Plant

Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2018

  • Screening for Drought Tolerance in Tepary and Common Bean Based on Osmotic Potential Assays

    Jose Cruz Jimenez-Galindo, Lorena Alvarez-Iglesias, Pedro Revilla-Temino, Rodolfo Jacinto-Soto, Luis Enrique Garcia-Dominguez, Maria de La Fuente-Martinez, Rosa Ana Malvar-Pintos, Bernardo Ordas-Lopez, Albert Jody Vander Wal, Juan Manuel Osorno

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2018
    Pages: 24-32
    Received: Jun. 14, 2018
    Accepted: Jul. 11, 2018
    Published: Aug. 06, 2018
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    Abstract: Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume grown worldwide. In Mexico, it is a strategic crop, occupying the second place in terms of cultivated area. Drought is the main problem for common bean production in Mexico. Some tepary (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray) and common bean genotypes can be a source for drought toleranc... Show More
  • Use of Audio-Visual Materials in Teaching and Learning of Classification of Living Things Among Secondary School Students in Sabon Gari LGA of Kaduna State

    Adamu Tairu Idris, Ibrahim Muhammad Shamsuddin, Adamu Tairu Arome, Ibrahim Aminu

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2018
    Pages: 33-37
    Received: Jun. 12, 2018
    Accepted: Jul. 04, 2018
    Published: Aug. 15, 2018
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    Abstract: This research work examined the use of Audio-Visual Materials in teaching and learning among secondary school students in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Its main objective is to examine the impact of the use of Audio-Visual materials on the academic achievement of students. In this study, a quasi-experimental research design was ... Show More
  • Protective Effects of Resistant Beans on Maize Damage by Mythimna unipuncta and Sitotroga cerealella

    José Cruz Jimenez-Galindo, Lorena Alvarez-Iglesias, Rosa Ana Malvar, Pedro Revilla

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2018
    Pages: 38-42
    Received: Jun. 14, 2018
    Accepted: Jul. 17, 2018
    Published: Aug. 17, 2018
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    Abstract: Sitotroga cerealella is the main pest of maize grains and Mythimna unipuncta is a generalist defoliating pest that often attacks maize. Two Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) genotypes, Tepary pinto yellow (Yellow T) and Tepary pinto negro (Black T), repel pest attacks on beans and, since beans and maize have co-evolved in America, we hypothesized... Show More
  • Genetic Analysis of Various Agronomic Traits in Some Intra and Inter-Specific Crosses of Wheat

    Imtiaz Ali, Abdul Majid Khan, Maria Ayub, Akash Zafar, Asad-ur-Rehman, Manzoor Hussain, Hafiz Muhammad Zia Ullah, Muhammad Zubair, Zeeshan Hafeez, Khalid Mahmood, Natasha Kanwal, Abdul Sattar Khetran

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2018
    Pages: 43-48
    Received: Jun. 12, 2018
    Accepted: Aug. 07, 2018
    Published: Sep. 06, 2018
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    Abstract: Six wheat genotypes (4 hexaploid and 2 tetraploid) against plant height, days to heading, days to anthesis, days to maturity, grain filling period, grains per spike and 1000 grain weight characters were studiedfor combining ability and heterosis through 6 × 6 half diallel fashion. This experiment was conducted at Regional Agricultural Research Inst... Show More
  • Phytochemical Analysis and In-Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Chloroform, Water and Ethanolic Stem Extracts of Calliganum polygonoides (Phog)

    Nuhu Abdullahi Mukhtar, Maryam Nasidi Nuhu, Jamilu Alhaji Aminu, Hadiza Abdullahi Usman

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2018
    Pages: 49-52
    Received: Jun. 08, 2018
    Accepted: Aug. 07, 2018
    Published: Sep. 15, 2018
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    Abstract: Plants have been recognized long ago as rich sources of natural products for the treatment of a wide spectrum of diseases. It has been reported that plant extracts are commonly used in traditional medicine and its contribution with respect to health coverage was estimated for over 80% of the world’s population, especially in the developing world. T... Show More