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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…
Margéli Pereira de Albuquerque, Filipe de Carvalho Victoria, Adriano Luís Schünemann, Jair Putzke, Ricardo José Gunski, Suzana Seibert, Maria Virginia Petry, Antonio Batista Pereira
We investigate the plant composition in the Skuas nest at Hennequin Point, located in the Admiralty Bay Area, King George Island, Antarctica. Sample of 61 activity nests were analyzed. 21 plant and lichenized fungi species were found in the nest composition,…
Tejendra Chapagain, Andrew Riseman
A cultivar trial, including commercial and heirloom cultivars of major cereals and grain legumes was conducted in Vancouver, BC, under low input organic conditions. We assessed 19 wheat (6 commercial and 13 heirloom), 17 barley (8 commercial and 9 heirloom),…
Evangelos D. Gonias, Derrick M. Oosterhuis, Androniki C. Bibi, Bruce A. Roberts
Crop growth and yield varies among locations due to differences in environmental parameters, such as temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation and vapor pressure deficit. Previous research has shown that increasing vapor pressure deficit has a negative…
Kieko Saito, Masahiko Ikeda
A novel form of hydroponic culture was employed to explore the physiological function of roots of a tea plant ( Camellia sinensis ). The pH of the nutrient solution with an actively growing tea plant decreased during cultivation. Furthermore, no oxalic acid,…
Sadaf Gulzar, Shajrul Amin
β -galactosidase was extracted from apricots ( Prunus armeniaca kaisa ) and characterized biochemically. Three isoenzymes ( β -gal I, β -gal II and β -gal III) were obtained by salt fractionation and ionexchange and Sephadex G-100 column chromatography. β -ga…
Vinod D. Parde, Hari C. Sharma, Manvendra S. Kachole
Cotton bollworm/legume pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera is one of the most damaging pests worldwide. Be-cause of the difficulties associated with chemical control of this pest, emphasis has been placed on developing transgenic plants with resistance to H. armi…
Supriya Gaur, Purshotam Kaushik
This research paper assesses the effect of seasonal variation on mycorrhizal fungi. Based on the richness of medicinal plants in Himalayan region, this research work considered three medicinal plants i.e. Catharanthus roseus Linn., Ocimum spp. and Asparagus r…
Joseph P. Vink, Nader Soltani, Darren E. Robinson, François J. Tardif, Mark B. Lawton, Peter H. Sikkema
Giant ragweed ( Ambrosia trifida L.) is competitive with agronomic crops and can cause significant yield losses. Rapid adoption of glyphosate-resistant (GR) crops and a concomitant increase in the reliance on glyphosate for weed management has led to the evol…
Scholastica Leah Musyimi, James Wanjohi Muthomi, Rama Devi Narla, John Maina Wagacha
Laboratory and green house experiments were carried out to evaluate the efficacy of fungicides, biological agents and host resistance in managing FHB and the associated T-2 toxin. In vitro activity of fungicides and antagonists was determined by paired cultur…
Magdalena N. M. William, Ernest R. Mbega, Robert B. Mabagala
Severe outbreak of anthracnose diseases caused by Colletotrichum gloesporioides f.sp. manihotis on cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) occured in north-western Tanzania in October, 2011. Thirteen cassava leaf samples with disease symptoms were collected from…
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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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