Volume 30
2023

DOWNREGULATION OF ARABINOGALACTAN PROTEINS DURING SPERMATOGENESIS IN THE MOSS PHYSCOMITRIUM PATENS Eric Eugene JOHNSON1, Alyssa TAYLOR-LAPOLE2, Matthew BAVUSO3 1 Department of Biology, Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia Beach, VA – United States 2 Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC – United States 3 Philips Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA – United States doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.930		[PDF]
NEW DATA ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND INVASION STATUS OF SOME ALIEN PLANTS IN ROMANIA Culita SÎRBU1, Adrian OPREA2, Mihai DOROFTEI3, Silviu COVALIOV3 1 “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Life Sciences, Iasi – Romania 2 “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Botanical Garden “Anastasie Fatu”, Iasi – Romania 3 National Research and Development Institute “Danube Delta”, Tulcea – Romania doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.922		[PDF]
RIPGUT BROME (BROMUS DIANDRUS) IN ROMANIA'S VASCULAR FLORA Adrian OPREA1, Culita SÎRBU2 1 “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Botanical Garden “Anastasie Fatu”, Iasi – Romania 2 “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Life Sciences, Iasi – Romania doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.931		[PDF]
COLLECTION AND PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME NIGERIAN BAMBARA GROUNDNUT (VIGNA SUBTERRANEA) GERMPLASM USING SEED MORPHOLOGY Dorcas Ropo ABEJIDE1 , Olamide Ahmed FALUSI2, Oladipupo Abdulazeez Yusuf DAUDU2, Liman Muhammad MUHAMMAD2, Aishatu Ahmed GADO2 1 Kogi State University, Anyigba, Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology – Kogi State Nigeria 2 Federal University of Technology, Department of Plant Biology, Minna – Niger State doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.920		[PDF]
PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF DHAMAN (GREWIA TILIIFOLIA VAHL) FRUIT IN SUB-TROPICAL REGION OF INDIA Sonali SINGH1, Pushpender BHARDWAJ2, Ajay SHARMA3, Garima BHARDWAJ4, Neha Rani BHAGAT2, Preeti KUMARI2, Avilekh NARYAL1, Arup GIRI1, 2, 6 1 Department of Life Science, School of Basic Sciences, Arni University, Himachal Pradesh – India 2 DRDO-Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Chandigarh – India 3 Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab – India 4 Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, Sangrur, Punjab – India 5 VigyanPrasar, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi – India 6 Department of Zoology, Baba Mastnath University, Rohtak, Haryana – India doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.925		[PDF]
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF SOME AROMATIC SPECIES OF THE GENUS NEPETA L. Maricica COLTUN1, Alina BOGDAN1, Elvira GILLE2, Valentin GRIGORAS2 1 “Alexandru Ciubotaru” National Botanical Garden (Institute), Chisinau – Republic of Moldova 2 “Stejarul” Biological Research Center, Piatra Neamt – Romania doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.921		[PDF]
PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA LEAF, STEM AND ROOT EXTRACTS Bushra Sumayya MOHAMMED, Poornesh SUTRAMAY, Samreen AHMADI, Salma FATHIMA, Srinitha ASKANI, Pruthvi Charan JAMBIGA, Ramya THUMMA, Sunitha Bai DHARAVATH, Shasthree TADURI Department of Biotechnology, Kakatiya University, Warangal – India doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.927		[PDF]
SUSTAINABLE OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS L.) PRODUCTIVITY AS INFLUENCED BY FORTIFICATION OF GOAT MANURE WITH RICE HUSK ASH IN NORTHERN GUINEA SAVANNA ECOLOGY OF NIGERIA Emmanuel Abraham SHITTU1, Moses Samuel BASSEY2 1 Department of Agronomy, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Kano State – Nigeria 2 National Cereals Research Institute, Badegi, P.M.B. 8, Niger State – Nigeria doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.929		[PDF]
EFFECTS OF CHROMIUM STRESS ON SEED GERMINATION AND EARLY SEEDLING GROWTH PERFORMANCES OF PEARL MILLET PENNISETUM GLAUCUM (L.) R. BR. (POACEAE) Muhammad Zafar IQBAL, Sana MURTAZA, Muhammad SHAFIQ Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270 – Pakistan doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.919		[PDF]
BIODIVERSITY OF AQUATIC PLANTS AND MICROFLORA IN TAGWAI DAM, NIGERIA Habiba Maikudi MUHAMMED1, Usman Ibrahim HAMZA1, Danladi Garba HANI2, Aliyu Danjuma ALIYU1, Alhassan Usman GABI1, Ibrahim YAHAYA1, Hauwa Hussaini NDAYAKO1, Maikarfi MONDAY1 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State – Nigeria 2 Department of Plant science and Biotechnology, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Kebbi State – Nigeria doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.923		[PDF]
CULTIVAR AND WEED CONTROL STRATEGY INFLUENCING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF ROSELLE (HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA L.) IN A SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT OF NIGERIA Emmanuel Abraham SHITTU1, Moses Samuel BASSEY2, Ishaku James DANTATA3 1 Department of Agronomy, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Kano State – Nigeria 2 National Cereals Research Institute, Badegi, P.M.B. 8, Niger State – Nigeria 3 Department of Agronomy, Federal University Gashua, PMB 1005, Yobe State – Nigeria doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.934		[PDF]
COMPARATIVE NUTRITIONAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH AND ZEA MAYS L. Ibrahim Umar KARAYE1, Sa’idu Muhammad MAISHANU2, Muhammad Hannatu LAWAL3, Ismaila Shafi'u ADILI3, Abubakar SHEHU3, Nasiru Shehu GATAWA2 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto – Nigeria 2 Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto – Nigeria 3 Department of Environmental Biology, Shehu Shagari University of Education, Farfaru, Sokoto – Nigeria doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.932		[PDF]
ELECTRICAL SIGNALING AND ITS PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL IMPACTS DURING HERBIVORE ATTACKS: A BRIEF REVIEW ON ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA Aira Monique Nasol FELIX, Tim XING Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa ON – Canada doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.928		[PDF]
THE EFFECTS OF ACID MIST ENVIRONMENT ON PLANT GROWTH: A REVIEW Muhammad SHAFIQ1, Muhammad Zafar IQBAL1, Mohammad ATHAR2 1 Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270 – Pakistan 2 California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 – USA doi: 10.47743/jpd.2023.30.1.933		[PDF]
IN MEMORIAM Botanist Dr. Ion Sârbu, a great personality in Romanian botany (1933 – 2022) Constantin MARDARI1, Cãtãlin TÃNASE2 1 “Anastasie Fatu” Botanic Garden, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi 2 “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Faculty of Biology		[PDF]