (POST) herbicides on winter wheat provided effective control of emerged winter annual, biennial, and perennial broadleaf weeds. In recent years, wheat producers have seen a shift to these weeds, due in part, to the adopti…
Amjad Ali, Sajida Perveen, Syed Noor Muhammad Shah, Zengqiang Zhang, Fazli Wahid, Mohib Shah, Shahida Bibi, Abdul Majid
This experiment was conducted to study the effect of foliar spray of micronutrients on quality of peach fruits at Horticulture Farm, University of Agriculture Peshawar during 2010. The experiment was conducted in randomized complete design with six treatments…
Cíntia Alvarenga S. F. de Miranda, Maria das G. Cardoso, Maria Laene M. de Carvalho, Ana Cristina S. Figueiredo, David L. Nelson, Christiane M. de Oliveira, Marcos de S. Gomes, Juliana de Andrade, Josefina A. de Souza, Luiz R. Marques de Albuquerque
The volatile constituents of the essential oils from leaves from the weed plants Parthenium hysterophorus and Ambrosia polystachya were identified and quantified by GLC-MS and GLC. Allelopathic activities were determined by methods that evaluated the volatile…
Nand Kumar Fageria, Virupax Chanabasappa Baligar
Cover crops are important components of cropping systems due to their role in improving soil quality. Lack of adequate levels of soil micronutrients prevents the success of cover crops in highly weathered tropical soils. A greenhouse experiment was conducted…
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