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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…
Lauren Hoult, Laura Longstaff, Mark Moss
The possible positive impact of aromas of plant essential oils is an area with a long history and one that is receiving increasing interest from modern science. Previous research has demonstrated beneficial effects of acute exposure on a range of variables. T…
Liliia R. Abdulkina, Inna A. Аgabekian, Inna B. Chastukhina, Lia R. Valeeva, Yulia D. Romanova, Irina V. Khilyas, Margarita R. Sharipova, Eugene V. Shakirov
Phosphorus is one of the most important nutrients required for plant growth and development. While substantial amounts of total phosphorus are present in many soil types, plants are unable to utilize some organic phosphorus sources. The main goal of this stud…
Jean Pierre Kabongo Tshiabukole, Roger Kizungu Vumilia, Gertrude Pongi Khonde, Jean Claude Lukombo Lukeba, Amand Mbuya Kankolongo, Antoine Mumba Djamba, Kabwe K. C. Nkongolo
Logistic and exponential approaches have been used to simulate plant growth and leaf area index (LAI) in different growing conditions. The objective of the present study was to develop and evaluate an approach to simulate maize LAI that expresses key physiolo…
Fortune O. Awala, Benjamin C. Ndukwu, Ikechukwu O. Agbagwa
Phytogeographical distribution and fruit diversity of Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl species in Nigeria were accessed. Information on the distribution and fruit diversity was sourced from three herbaria, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria Herberia, Uni…
Nargiza K. Rakhimova, Guljan M. Duschanova, Sodikjon Kh. Abdinazarov, Eldor E. Temirov, Sobitjon S. Nosirov, Ismat N. Samadov
The anatomical structure of the leaf of the Central Asian endemic species of Juno vicaria , growing in two different ecological conditions (Baysun Mountains of Surkhandary region and Tashkent Botanical Garden of Uzbekistan) was analyzed and diagnostic signs w…
Dan Jin, Shengxi Jin, Jie Chen
Cannabis has attracted a new wave of research attention as an herbal medicine. To deliver compliant, uniform, and safe cannabis medicine, growers should optimize growing environments on a site-specific basis. Considering that environmental factors are interco…
Arvid Boe, Kenneth A. Albrecht, Paul J. Johnson, Jixiang Wu
To date, most candidate systems for producing herbaceous cellulosic biomass have been composed of monocultures of perennial or annual grasses. Ecosystem goods and services provided from these biomass feedstock production systems could be increased dramaticall…
Arvid Boe, Kenneth A. Albrecht, Paul J. Johnson, Jixiang Wu
The North American genus Silphium is receiving global attention for its potential in the development of new food, forage, and industrial crops, including cellulosic biomass for biofuel. Little is known about the effect of plant population density on biomass p…
Tahir Latif, Zulqarnain Haider, Muhammad Ramzan, Muhammad Akhter, Sadia Gull, Abid Mahmood, Awais Riaz, Rana Ahsen Raza Khan
The results suggested that all the pure Basmati lines or genotypes initiate flowering within a specific range of day length duration and temperature. Delaying the transplanting date did not significantly affect the flowering time of studied Basmati lines. Max…
Peter Nkachukwu Chukwurah, Samuel Aduse Poku, Akira Yokoyama, Ai Takeda, Masahiro Shishido, Ikuo Nakamura
Root knot nematodes are top priority nematode pests that significantly constrain agricultural productivity globally especially in developing countries. However, expressing double stranded RNA (dsRNA) of essential nematode genes in susceptible plants is known…
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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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