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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…
Seinn Moh Moh, Kyi Moe, Yasumasa Obo, Shiniti Obo, Aung Zaw Htwe, Takeo Yamakawa
We conducted plant growth experiments in microbe-free vermiculite to study the effects of four types of fermented seaweed liquid fertilizer (SLF) made from nori ( Pyropia yezoensis ) seaweed on the germination, plant growth characteristics, SPAD value, and nu…
M. Maniruzzaman, J. C. Biswas, M. B. Hossain, M. M. Haque, U. A. Naher, A. K. Choudhury, S. Akhter, F. Ahmed, R. Sen, S. Ishtiaque, M. M. Rahman, N. Kalra
Agricultural productivity is affected by air temperature and CO 2 concentration. The relationships among grain yields of dry season irrigated rice ( <i> Boro </i> ) varieties (BRRI dhan28, BRRI dhan29 and BRRI dhan58) with increased temperatures and CO 2 conc…
Daniele Zulin, Crébio J. Ávila, Eunice C. Schlick-Souza
The objective of this work was to study the population fluctuation and the vertical distribution of the <i> Chrysodeixis includes </i> (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the leaf canopy of soybeans. The experiments were conducted under field conditions in t…
Olalekan J. Olasan, Celestine U. Aguoru, Lucky O. Omoigui, Ebenezer J. Ekefan
The aim of this study was to evaluate the degree of relationship and association amongst morphological characters of groundnut as an important food crop in Nigeria. 118 cultivars were planted in a completely randomized design structure. Characterization was b…
Vincent van Ginneken, Evert de Vries
This research manuscript reports the heavy metal accumulation in four marine seaweeds <i> sp. </i> 1) <i> Caulerpa sertlatioides </i> (Cuba); 2) <i> Caulerpa cf. brachypus </i> ; (Bali, Indonesia); 3) <i> Undaria pinnatifida </i> (West-Donegal, Ireland); 4) <…
Ahmad Khalilian, Michael W. Marshall, Phillip B. Williams, Jeremy K. Greene, Paul M. Porter
Cotton growers in the southern USA are facing new production problems that are reducing farm profits and sustainability: 1) herbicide-resistant weeds are spreading throughout the Southeast, 2) thrips are consistently ranked as an important insect pest group B…
Miriam Daklo-Keren, Waffa Abu-Aklin, Orit Cohen, Valantina Berger, Galina Sidan, Aharon Bellalou, Orit Amir-Segev, Ran Hovav, Shmuel Galili
The recently domesticated species, <i> Cephalaria joppensis </i> (CJ), is emerging as a new alternative forage crop in Israel. It has high biomass potential and nutritional values that are comparable to forage wheat. However, CJ emerges slowly under cold cond…
Z. Mammad, S. Hsaine, T. Djassinra, K. Ounine
Many efforts have been devoted to studying the inhibitory effect of <i> Salvadora persica </i> (Miswak) on oral microorganisms. However, information regarding its antibacterial activity against other human pathogens is rare. Particularly, against <i> Pseudomo…
Yanbo Huang, Matthew A. Lee, Vijay K. Nandula, Krishna N. Reddy
Glyphosate is widely used in row crop weed control programs of glyphosate-resistant (GR) crops. With the accumulation of glyphosate use, several weeds have evolved resistance to glyphosate. In order to control GR weeds for profitable crop production, it is cr…
Yuejin Weng, Waltram Second Ravelombola, Wei Yang, Jun Qin, Wei Zhou, Y.-J. Wang, Beiquan Mou, Ainong Shi
Cowpea ( <i> Vigna unguiculata </i> (L.) Walp) is a legume crop grown worldwide to provide protein, starch, soluble sugar, amino acids, fatty acids, minerals, and vitamins for human consumption and animal feed. Soluble sugar is an important physiological trai…
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