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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…
Wilson Castañeda, Marcia Toro, Andi Solorzano, Doris Zúñiga-Dávila
Tomato is a fruit of great nutritional interest in the basic human diet. The increasing use of agrochemicals to maintain production requires new alternatives to reduce environmental impact. Arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) are beneficial microorganisms that favor…
O. W. Van Auken, D. L. Taylor
Populations of Acer grandidentatum Nutt. (Bigtooth maple, Aceraceae = Sapindaceae) in central Texas are mostly found in isolated, deep, relatively remote, limestone canyons. Acer grandidentatum is found with a few other mostly deciduous species. Recruitment o…
Héctor A. Rodríguez-Cabal, Claudia Y. Jaramillo-Mazo, Nicolás D. Franco-Sierra, Diego F. Villanueva-Mejía, Javier C. Alvarez
Ricinus communis or castor bean is a non-edible oilseed plant widely cultivated worldwide for the high content of castor oil in its seeds and the different uses the oil has in the industry. An increase in its oil content and production efficiency is difficult…
Yi Liu, Siya Yin
Transgenic food safety is a high-profile public health issue in worldwide, especially transgenic soybean ( Glycine max L.) oil. To rapid ly and effective ly detect transgenic components of soybean oil, in the present study, we isolated DNA from transgenic soy…
Daniel Osei Ofosu, Francis Appiah, Bernard Banful
Controlling ethylene production and respiratory rate of climacteric fruits is reported to extend the shelf-life of those produce. The aim of this present research was to determine the effect of five (5) doses of gamma irradiation as an ethylene and respiratio…
Nicole M. Langdon, Nader Soltani, Alan J. Raedar, David C. Hooker, Darren E. Robinson, Peter H. Sikkema
Tolpyralate is a new benzoylpyrazole herbicide for weed management in corn . It is recommended to be co-applied with atrazine along with the adjuvants methylated seed oil concentrate (MSO) plus an ammonium nitrogen fertilizer , such as urea ammonium nitrate (…
M. Elaigwu, H. O. A. Oluma, C. U. Aguoru, A. Onekutu
This study investigated the phytochemical screening of some plant extracts against aflatoxin producing fungi in sesame ( Sesamum indicum ). The plants are Prosopis africana , Psorospermum febrifugum and rhizome of Curcuma longa . Various parts of the plants w…
Paula Fabiana Saldanha Tschinkel, Elaine Silva de Pádua Melo, Daniela Granja Arakaki, Valdir Aragão do Nascimento, Melina Ribeiro Fernandes, Nayara Vieira Lima, Luana Carolina Santos Leite, Hugo Santos Pereira, Kassia Roberta Nogueira da Silva, Francisco José Mendes dos Reis, Valter Aragão do Nascimento
Bredemeyera floribunda Wild (Polygalaceae), also known as pau-de-ovo is a medicinal plant used to treat snakebites, as tonic and fortifiers to treat fatigue and exhaustion. The aim of the present study was to document the knowledge of herbal sellers in the pr…
Chenglong Li, Xueyang Song, Qiuyu Zhang, Hanyu Gong, Guanghui Yu
Brasenia schreberi (water shield), a perennial freshwater aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae , is rich in polysaccharides with positive biological activity and potential application value. As an indicator plant of the environment in wetlands, B. schrebe…
Khin Myat Soe, Aung Zaw Htwe, Kyi Moe, Tomomi Abiko, Takeo Yamakawa
Black gram ( Vigna mungo L. Hepper ) is one of the main leguminous crops that provide chief source of food. Several Bradyrhizobium species are able to induce effective nodules in black gram cultivars. In the present study, we characterized forty isolates of i…
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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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