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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…
Christer Björkman, Karin Eklund, Anna Lehrman, Johan A. Stenberg
The high energy quota and versatility of use make willows ( Salix spp.) attractive as bioenergy crops. Insect defoliation constitutes a threat to the profitability of willow growers. Hitherto, the breeding for resistance against the main insect pests has been…
Banglian Huang, Yiming Yang, Tingting Luo, Shu Wu, Xuezhu Du, Detian Cai, Eibertus N. van Loo, Bangquan Huang
In the present study correlation, regression and path analyses were carried out to decide correlations among the agro - nomic traits and their contributions to seed yield per plant in Crambe abyssinica . Partial correlation analysis indicated that plant heigh…
Kanako Matsuyama, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Yuko Muramatsu, Katsura Ito, Shin-Ichi Tebayashi, Ryo Arakawa, Jun Yokoyama, Tatsuya Fukuda
Arisaema iyoanum Makino subsp. nakaianum (Ohba) H. Ohashi et J. Murata and A. ovale Nakai var. ovale are known to have one-leaved phenotype in both males and females; however, we discovered two-leaved individuals of these species. To elucidate the relationshi…
Vummadisetty Lakshmi Narayanamma, Cholenehalli L. L. Gowda, Manda Sriramulu, Mohammad A. Ghaffar, Hari C. Sharma
Information on mechanisms and inheritance of resistance is critical to plan an effective strategy to breed for resistance to insect pests. Therefore, we evaluated a diverse array of chickpea genotypes (eight desi and one kabuli) with varying levels of resista…
Khalid Usman, Ejaz Ahmad Khan, Niamatullah Khan, Muhammad Anwar Khan, Said Ghulam, Sarfaraz Khan, Jalaluddin Baloch
Conservation tillage and nitrogen may improve soil fertility, yield and income on sustainable basis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of three tillage systems viz. zero (ZT), reduced (RT), and conventional tillage (CT) and five N rates (0, 80,…
Paola Vastarelli, Anna Moschella, Daniela Pacifico, Giuseppe Mandolino
Beta vulgaris genus comprises wild and cultivated subspecies . The “ maritima ” subspecies is formed by wild or weedy accessions, well adapted to low-water potential environments; it was previously shown that B. vulgaris ssp. maritima ha s mechanisms of osmot…
Do N. Dai, Tran D. Thang, Le T. M. Chau, Isiaka A. Ogunwande
Zingiber rubens Roxb., and Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith were collected respectively from Nghe An, Province and Ha Tinh, Province,Vietnam . The root essential oils were obtained by water distillation and analyzed by Gas chromatography (GC) and Gas chromatograp…
Tran Dang Khanh, Truong Quoc Anh, Bui Chi Buu, Tran Dang Xuan
Soybean production in Vietnam has recently been threatened by the widespread dissemination of soybean rust (SBR) caused by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi . Application of molecular breeding is considered as a feasible method to improve soybean rust resistan…
Abedin Zafari, Mohammad Hossein Kianmehr
Nitrogen is an effective material for improving the crop production. There is a big concern about rising chemical nitrogen usage as fertilizer in soil, because some forms of nitrogen absorbs in soil and causes an increase of environment and water pollution an…
Martha Isabel Torres-Morán, Norma Almaraz-Abarca, Martha Escoto-Delgadillo
A review is presented for give information and highlights the advantage of ISTR as molecular marker which with the genome changes after manipulation or breeding intervention can be detected.
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