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{"title":"Ethnobotanical Practices among the People of Dagana District, Bhutan","authors":"Karma Sherub, Bhagat Suberi, P. P. Chapagai, .. Penjor, Kelzang Jurmey, Karma Wangdra, Moni Kumar Neopaney","doi":"10.9734/APRJ/2021/V7I330158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/APRJ/2021/V7I330158","url":null,"abstract":"Medicinal plants are one of the most affordable and accessible method available for the treatment of various ailments and diseases by the local people. In this regards, the study aimed to document the ethno-medicinal knowledge of plants used by the local people of Dagana district of Bhutan. Data were collected between June and November of 2020 using semi-structured interviews from the local people, following snowball sampling.  The study documented 74 medicinal plant species, used for treating 30 different body ailments and diseases. Maximum number of species (14) was used in treating cut/body wounds and commonly used plant parts was leaves (30 species). Current study area was found to be rich in ethno-medicinal knowledge, but equally threatened with declining practices and management of resources. Thus, appropriate conservation of resources and preservation of traditional knowledge is required.","PeriodicalId":8546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81691657","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":"Application of Markers Assisted Selection for Striga Hermonthica Resistance on Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench","authors":"H. Tamir","doi":"10.9734/APRJ/2021/V7I330155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/APRJ/2021/V7I330155","url":null,"abstract":"Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. [Moench]) is a staple food crop for smallholder farmers in arid and semi-arid(ASALs) regions worldwide, feeding over 500 million of the world's most resource-poor. Development of Striga Hermonthica resistant cultivars by conventional breeding is slow and have been hampered by the lack of efficient and reliable screening techniques in breeding programs. Molecular markers that are linked to witchweed resistance can expedite the development of resistant cultivars through the adoption of appropriate marker-assisted selection (MAS) strategies. Marker-assisted selection involves the selection of genotypes carrying a desirable gene(s) via linked markers; through MAS more rapid transfer of traits from donor parents to more elite locally adapted crop cultivars is possible with simple-sequence repeat (SSR) markers which have been initially used to detect polymorphism between the parent cultivars. Although costly to develop relative to some other classes of genetic markers, once developed, analysis by SSR markers is both easy and inexpensive. The highly polymorphic nature (high information content) and other favorable characteristics make them excellent genetic markers for a number of studies including marker-assisted selection and fingerprinting of germplasm collections. In this review, we summarize the molecular markers that are linked to the inheritance trait or low germination stimulant production is one of the recognized mechanisms of witch weed resistance.","PeriodicalId":8546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83396999","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":"Medicinal Plants Used in Traditional Herbal Medicine in the Fifa Village/Southern Jordan","authors":"Abdullah Aloshoush","doi":"10.36648/2249-7412.21.S1.219-220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2249-7412.21.S1.219-220","url":null,"abstract":"This study were conducted to identify the uses of plant species in traditional medicine in the Fifa village and to collect this information and save it from loss some of this information is not scientifically documented but is personally tested by some local communities. The questionnaire was taken with key-informants like traditional healers between the aged of 25 to 60 years. From field surveys conducted among the population, 17 plants species commonly used as traditional home remedies in Jordan valley were recorded.","PeriodicalId":8546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77002000","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":"Multivariate Analysis in Some Metric Traits of Ethiopian Durum Wheat (Triticum turgidum L.Var.durum) Landraces","authors":"Yohannes Azene","doi":"10.36648/2249-7412.21.S1.221-223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2249-7412.21.S1.221-223","url":null,"abstract":"Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) has negative effects on the entire pasta industry. Because of the significant role of the environment in the onset of sprout damage, durum breeders have turned to genetic resistance to control this agronomic trait. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the sprouting response of two recombinant inbred line populations of durum wheat grown at Langdon and Prosper, North Dakota, and to test the efficacy of microsatellite markers to predict the genetic variation. Population I was developed from a cross between the resistant genotype Chahba88 and the durum cultivar Vic. Population II was developed by crossing the resistant genotype IACT12 with the durum cultivar Ben. Heritability was high in the two populations (h2 = 0.7 ± 0.11 in Population I, and 0.6 ± 0.11 in Population II), which is in agreement with previous studies. Transgressive segregants were observed in both populations, and evaluation of these genotypes may help to identify durum germplasm with acceptable levels of PHS resistance combined with good agronomic and quality traits. Six polymorphic and associated loci accounted for up to 17.4% of the genotypic variation in Population I, and seven polymorphic and associated loci accounted for up to 26.5% of the genotypic variation in Population II. A region on the short arm of chromosome 5B was important in Population I, whereas in Population II the significant loci were mapped to the long arm of chromosome 6B. Further investigations of these and other genomic regions might help detect important QTLs for PHS resistance in durum wheat. Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) is a self- pollinated tetraploid cereal and a traditional Mediterranean crop; with the Mediterranean Basin being the largest production area worldwide and North Africa the largest import market. Durum wheat is mainly used for the production of pasta and couscous, but also for a number of other semolina products such as frike, bourghul, and unleavened breads. Globally durum wheat covers a total of area of 20 million hectares and production of 30 million metric tons.","PeriodicalId":8546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81406660","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":"Heterosis and Combining Ability Analysis in Field Corn Inbreed Lines Through Line X Tester Model","authors":"Raihan Huz, Mithila Nj, S. Akhter, K. Maa, M. Hoque","doi":"10.36648/2249-7412.21.11.211-215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2249-7412.21.11.211-215","url":null,"abstract":"Twenty two lines were crossed with 2 testers in a Line × Tester mating design in 2017-18 and the resulting 44 crosses along with the lines, testers and three checks i.e. BARI Hybrid Maize 9 (BHM 9), 981 and Elite were evaluated in a alpha lattice design with two replication, during rabi, 2018-19. Highly significant differences were found among the genotypes for all the characters studied. Parent and parent’s vs crosses were significant for all the characters except ASI indicating greater diversity in the parental lines of the traits. Three lines (viz., BMZ 55, BMZ 53, BMZ 4) showed significant negative GCA effect for both days to 50% tasseling and silking, indicating good general combiners for earliness. BMZ 15, BMZ 55, BMZ 53 and BMZ 68 showed significant negative GCA effects for both plant and ear height. BIL 79, Pinacle 17 and BIL 182 exhibited desirable significant positive GCA for grain yield. Considering desirable GCA effects those parents could be used extensively in hybrid breeding program to accumulate those favourable genes. However, two cross combinations CML 451 χ CML 429 and BIL 79 χ CML 429 were found promising considering SCA effect, mean performance and could be utilized for enhancing hybrid production. Considering BHM 9 as check, the percent standard heterosis for grain yield varied from -52.6% to 0.6%. None of the crosses showed significant positive heterosis for grain yield except BIL 79 × CML 429.","PeriodicalId":8546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89519425","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":"E-Learning Needs Assessment in Agriculture Sector of Pakistan","authors":"Y. Khan, S. Hussain, M. Aslam","doi":"10.36648/2249-7412.11.2.37-48","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2249-7412.11.2.37-48","url":null,"abstract":"Compared to other business and management fields, e-learning in agriculture related fields is still in the early phases of adoption. Distance education and digital learning role in agriculture extension services is a viable mechanism for the upliftment of the standard of education and in the dissemination of advanced and adequate teaching. In this way CABI has conducted digital learning needs assessment survey in Pakistan. E-Learning is dramatically improving how agricultural education is done. It is allowing greater access to more students and farmers, more efficiently, with better information. The evaluation results of the first international e-learning projects in agriculture show that much good can be done toward ensuring food security in the world if developed countries assist developing countries to implement e-learning methods. Under each major component, specific and relevant training needs questions were asked to the respondents and the collected information was systematically incorporated into an interview. Respondents from all the provinces were asked these questions to get better and diversified information. This program is aimed at spreading the use of Digital Learning amongst the college/university level students in order to bring about a technology revolution and bridge the digital divide. Unfortunately, this approach is not very popular in Agriculture sector. The main reason is the majority of the farmers are illiterate and have limited access to ICT, they are familiar with messages and voice calls but the advance web-based education system is beyond their access right now. Simultaneously the Agri. Extension department, representative of more than 1000 generic, national & multinational input supply companies have extensive network at gross root level especially in rural areas where they are providing the timely and spot on solutions of their problems which is quite enough for farmers. However, the stakeholders in agriculture sector e.g. researchers, students, representative of the input supply companies, input suppliers and the officials from academia consciously needs to update their knowledge and skills to have better understanding of the crop health issues, innovative technologies in agriculture and to acquire skills needed to boost their career growth. In this way public and private sector institutions, Universities, trainings institutions, NGO’s are offering on and off campus training programme. These courses are advertised through electronic & print media, pamphlets and nominating agency of agriculture department. However, only few universities in Pakistan except the Digital Learning & Skills Enrichment Initiative (DLSEI) are offering digital learning courses on agriculture.","PeriodicalId":8546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72699181","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":"Genetic Variability, Heritability, Trait Associations and Path Coefficient Analysis of Maize (Zea mays L.) Inbreed Lines at Pawe Northwestern Ethiopia","authors":"Yaregal Damtie, Gemechu Assefa, Tafere Mulualem","doi":"10.36648/2249-7412.11.2.57-64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2249-7412.11.2.57-64","url":null,"abstract":"Maize (Zea mays L.) is the first most vital cereal share for the productivity, but the second in its production area coverage next to tef, in Ethiopia. However, its invention and productivity is influenced by biotic and abiotic factors i.e. striga and root lodging is the major ones in Benishangul Gumuz Region mainly at Pawe District. The absence of resistant/tolerant maize verities and or inbreed lines also another significant problem. Therefore, the present study was targeted to assess the magnitude of genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance of traits, to verify the genotypic and phenotypic associations between important traits and to determine the relationship of traits with grain yield and direct and indirect effects using path coefficient analysis. The experiment was conducted at Pawe Agricultural Research Center using 23 inbreed lines with RCB design 3 in replications. Results revealed that strong significant (P<0.01) variations were sensible between inbreed lines in yield and yield related-traits. Moderate to high genotypic coefficient of variation, heritability and genetic advance as the percentage of mean values were recorded for plant height, ear height and grain yield. Plant height, ear height and number of ears harvested in a plot were observed significant to highly significant positive phenotypic and genotypic associations with grain yield while days to 50% anthesis and silk emergence, plant and ear aspects were showed negative highly significant associations with grain yield at both genotypic and phenotypic levels. Tolerating the above constraints the highest grain yield were recorded from A7033 (8.3 t/ha), CML197 (6 t/ha) and CML202 (5.5 t/ha). Hence the authors recommended these lines as best parents for variety advancement and seed producers as female parent.","PeriodicalId":8546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79684816","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":"Evaluation of the Organ Microscopy, Chemical Composition and Anti-inflammatory Potentials of Methanolic Leaf Extract and Fractions of Diaphananthe bidens","authors":"I. C. Umeyor, C. Umeyor, Cyril O. Ogbue, F. Onyegbule, F. Okoye","doi":"10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i130166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.9734/aprj/2021/v8i130166","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: The study aims to investigate high-pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC)-based chemical composition and anti-inflammatory activity of methanolic leaf extract and fractions of D. bidens. Study Design: The study is a laboratory-based research involving collection, identification and preparation, of plants, extraction, characterization and evaluation of the anti-inflammatory potential of D. bidens. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmacognosy and Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria between January 2016 and June 2019. Methodology: Powdered leaves of D. bidens was macerated in methanol and the obtained crude extract was fractionated using n-hexane, ethylacetate, butanol, and water respectively. The acute toxicity profile of the extract was determined. Spectroscopic factors of the plant were assayed using HPLC-DAD and the anti-inflammatory activity of the extract and its fractions were evaluated. Results: Acute toxicity study showed that the crude extract has an LD50 > 5,000 mg/kg. HPLC-DAD analysis revealed the presence of compounds including apigenin monoglycoside, quercetin 3-O-(6''O-acetyl) galactopyranoside, kaempferol 3-O-(6\" O-malonyl) glucoside, genistein 8-C-glucoside, while anti-inflammatory study showed that the extract and fractions inhibited cellular activities of inflammatory mediators (86 – 97 %) in comparison with the diclofenac (53 %); thus, supporting its ethnomedicinal use in the treatment of inflammation. Conclusions: Methanolic extract of D. bidens has wide margin of safety. It has sufficient deposit of flavonoids which might be responsible for its strong anti-inflammatory activity that is comparable with diclofenac.","PeriodicalId":8546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79971326","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":"The Potential of Mango Starch and Snake Plant Fibers as Bio-Plastic","authors":"Garry Vanz Blancia","doi":"10.36648/2249-7412.21.11.171-175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2249-7412.21.11.171-175","url":null,"abstract":"Starch is cheap and very widely available natural resources that makes an excellent biodegradable plastic product that can be readily manufactured on existing processing with no modification. The aim of this research is to know the potency of mango seed starch and snake plant fibers as bio-plastic fillers and glycerol concentration as plasticizer on tensile strength and elongation at break, density, and heat resistance. The samples prepared have three treatments and a control group containing different measurements of the materials. The citric acid addition improves the shelf-life of the material and improves the mechanical properties. The average thickness of the bio-plastics is 0.001 m. The average heat resistance content is 96.7 aµ?C. Meanwhile, the water uptake is 33.3%. The average density of bio-plastic wass found to be 1.19 g/cm³. The maximum tensile strength of the bioplastics was found to be 1.24 MPa. It was seen that the incorporation of natural fibers show moderate improvement in the tensile properties of the composites. Investigation of the hybridization of proposed starch and snake plant fibers materials with other biomaterials is another scope to consider.","PeriodicalId":8546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86967493","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":"Study of Combine Effect with Fly Ash and Cow Dung Amendment on Morphological Status of Indian Wheat Plant (Triticum aestivum L.)","authors":"Meenakshi Sharma, R. Varma","doi":"10.36648/2249-7412.21.11.73-82","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36648/2249-7412.21.11.73-82","url":null,"abstract":"The work is based on the prospects utilization of fly ash with cow dung in agriculture field for the betterment of crop production without any use of harmful chemical fertilizers. Fly ash is a byproduct of coal burning in the thermal power plants. Fly ash is a rich source of macro and micro supplements. It also contains some toxic metals. The effect of these toxic metals can be overcome by the combined amendment of Fly ash and cow dung in agriculture sector to improve crop production.","PeriodicalId":8546,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Plant Science & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87559523","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}