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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…
Jasper John A. Obico, Grecebio Jonathan D. Alejandro
Antherostele Bremek. is an understudied genus of Rubiaceae endemic to the Philippines formerly comprising four species of shrubs or small trees distributed in Luzon and Visayas. In this first molecular study of the genus, the ITS (nrDNA) was utilized to deter…
Kenneth Theng Wan Cheong, Kyaw Htay, Royston Heng Chye Tan, Mayasari Lim
Plant extracts are widely studied for their anti-cancer and cancer preventive effects. In this study, we compared the leukemia growth inhibition effects of seven different plant extracts, theaflavin, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), epicathechin (EC), apigeni…
Rita M. Moraes, Itamar S. Melo, Joko Sumyanto, Suman Chandra, Vaishali Joshi
Several unfruitful attempts to grow axenic shoot cultures of Smallanthus sonchifolius , also known as yacon, were made before healthy shoots grew in association with bacteria on half strength Murashigue and Skoog media supplemented with 2.2 μM benzylaminopuri…
A. A. Abd El-Kader, M. M. Hussein, A. K. Alva
In recent years <i>Jatropha curcas</i> L. has emerged as a biofuel crop with potential for its production in marginal land with application of treated sewage water. Since this is a new crop for its profitable cultivation, additional research is needed to deve…
Nunung Harijati, Philip J. Keane
A study using detached-leaves aimed to improve selection method. The improving method was done by scoring both disease symptom and lesion size. The research was begun by selecting agar concentration and dose of conidia that could distinguish response of very…
Sérgio L. de Almeida, Éder C. Schmidt, Ana C. Rodrigues, Zenilda L. Bouzon
Ultraviolet radiation-B (UVBR) affects plants in many important ways, including reduced growth rate, reduction of primary productivity and changes in ultrastructure. The rice ( Oryza sativa ) is one of the most cultivated cereal in the world along with corn a…
Miguel Jacinto Arturi, Mónica Beatriz Aulicino, Oscar Ansín, Gustavo Gallinger, Rodolfo Signorio
Our objective was to evaluate the combining ability among cultivars of forage species, commonly sown in temperate regions of Argentina using a short rotation system. Three genetically diverse cultivars of prairie brome grass ( Bromus catharticus, cv Copetona,…
Hamed K. Abbas, Henry J. Mascagni Jr., H. Arnold Bruns, W. Thomas Shier
Corn (maize, Zea mays L.) hybrids expressing the flexibility trait in ear size (number of kernels per ear) are marketed for ability to give higher yields under adverse conditions. Altered kernel number is associated with altered number of silk, a major route…
Sumontip Bunnag, Duangkamol Tangpong
This work was carried out to optimize the conditions for highly effective embryogenic callus induction from mature seeds, plantlet regeneration and genetic transformation of Citrus sinensis L. by Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA105 (pCAMBIA 1305.1). Embry…
Androniki C. Bibi, Derrick M. Oosterhuis, Evangelos D. Gonias
Naturally occurring polyamines in plants have been implicated in floral initiation, and fruit development. The plant growth regulator BM86 was formulated to stimulate seed production and fruit growth by enhancing polyamine synthe-sis. The objectives of this s…
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