Khuram Tanveer, Muhammad Haseeb Tung, Aneeq-ur-Rehman ., Usman Ahmad & Mubashar Hussain·Asian Plant Research Journal·2019
Plants are subjected to various types of environmental stresses throughout their lifecycle. It has been found that plants are able to communicate with the neighbouring plants under stress conditions through volatile organic compounds. These volatiles act as signals for the neighb...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i330047
Most of the tomato varieties in Bangladesh are of inbred type and produced low yield indicating need to develop high yielding variety through the hybridization. Heterosis breeding is used to improve yield and quality of tomato because traditional methods cannot be used to achieve...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i330044
Rice is one of the staple food crops in Kenya and its demand is generally increasing annually especially when maize production has declined due to various factors. The national rice consumption is estimated at 300,000 metric tonnes compared to annual production of 45,000-80,000 w...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i230043
Heavy metal contamination is a worldwide problem, causing many serious diseases and the levels of contamination varied from place to place. Heavy metals like cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), zinc (Zn), chromium (Cr), and lead (Pb) etc. are very injurious even at low concentration and...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i230042
The purpose of this study was to investigate the in-vivo and in-vitro potentials of ethyl acetate extract of P. americana leaf in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Quantitative phytochemicals analyzed includes; flavonoids, saponins, tannins, alkaloids and phenolics. Measurement of a...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i230041
Muhammad Bilal, Mubashar Hussain, Muhammad Umer, Numan Ejaz, Hamza Armghan Noushahi, Bilal Atta & Muhammad Rizwan·Asian Plant Research Journal·2019
Rice leaffolder has become a serious pest in the last two decades. It causes up to 50 to 70 percent leaf damage and consequently up to 46 percent yield losses in case of severe infestation. A field experiment was conducted at Rice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku Punjab Pakista...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i230040
To study the effect of lopping on lodging, productivity and labor utilization for rice cultivation an experiment was conducted at BRRI Farm, Gazipur during Transplanting Aman in a randomized complete block design (Factorial) with three replications. The experimental treatments we...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i229797
Aims: Effects of 3 storage durations, 3 hydro priming protocols and 6 chemical priming protocols on emergence in soil (in vivo) and embryo culture (in vitro) of Musa acuminata Calcutta 4 were investigated. Study Design: The experimental design was a completely randomised with thr...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i129795
Carnation is an important cut flower in Nepal. Several cultivars imported from abroad are being adopted for their commercial production. However, the performance of these cultivars in the specific agro-climate has not yet determined. Thus, study aimed to evaluate the performance...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i129791
This study was conducted to determine the essential oil composition of some medicinal plants from herbalists that local community have interest in; The research was carried out in the Medicinal Plants Laboratory of Konya, in 2014 – 2015. The medicinal plants used in the research...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i126588
The major foliar diseases and pathogenicity of fungal flora associated with leaf diseases of Jatropha curcas L were investigated in Burkina Faso. Prospecting and collection were carried out the plantations and hedges of J. curcas distributed in different climatic zones of Burkina...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i126279
Ninety three plant species from 82 genera and 44 families with their ethnomedicinal uses were enumerated along with 3 genera of different families of Pteridophytes. Preference ranking of the medicinal plants used for treating 7 different diseases indicated 1st, as the most effect...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2019/v2i126278
This study records medicinal plants used in different treatment by the local healer at Kilikhar Chiwog of Mongar Dzongkhag, Bhutan. A total of 61 different medicinal plants were recorded from 52 species identified belonging to 37 different families. Preference ranking of plant sp...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2018/v1i226275
Aims: Banana and plantain contribute to food security in Côte d'Ivoire. However, one of the major difficulties arising in its production remains parasitic constraints causing the loss of production. Among these constraints, leaf diseases cause more damage. Methodology: This study...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2018/v1i226272
This research was focused on the use of different concentration of aqueous extract of Moringa leaf and Turmeric rhizome as seed treatment agents against fungi associated with maize seeds. The study was designed using 2 x 3 factorial in completely randomised design. This research...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2018/v1i226270