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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…
Muhammad Irfan Ali, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Abdul Rashid, Muhammad Ehetisham-ul-haq, Muhammad Talha Javed, Muhammad Sajid
Field trials were conducted to evaluate the epidemiological factors of okra yellow vein mosaic virus (OYVMV). Four varieties of okra were subjected to screening and evaluation of the chemicals. The variety Saloni F1 was highly resistant while Subz Pari was mo…
T. Vijayalakshmi, Y. Varalaxmi, S. Jainender, S. K. Yadav, M. Vanaja, N. Jyothilakshmi, M. Maheswari
The present investigation was aimed to understand the physiological and biochemical basis of water-deficit stress tolerance in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] hybrid ICMH 356 and its parents ICMR 356 (♂) and ICMB 88004 (♀) in response to and rec…
Gloria Burow, Cleve D. Franks, Zhanguo Xin, John J. Burke
Genetic diversity was characterized in a collection of 159 sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) landraces gathered from the colder region (primarily the northeastern region) of China. A set of 41 microsatellites or simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers distrib…
Khalid Usman, Sarfaraz Khan, Said Ghulam, Muhammad Umar Khan, Niamatullah Khan, Muhammad Anwar Khan, Shad Khan Khalil
Intensive farming generally needs large addition of organic matter to maintain fertility and enhance crop yields. Sewage sludge/biosolids are by-products of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment and a rich source of organic nutrients. Sewage sludge ha…
Tomoaki Sakamoto, Yoichi Morinaka, Hidemi Kitano, Shozo Fujioka
ebisu dwarf ( d 2) is a mutant caused by mutation in a rice brassinosteroid biosynthetic enzyme gene, CYP 90 D 2/ D 2, thereby conferring a brassinosteroid-deficient dwarf phenotype. Three newly isolated d 2 alleles derived from a Nippon- bare mutant library…
Domenico Rongai, Filomena Milano, Elisabetta Sciò
In an attempt to reduce the use of synthetic fungicides, extensive investigations into the possible exploitation of plant compounds as natural commercial products were performed. The present paper describes the antifungal activity of botanic extracts on the d…
Ram Lal Shrestha, Durga Datta Dhakal, Durga Mani Gautum, Krishna Prasad Paudyal, Sangita Shrestha
Acid Lime ( Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) is one of the important commercial fruits cultivated from terai to high hill of Nepal. It is an important source of vitamin “C” (ascorbic acid) for human nutrition. Amount of juice, TSS (Total soluble solids), TA (Titr…
Sonia Montecinos, Pablo Salinas, Rómulo Oses, Leticia González-Silvestre, Marco A. Molina-Montenegro
Different crop varieties can respond in different ways to the climatic variations at local scale. Thus, in order to maximize the yield for a determined crop, the response of different varieties submitted to local climatic conditions should be assessed. The ma…
Ram Lal Shrestha, Durga Datta Dhakal, Durga Mani Gautum, Krishna Prasad Paudyal, Sangita Shrestha
Acid lime ( Citrus aurantifolia ) is an important commercial fruits crop, cultivated in terai to high hills of Nepal. High variation of acid lime fruits are observed in existing landraces due to crossing within the other citrus species. Determination of genet…
Silvia Graciele Hülse de Souza, Valéria Carpentieri-Pípolo, Deoclécio Domingos Garbúglio, Nelson da Silva Fonseca Júnior, Claudete de Fátima Ruas, Paulo Maurício Ruas
The purpose of this study was to investigate the diversity of 14 popcorn populations and a broad genetic base tester using molecular RAPD markers and to estimate the correlation between the genetic distances and the performance of top-cross hybrids. For the e…
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