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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…
William T. Molin, Andrew J. Bowling, Kevin C. Vaughn
The effects of Roundup WeatherMax <sup>®</sup> and Engame<sup>TM</sup> formulations of glyphosate were investigated on the cotyledons of glyphosate resistant (GR) and glyphosate sensitive (GS) isogenic cotton cultivars. Engame<sup>TM</sup> is a mixture of…
Yoradi Nadjilom, Steve Takoukam Toukam, Minista Issa, Albert Ngakou
This study was carried out to find out how dependent are two local rice varieties (Magitolngar and Tox-728-1) to inoculation with selected endogenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in a field where they were isolated. The multi-indigenous endomycorrhiza s…
Meagan Boyd, Kabwe Nkongolo
Heavy metals such nickel (Ni) can cause toxicity by 1) displacing essential components in the biomolecules, 2) blocking the functional group of molecules, or 3) modifying enzymes, proteins, the plasma membrane, and membrane transporters. The main objective of…
Reena Grittle Pinhero, Qiang Liu, J. Alan Sullivan, Massimo Marcone, Rickey Y. Yada
In order to identify those potatoes which exert a low glycemic impact after processing, eight early potato varieties and four processing methods were evaluated for their total starch content, amylose content, rapidly digestible starch (RDS), slowly digestible…
Shaoyong Yang, Haifeng Cao, Fan Du, Juan Wang, Qiaorong Zhang, Wen-Tsai Wang
A new species of Gentiana ( Gentianaceae ), Gentiana ciliolata is described and illustrated; it has a spectacular characteristics of calyx lobe ciliolate, distributed in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces on the two sides of Jinsha River, and then two subspecies ha…
Jemal Tola Horo, Tesfaye Gudisa, Emebet Worku, Derese Tilahun
Parthenium hysterophorus L. is a harmful invasive weed to plant biodiversity and human health. It is native to American tropics and first introduced to Ethiopia in the 1970s. Today, it is widely distributed across the country and severely affecting the biodiv…
Bhupathipalli Divya Bhanu, Kandasamy Ulaganathan, Arun K. Shanker
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic change affecting gene expression in plants in both normal and stress conditions. The organelles, mitochondria and chloroplast play a significant role in sensing and initiating stress response. In this study, we repor…
Mbong Grace Annih, Nelomen Che Benedicte Tatiana, Tonjock Rosemary Kinge, Anoumaa Mariette, Andrew Kpu Kebei
Fluted Pumpkin known as Telfairia occidentalis is an important vegetable crop in the tropics, cultivated for its leaf vegetable and edible seeds. It is a plant with a wide range of virtues but nevertheless; it is threatened by large scale fungal attacks. In o…
Li Liu, Tong Chen, Shuguo Yang, Xinli Wang
With the continuous progress of agricultural technology, agricultural mechanization presents a good development trend after half a century development. But agricultural machinery equipment and the level of agricultural mechanization are imbalances in differen…
Musavvara Kh. Shukurova, Daisy Myint, Syed Abdullah Gilani, Kazuo N. Watanabe
Characterization of the reproductive morphology in genus Zingiber is still relevant on classical taxonomic studies because most of the species are phenotypically similar and difficult to distinguish in the absence of the flowering stage. Reports mainly derive…
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