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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…
Nunung Harijati, Rodliyati Azrianingsih, Eva Affanti Prawaningtyas
The aims of this research were to study the leaf anatomy of Musa brachycarpa , M. Paradisiacal normalis, M. sapientum and M. cavendishi as well as the length, width, and thickness of the leaf and the number, diameter, and tensile strength of leaf fibers. Samp…
Seyed Mohammad Mousavi, Azarnoosh Jafari, Shahla Najafi
In the present research, micromorphological features of 10 Salvia L. nutlet s (mericarp) growing in NE Iran were studied by SEM. These species were divided into three and four groups based on the shape and ornamentation of nutlets respectively. The variation…
Claid Mujaju, Jasna Sehic, Hilde Nybom
Fifteen expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived simple sequence repeats (EST-SSRs) were used to investigate genetic diversity in 139 plants obtained from seeds of 35 watermelon accessions collected from all the geographical provinces of Zimbabwe . In addition, 1…
G. Ramakrishnaiah, T. Vijaya
The pot culture experiment was carried out to evaluate the influence of different combinations of microbial inoculants (VAM + AZO + PSB) on soil phosphatase activity andnutrients (N, P, K, Cu, Zn, Fe, Cu & Mn) of Steviarebaudia plant rhizosphere on 20th, 40th…
Katharina Diehl, Philip Rebensburg, Peter Lentzsch
Verticillium dahliae induced wilt disease in strawberry can cause severe yield losses and thus lead to inevitable negative economic impacts. Inoculation of plants with non-pathogenic strains of Verticillium was conducted as a biologic control agent (BCA) acco…
Raúl Alban, Ricardo Guerrero, Marcia Toro
This paper focuses on parasitic root knot nematodes ( Meloidogyne exigua ) and how to decrease their pathogenic effect on coffee plants ( Coffea arabica ), by examining the behaviour of and the interactions between nematodes, coffee plant and arbuscular mycor…
Clifford H. Koger, Robert M. Zablotowicz, Mark A. Weaver, Melanie R. Tucker-Patterson, J. L. Krutz, Timothy W. Walker, Joe E. Street
Winter flooding of harvested rice fields attracts migratory waterfowl and may assist in degrading rice straw residue. Field studies were conducted between 2003 and 2005 in Stoneville, MS to evaluate the impacts of winter flooding of harvested rice fields on r…
Wahab O. Okunowo, Olajumoke Oyedeji, Lukman O. Afolabi, Eniola Matanmi
Plants and plant products are continuously being explored in medicine against the increasing number of antibiotic resis tant organisms. The antimicrobial activity of essential oil of some plants has been demonstrated against a range of or ganism. This study a…
B. Khanal, A. Suthaparan, A. B. Hückstädt, A. B. Wold, Leiv Mortensen, H. R. Gislerød
Temperature integration where high day temperatures are compensated by lower night temperatures is one strategy that can be used to reduce energy consumption in greenhouses. Crop tolerance to temperature variation is a prerequisite for using such a strategy.…
Marina I. Tsvetova, Lev A. Elkonin
Investigation of male sterility mutations is an effective approach for identification of genes involved in anther and pol len development. The comparison of “ cytological phenotypes ” of newly induced mutants with phenotypes determined by already known genes…
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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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