African Journal of
Plant Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Plant Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0824
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 804

Table of Content: June 2014; 8(6)

June 2014

Seed germination and abnormality of cotyledon of Peganum harmala populations in Mongolia

The present study assessed whether seed germination of Peganum harmala L. is related to population size and whether factors that control three and four cotyledons and difference in cotyledon shape are different and whether abnormality of cotyledons is related to genetic drift. The percentage of final seed germination was highest in Dzungarian Gobian population and followed by Trans-Altai Gobian population and lowest was...

Author(s): Amartuvshin NARANTSETSEG

June 2014

Germination tests of seeds of argan tree (Argania spinosa (l.) skeels) of two sources (Tindouf and Mostaganem) in the semi-arid western Algerian.

The Argan tree (Argania spinosa) is a drought-tolerant, and forest species observed in arid and semi-arid zone in Algeria, has specific ecological characteristics and many interests (forest, field, and fruit).  The natural reproduction of the tree has become difficult; we have assessed the propagation method by seedlings. In our experiments, we used two seed sources collected from Tindouf and Mostaganem. Based on...

Author(s): Benaouf Zohra, Miloudi Ali and Belkhodja Moulay

June 2014

Foliar anatomical studies of some taxa of Euphorbiaceae

Foliar anatomical studies of fifteen taxa belonging to fifteen genera of Euphorbiaceae were done to understand the foliar structural details in unravelling taxonomical disputes if any. There is a range of characters which varies between genera and species. The presence of single, double and multiple layer of epidermis, palisade parenchyma, spongy parenchyma and other special tissues and storage organs are of taxonomic...

Author(s): R. Elumalai, R. Selvaraj, R. Arunadevi and A. L. A. Chidambaram

June 2014

Utilization of Indian spinach (Basella Linn.) in Ondo State, Nigeria

This paper reports on the survey carried out among consumers on the uses of Indian spinach in Ondo State, Nigeria. Well-structured questionnaires were prepared and one hundred (100) questionnaires were randomly distributed to consumers in each of the 16 local government areas of Ondo State, Nigeria. Result showed that there are more female respondents (59.4 %) than the males (40.6%). This could have resulted from the...

Author(s): Adenegan-Alakinde, T. A. and Adedeji, O.

June 2014

Effect of inter and intra row spacing on seed tuber yield and yield components of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) at Ofla Woreda, Northern Ethiopia

Farmers in southern zone of Tigray are using different spacing below or above the national recommendation depending on the purpose of planting either for seed tuber or consumption due to lack of recommended plant spacing. This study was therefore conducted with the objective of determining the best inter and intra-row spacing for optimum tuber seed yield and quality of potato seed tuber at Ofla Wereda, Northern...

Author(s): Harnet Abrha, Derbew Belew and Gebremedhin Woldegiorgis

June 2014

Colchicine and duration time on survival rate and micropropagation of Dionaea muscipula Ellis

Young leaf bases and leaf blades about 0.5 cm in height of a carnivorous plant Dionaea muscipula were used as explants for determining the callus multiplication. Explants were cultured on 1/2MS medium supplemented with various concentrations of benzyladenine (BA; 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0 mg/l). 1/2MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/l BA gave the highest average diameter of callus about 0.55 cm after culturing for nine...

Author(s): Anchalee Jala

June 2014

A comparative study of antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of garlic (Allium sativum L.) extracts in various localities of Pakistan

The present study was conducted to analyze garlic extracts using compositional analysis and assessment of antibacterial and antioxidant properties against various microbes. It was observed that garlic consist of various bioactive compounds such as alkaloids, phenols, tannins and flavonoids with different concentration levels. Antimicrobial activity of different solvent extracts (n-hexane, chloroform, acetone, butanol...

Author(s): Muhammad Gulfraz, Muammad Imran, Sobia Khadam, Dawood Ahmed, Muhammad J. Asad, Kashis S. Abassi, Muhammad Irfan and Sajid Mehmood

June 2014

Salt spray as a micro-environmental factor affecting the growth of Commelina maritima L. at Lekki Beach, Nigeria

Commelina maritima L. is a dominant perennial halophyte that is restricted to sandy beaches where it plays major ecological roles in Southern Nigeria. This study examines the response of this plant to saltwater sprays, a factor that affects the growth of coastal plants. Plants were sprayed with seawater twice per week (2/week), four times per week (4/week) or six times per week (6/week) while control was sprayed without...

Author(s): Otitoloju Kekere and Joseph Femi Bamidele

June 2014

Anticancer activity of n-hexane extract of Cichorium intybus on lymphoblastic leukemia cells (Jurkat cells)

Cichorium intybus commonly known as chicory is a member of the family Compositeae. It has been known for various pharmacological activities and anticancer effects against various cell lines including breast cancer MCF-7, prostate cancer LNCaP, amelanotic melanoma C32 and renal adenocarcinoma ACHN. In the present study, aerial parts of C. intybus were collected, identified, soaked in n-hexane non polar solvent, filtered...

Author(s): Mohammad Saleem, Khizar Abbas, Faiza Naseer, Mobasher Ahmad, Nawazish-i-Husain Syed, Fatima Javed, Khalid Hussain and Samia Asima

June 2014

Effect of foliar application of humic acid, zinc and bo-ron on biochemical changes related to productivity of pungent pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

To study the effect of foliar application of humic acid at 0.05%, zinc at 0.05% and boron at 0.02% on biochemical changes related to productivity of pungent pepper cv. Bullet (Capsicum annuum L.), a pot experiment in randomized block design with three replications was conducted in the net house of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia-741252, West Bengal, India. In This experiment, we observed some...

Author(s): Denre Manas, Bandopadhyay, P. K., Chakravarty, A., Pal, S. and Bhattacharya, A.