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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…
Viviane Cristina Modesto, Serge-Étienne Parent, William Natale, Léon Etienne Parent
Maize is one of the most nutrient demanding staple crops. Tissue nutrient diagnosis of maize is currently conducted using critical nutrient concentration or dual ratio ranges, but such diagnoses are pathological as biased by data redundancy, sub-compositional…
Eutropia V. Tairo, Patrick A. Ndakidemi
Field and glasshouse experiments were conducted to study the effect of B. japonicum inoculation and phosphorus supplementation on macronutrient uptake by soybean. The treatments consisted of B. japonicum inoculation (with & without), phosphorus supplementatio…
María del Pilar Moralejo, Silvia Graciela Acebal
Chemical extraction methods are generally used to evaluate trace element concentrations in soils. The adequacy of these soil tests is commonly assessed by comparing the extraction results with the metal contents in the plants. In this study, soil and leaf sam…
Mangenya Thaddeus Mose, Kelvin O. Moseti, John K. Wanyoko, Johnson K. Kinyua, Daniel Kariuki, Esther N. Magiri, Martin A. Obanda
The tea plant absorbs dissolved nutrients from soils for its normal growth and development, though to different extents. Nutrients play vital roles in various metabolic processes, their deficiency or excess being deleterious to living organisms. A study was c…
Rafael Felippe Ratke, Hamilton Seron Pereira, João de Deus Gomes dos Santos Junior, Joaquim José Frazão, Juliano Magalhães Barbosa, Bruno de Oliveira Dias
The limestone with smaller particle size provides rapid correction of soil acidity. However, the limestone with large particles can promote bigger root growth, and may still have a residual effect on the soil. The aim of this study was to evaluate the residua…
Yeon Jae Hur, Doh Hoon Kim
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade is the most important mechanism in environmental responses and developmental processes in plants. The OsMAPK 2 gene has been found to function in plant tolerance to diverse biotic/abiotic stresses. This pape…
Daniel Nyoki, Patrick A. Ndakidemi
The current study was conducted to assess the effects of phosphorus supplementation and Bradyrhizobium japonicum inoculation on the availability and uptake of N, P, K, Mg, Ca and Na on cowpea. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design where the main…
N. İ. Orudzheva, M. P. Babayev, S. M. Isgandarov
It has been studied the dependence of vegetable crop yield on standing density of the plant. Field experiments have been conducted on plain Mughan of Azerbaijan Republic. For identifying the maximum value of crop yield it has been carried out approximation of…
Daniel Nyoki, Patrick A. Ndakidemi
The field and screen house experiments were carried out in the 2013 cropping season to assess the effects of B. japonicum inoculation and phosphorus supplementation on the uptake of micronutrients in the cowpea. The experiment was laid out in a split plot des…
Ousmane Ndiaye, Aly Diallo, Stephen A. Wood, Aliou Guisse
The combined effects of climate change and human pressure ha ve led to the progressive degradation of natural resources in semi-arid regions. Woody taxa in these regions play an important role in the functioning and ser vices provided by semi-arid savannah by…
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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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