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: March 2009; 3(3)

March 2009

Morphological evaluation of olive plants propagated in vitro culture through axillary buds and somatic embryogenesis methods

  The morphological fidelity of the olive plants propagated through axillary buds, microplants and somatic embryogenesis, somatic plants was evaluated. Thirty-two morphological traits were used to characterize the tissue culture propagated olive plants. The microplants showed very high phenotypic similarity compared to plants produced by conventional cutting propagation method. The somatic plants exhibited...

Author(s): Leva Annarita

March 2009

Molecular analysis of type III polyketide synthase (PKS) gene family from Zingiber officinale Rosc

  Enzymes of the type III polyketide synthase family is considered to have significant role in biosynthesis of structurally diverse polyketide scaffolds in Zingiber officinale. Genome wide analysis of polyketide synthase gene family in Z. officinale identified partial sequences of six members. Comparative sequence analysis showed that four of them ZoPKS2, 3, 4 and 6 were novel forms as revealed...

Author(s): Radhakrishnan E. K. and E. V. Soniya

March 2009

Qualitative analysis of tree species in evergreen forests of Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India

  Current study provides information on the characteristics of tree species in five forests types in the Kumaun Himalaya. On the basis of importance value index, it was observed that Pinus roxburghii is the common tree species at site 1 and 2,Quercus leucotricophora is common at site 3, 4 and 5 is dominated by Quercusfloribunda and Quercus semecarpifolia, respectively....

Author(s): Geeta Kharkwal