{"title":"Root Growth of Arbequina Cuttings as Influenced by Organic and Inorganic Substrates under the Conditions of Al-Jouf (KSA)","authors":"H. Mehri, K. Mhanna, A. Soltane","doi":"10.3923/AJPP.2013.74.83","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/AJPP.2013.74.83","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142158,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Plant Physiology","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115836265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PAUL CHIDOKA CHIKEZIE, A. R. Akuwudike, C. Chikezie, C. Ibegbulem
{"title":"Fractional Purification and Kinetic Parameters (Km and Vmax) of Polyphenol Oxidase Extracted from Three Segments of Solanum melongenas and Musa sapientum Fruits","authors":"PAUL CHIDOKA CHIKEZIE, A. R. Akuwudike, C. Chikezie, C. Ibegbulem","doi":"10.3923/AJPP.2013.84.92","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/AJPP.2013.84.92","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142158,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Plant Physiology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130614417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Isa, K. C. Egbuche, M. M. Malgwi, Nafisatu A. Tukur
{"title":"Cytological Studies in Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms","authors":"H. Isa, K. C. Egbuche, M. M. Malgwi, Nafisatu A. Tukur","doi":"10.3923/AJPP.2013.50.62","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/AJPP.2013.50.62","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142158,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Plant Physiology","volume":"2016 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127497624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermal and pH Stabilities of Partially Purified Polyphenol Oxidase Extracted from Solanum melongenas and Musa sapientum Fruits","authors":"PAUL CHIDOKA CHIKEZIE","doi":"10.3923/AJPP.2013.63.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/AJPP.2013.63.73","url":null,"abstract":"Enzyme activity depends largely on environmental conditions such as temperature and pH. The stability of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) extracted from Solanum melongenas and Musa sapientum fruits preincubated in varying thermal and pH conditions were carried out. Enzyme activity was measured by spectrophotometric methods. The reaction mixture contained 3.5 mL of 0.20 M phosphate buffer (pH = 6.8), 1.0 mL of 0.75 mM catechol, and 0.5 mL of enzyme solution. PPO S. melongenas and PPO M. sapientum gave different temperature and pH optima. The temperature-activity profile of PPO S. melongenas and PPO M. sapientum showed a strong positive correlation ( r = 0.907363). At pH = 10.0, PPO M. sapientum activity represented 65.3% decay in enzyme activity, whereas PPO S. melongenas represented 79.3% decay in enzyme activity. PPOS.melongenas and PPO M. sapientum stability at pre-incubated temperatures of 20, 50 and 60°C and pH values of 3.5, 6.0 and 8.0 were measured. Residual activities of PPO S.melongenas and PPO M. sapientum showed a strong positive correlations under the same experimental thermal conditions, with exception at 20°C ( r = 0.693375). Specifically, pre-incubation of PPO M.sapientum for t = 90 min at 60°C caused 18.4% decay in relative activity of PPO M. sapientum . At t = 90 min, pre-incubation of PPO M. sapientum , at pH = 3.5 caused decay in activity within the range of 30.8-36.1%, whereas PPO M. sapientum pre-incubated in pH = 6.0 and pH = 8.0 gave decay in activity within the range of (1.5-9.8%) and (2.7-6.5%) respectively. PPO S.melongenas and PPO M. sapientum showed relatively higher stabilities as the incubation pH tended towards alkaline conditions, whereas the two experimental temperatures (20 and 60°C) promoted destabilization. Keywords : Polyphenol oxidase, temperature, pH, Solanum melongenas and Musa sapientum . African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 12(38), pp. 5688-5694","PeriodicalId":142158,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Plant Physiology","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122181458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. D. S. Borges, M. Vieira, M. Marques, F. Vianello, G. Lima
{"title":"Influence of organic and mineral soil fertilization on essential oil of Spilanthes oleracea cv. Jambuarana","authors":"L. D. S. Borges, M. Vieira, M. Marques, F. Vianello, G. Lima","doi":"10.3923/AJPP.2012.135.142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/AJPP.2012.135.142","url":null,"abstract":"Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Institute of Biosciences Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, CP 510, CEP 18.618-000, Botucatu, Sao Paulo","PeriodicalId":142158,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Plant Physiology","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121201678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lipid and fatty acid compositions of chilling tolerant sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) genotypes","authors":"S. Islam, E. Izekor, J. O. Garner","doi":"10.3923/AJPP.2012.252.260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/AJPP.2012.252.260","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142158,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Plant Physiology","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128579852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protein Electrophoresis and DNA in Herbs Produced from Irradiated Ambrosia maritima Seeds Grown under Soil Salinity and Their Resistance to Insect","authors":"O. S. Hussein","doi":"10.3923/AJPP.2012.261.268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/AJPP.2012.261.268","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142158,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Plant Physiology","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122328564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gibberellic acid and naphthalene acetic acid affect fruit retention, yield and quality of keitt mangoes in the coastal Savanna ecological zone of Ghana","authors":"G. Nkansah, J. Ofosu-Anim, A. Mawuli","doi":"10.3923/AJPP.2012.243.251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/AJPP.2012.243.251","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142158,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Plant Physiology","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133901568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of Anthraquinones as a Marker of Juvenility and Maturity in Response to Adventitious Rooting of Tectona grandis","authors":"A. Husen, S. Khatoon","doi":"10.3923/AJPP.2012.220.231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/AJPP.2012.220.231","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142158,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Plant Physiology","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128366401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monsuang Rueangkhan, R. Chiarawipa, Yi Wang, X. Z. Zhang, Xuefeng Xu, Zhenhai Han
{"title":"Soil Water Supply during Dry Weather Constraint of Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osb.) Seedlings in Response to Gas Exchanges, Photosynthetic Functions, Leaf Carbohydrate Contents and Biomass Production","authors":"Monsuang Rueangkhan, R. Chiarawipa, Yi Wang, X. Z. Zhang, Xuefeng Xu, Zhenhai Han","doi":"10.3923/AJPP.2012.232.242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/AJPP.2012.232.242","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142158,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Plant Physiology","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129793354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}