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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…
S. Kitchlu, Rekha Bhadauria, Gandhi Ram, Kushal Bindu, Ravi K. Khajuria, Ashok Ahuja
Evaluation of thirty one core collections of Ocimum sanctum L . synonyms O . tenuiflorum L . collected from different ecological regions representing contrasting environment of India was carried out. All the collections were grown under sub-tropical region of…
Vineeta Awasthi, Indreshu Kumar Gautam, Rakesh Singh Sengar, Sanjay Kumar Garg
The effect of different concentrations of putrescine on biochemical changes in root and shoot of six days old maize seedlings in terms of enzymes of ammonium assimilation were examined. The results revealed that glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) activity was enha…
Feihu Liu, Fei Li, Guanghui Du, Fu Xiao
Winter fiber flax has been planted in a large area in Yunnan Province, the southwestern part of China, and other areas of the world, but little is known about the influence of fertilization on the fiber yield and quality . For that, a two-factor experiment in…
Katherine E. M. Hendricks, Ryan S. Donahoo, Pamela D. Roberts, Mary C. Christman
Guignardia citricarpa , the plant pathogenic fungus that causes citrus black spot, was recently introduced into the United States. The development of this disease in the presence of multiple applications of copper per year to manage citrus canker warrants an…
Raju Gomathi, Polur Nagaraja Gururaja Rao, Palaniappan Rakkiyappan, Babu Poojary Sundara, Srinivasan Shiyamala
The ratoon crop occupies approximately 40% of the total area of sugarcane crop in tropical India. The main reason for the lower average cane productivity is the yield decline in ratoon crops (40 - 50 t/ha) despite the release of the high yielding varieties an…
Kiyoshi Matsubara, Satoshi Shindo, Hitoshi Watanabe, Fumio Ikegami
Some Angelica species are used for medicinal purposes. In particular, the roots of Angelica acutiloba var. acutiloba and A. acutiloba var. sugiyamae , known as “ Toki ” and “ Hokkai Toki ” , respectively, are used as important medicinal materi als in traditio…
Bingrui Sun, Chongyun Fu, Cunyi Yang, Qibin Ma, Dajian Pan, Hai Nian
There are rich annual wild soybean ( Glycine soja ) resources in Southern China, which are the progenitor of cultivated soybean. To evaluate the genetic diversity and differentiation of G . soja in Southern China, we analyzed allelic profiles of 141 annual wi…
Dil Thavarajah, Pushparajah Thavarajah, Darshika Amarakoon, Abby Fenlason, Casey R. Johnson, Phil Knutson, Thomas D. Warkentin
Inositol phosphates are the main form of phosphorous (P) storage in legume seeds. Mutants low in inositol hexaphos phate (IP6), also known as phytic acid (PA), have been developed to increase iron (Fe) bioavailability and reduce P wast e to the environment. T…
Mohamed Mannaa, Anna Maria D’Onghia, Khaled Djelouah, Giuseppe Cavallo, Franco Valentini
Stubborn disease of citrus is one of the main causes of quality deterioration of citrus fruits in Egypt. The early detection and the molecular characterization of the causal agent are vital for revealing its real distribution and for management. In 2011, seve…
John M. Halloran, Robert P. Larkin, Sherri L. DeFauw, O. Modesto Olanya, Zhongqi He
Potato productivity in the northeastern US has been relatively constant for over 50 years, raising questions about what factors are limiting productivity. Research was initiated in 2004 to identify key constraints to potato productivity by evaluating Status Q…
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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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