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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…
Zerihun Misgana, Gerba Daba, Adugna Debela
This study was aimed at establishing allometric models for estimating LA (Leaf Area) of eight Coffea arabica genotypes in Mana district of Jimma Zone Oromia Regional State, South Western Ethiopia (7 ° 46'N, 36 ° 0'E). Many Methodologies and instrument…
Hrishikesh Upadhyaya, Soumitra Shome, Rajdeep Sarma, Sujit Tewari, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharya, Sanjib Kumar Panda
In the present study, mehendi extract ( Lawsonia inermis ) was used for phytosynthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using 0.1 M Zn(NO 3 ) 2 as precursor under alkaline condition using NaOH with vigorous stirring for 2 h. ZnO NPs obtained were characterized by UV-Vis…
R. C. Ribeiro, M. G. de Carvalho, M. de L. L. de Moraes, R. O. P. Rossiello, D. R. de Oliveira, R. M. Q. de Amorim, E. Barbieri Junior
The aim of this study was to identify the main classes of secondary metabolites present in the root and shoot crude extracts and fractions from the forage grass Urochloa humidicola (Rendle) Morrone & Zuloaga and to evaluate the allelopathic effect of these me…
Claid Mujaju, Rudo Musango, Larisa Garkava-Gustavsson
Watermelon research in Southern Africa, has predominantly observed the clear existence of the sweet watermelon and cow melon forms of watermelon, cultivated on farm and even some occurring in the wild. Molecular characterization of 48 watermelon accessions co…
Bayan Al-Dabbagh, Ismail A Elhaty, Chandraprabha Murali, Ahmed Al Madhoon, Amr Amin
The use of plants to improve dental health and to promote oral hygiene has been practiced for centuries and persists in several communities throughout the world. Salvadora persica (Miswak) has a wide geographic distribution. The ancient Arabs had the habit of…
Whitley Marshay Stewart, Brajesh Nanda Vaidya, Ajit Kumar Mahapatra, Thomas Howard Terrill, Nirmal Joshee
Paulownia is known as an economically important multipurpose tree genus due to its fast growth and short-rotation harvesting for timber. There is interest in growing Paulownia species as a woody biofuel crop. There are reports on its leaves being rich in nitr…
Vincent van Ginneken
In order to prevent salt damage because seaweed enzymes can only operate under hypohaline conditions (salinity ≈ 6‰ - 12‰) but also obtain for photosynthesis an in the aquatic environment—due to a 10,000 fold strongly limited carbon source—seaweeds developed…
Douglas Barduche, Kalynka G. do Livramento, Wagner A. S. Judice, Luciano V. Paiva, Luiz Juliano Neto, Renato M. Guimarães
Proteolysis of seed storage proteins (SSP) during germination provides a steady supply of amino acids to the embryo development into seedling. This process is coordinated by different peptidases that act sequentially and overlaid mode. These enzymes are an an…
Thiago Alberto Ortiz, Helio Fernandes Ibanhes Neto, Lúcia Sadayo Assari Takahashi
The germination test is routinely used for evaluating physiological quality of seeds, but it has not been satisfactory, since it requires relatively long periods to obtain results. In this sense, there is the possibility to resort to vigor tests, although the…
Jing Zhou, Zhenwen Liu
To investigate the taxonomic value of leaf epidermal characters in developing a classification for Ligusticum (Apiaceae), thirty-eight species (including a cultivar) of the genus were examined using both light and scanning electron microscopy. Our results sho…
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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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