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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…
Esmaeil Fallahi
The competitive global fruit market mandates production of apples with high quality attributes, particularly fruit color. Harpin Protein (Messenger<sup>®</sup>) is shown to trigger resistance to blue mold in apples, but limited information can be found on…
Brooklyn Schumaker, Shandrea Stallworth, Auriana Tucker, Ziming Yue, Te-Ming Tseng
Weedy rice is a species of Oryza , and is a wild relative of cultivated rice. The weed possess es unique hardiness that allows them to thrive in dynamic and stressful environments. These characteristics suggest that weedy rice is a stored source of novel gene…
Matheus Antonio Filiol Belin, Fidji Gendron, Stephen Cheng, Vincent Ziffle
Medicinal plants are an important component in Indigenous cultures. Aralia nudicaulis L., Rubus idaeus L., and Rosa arkansana Porter were analyzed for total phenolic compounds, carotenoids and antioxidant activity by DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl), FRAP…
Sreenivasa Rao Jarapala, Godha Shivudu, Korra Mangathya, Anita Rathod, Hrusikesh Panda, Pendli Kalyan Reddy
Traditional knowledge of plants and their properties always has been transmitted from generation to generation through the natural path of everyday life. Food habits of the indigenous population across the globe are very abnormal when compared to that of civi…
Hameed Gul, Saeedur Rahman, Ali Shahzad, Shareef Gul, Mengya Qian, Qianlin Xiao, Zhizhai Liu
Nitrogen (N) plays a vital role in the productivity of maize ( Zea mays L). To investigate the fertilizer effects of N on the yield and growth of maize hybrid variety (Gorilla), the experiment was carried out at the research farm of University of Swabi, Pakis…
Nahid Akter, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Mohammad Belal Hossain, Mohammad Nazrul Islam, Shukti Rani Chowdhury, Sanzida Hoque, Rakibul Hasan Nitol, Rubina Tasnin
Wilt complex disease of eggplant is a severe problem in Bangladesh as well as in the world. The pathogenic variability and their survival nature make the disease complex. The pathogen includes a fungus ( Fusarium oxysporum), a bacterium ( Ralstonia solanacear…
Abhilasha Srivastava, Soni Gupta, Swati Singh, Ram Swaroop Verma, Ramesh Kumar Srivastava, Anil Kumar Gupta, Raj Kishori Lal
Nepeta cataria L. , commonly known as catmint or catnip, belongs to the family “ Lamiaceae ” and is indigenous to Europe and Asia. The essential oil of this species is known for the richness and diversity of nepetalactones (NPL) which are used as mosquito/ins…
R. Fiaccadori, G. Battistini
Biological methodologies ( in vitro and in vivo ) were tested on Venturia inaequalis to assay sensitivity of populations treated with the SDHI penthiopyrad, fluxapyroxad and fluopyram that showed a field poor control in an experimental Centre. In comparison,…
Evans Ochieng Ouma, Gudu Samuel
Sele ction for tolerance to low phosphorus (P) using morphological trait s alone is slow and often confounded by environmental effects. This study identified some Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) associated with grain yield ( GYLD) , Plant (PHT) and Ear heights…
Qing-Lai Dang, Junlin Li, Rongzhou Man
The relationship between photosynthesis and leaf nitrogen concentration is often used to model forest carbon fixation and ratios of different nutrient elements can modify this relationship. However, the effects of nutrient ratios on this important relationshi…
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