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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…
Israr Arshad, Amer Rasul, Syed Ismat Hussain, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Khizar Hayat, Malik Najam Ul Hassan, Sidra Muqeet, Amina, Yasir Umar, Shabab Nasir, Anum Tehseen, 1 1
Wheat [ Triticum aestivum L. (Poaceae)] is the staple diet of people in Pakistan. It is attacked by many types of pests. Therefore the purpose of this study was to assess the impact of climate change on the ecology and epidemiology of various wheat pests in P…
Eunice Golda Danièle Ndo, Etienne Akoutou Mvondo, Zachée Ambang, Bella Manga, Christian Cilas, Lucien Bidzanga Nomo, Cynthia Gidoin, Marie-Ange Ngo Bieng, 1 1
An investigation to assess the spatial structure and severity of Pseudocercospora leaf and fruit spot disease (PLFSD) on citrus trees in cocoa-based agroforests was carried out in three contrasting ecological zones in southern Cameroon, viz: 1) the humid fore…
João B. F. Tostes, Antonio C. Siani, Sérgio S. Monteiro, Vinicius F. Melo, Jéssica O. Costa, Ligia M. M. Valente
The leaves of Bauhinia forficata L. (Fabaceae) are used in Brazilian folk medicine mainly as antidiabetic agent. They are rich in polyphenols, and kaempferitrin and other flavonoids are currently considered as basic chemical criteria for the quality and the e…
George N. Ude, David O. Igwe, Julian McCormick, Onyinye Ozokonkwo-Alor, Jonathan Harper, Daniel Ballah, Cecille Aninweze, Obih Chosen, Michael Okoro, Christabel Ene, Venatus Chieze, Mariam Unachukwu, Christie Onyia, George Acquaah, James Ogbonna, Aditi Das
Knowledge of genetic diversity and barcoding of yam is lacking in Enugu and Ebonyi States of southern Nigeria. Therefore, DNA barcoding was used to facilitate identification and biodiversity studies of yam species from Southern Nigeria. Seventy five yam acces…
Chitta Ranjan Deb, Neilazonuo Khruomo, Asosii Paul
With the rapid rise in the population, there is higher demand of the food supply to fed millions of people. As such dependence on the few major staple crops to meet the needs of the people has led to increases in starvation and poverty. Underutilized edible p…
Akm Quamruzzaman, Ferdouse Islam, M. Nazim Uddin, Mohammad Aziz Zilani Chowdhury
The study was conducted with 18 eggplant lines/variety at the farm of Olericulture Division, HRC, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur during the winter season of 2017-18 to develop new green type high yielding OP variety having tolerance to eg…
Amanda Woolley, Samuel Sumpter, Myungjin Lee, Jingwen Xu, Shannon Barry, Weiqun Wang, C. B. Rajashekar
High tunnel production of horticultural food crops is becoming increasingly popular and has a significant impact on their growth, productivity and nutritional quality. The present study examines the effect of high tunnel production of lettuce ( Lactuca sativa…
Firas Ahmed Alsajri, Chathurika Wijewardana, L. Jason Krutz, J. Trenton Irby, Bobby Golden, K. Raja Reddy
Developing a model for soybean seed emergence offers a tool producers could use for planting date options and in predicting seedling emergence. In this study, temperature effects on soybean seed emergence were quantified, modeled, and validated. The data for…
Ouoba Kondia Honoré, Zougmore Francois, Desmorieux Hélène
In this study, the material is okra, a cucurbitaceous largely consumed in West Africa and South Asia. The influence of the external air parameters on food drying with different size, maturity, shape of the material is considered by convective drying. So, the…
Limin Sun, Haixia Tang, Xiaoyan Men, Qian Zhang, Xia Sun, Shiyan Xing
The lifetime of <i> G. biloba </i> is very long, and its growth is relatively slow. However, little is known about growth-related genes in this species. We combined mRNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) with bulked segregant analysis (BSA) to fine map significant agronom…
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