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Organic Cotton Crop Guide - A manual for practitioners in the tropics [PDF]

, 2005
Designed primarily as a reference manual for extension workers and farmers, the Organic Cotton Crop Guide provides comprehensive practical know-how on organic cotton production in the tropics.
Eyhorn, Frank, Ramakrishnan, Mahesh, Ratter, Saro G.   +2 more
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Understanding the present distribution of the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica and predicting its potential future geographic distribution in the light of climate change

Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2012
Parasitic weeds of the genus Striga (Orobanchaceae) are a major constraint to agricultural production in the semi-arid regions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, Striga hermonthica’s current and future distribution needs to be estimated urgently in order ...
Cotter, Marc, de la Pena-Lavander, Renzoandre, Sauerborn, Joachim   +2 more
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Effects of different methods to control the parasitic weed Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel in processing tomato crops

Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2016
The root-parasitic weed Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel represents a major problem for processing tomato crops. The control of this holoparasitic plant is difficult, and better understanding of treatment methods is needed to develop new and specific ...
Grazia Disciglio, Francesco Lops, Antonia Carlucci, Giuseppe Gatta, Annalisa Tarantino, Laura Frabboni, Filomena Carriero, Emanuele Tarantino   +7 more
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Senecio vulgaris L. recorded as a new host plant for the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne luci

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2020
Meloidogyne luci is a polyphagous plant parasitic nematode species with a potential to cause great losses in agricultural production. M. luci can parasitize over thirty important crop species as well as ornamentals, herbs and weeds.
Nik SUSIČ, Saša ŠIRCA, Gregor UREK, Barbara GERIČ STARE   +3 more
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Broomrape weeds. Underground mechanisms of parasitism and associated strategies for their control: a review [PDF]

, 2016
SPE & AgrosupPôle GESTADBroomrapes are plant-parasitic weeds which constitute one of the most difficult-to-control of all biotic constraints that affect crops in Mediterranean, central and eastern Europe, and Asia.
Fernandez-Aparicio Ruiz, Monica, Gibot-Leclerc, Stéphanie, Reboud, Xavier,   +2 more
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Advances in parasitic weed research

, 2018
Editorial on the Research topic: Advances in Parasitic Weed Research ; International ...
Fernández Aparicio, Mónica, Rubiales, Diego, Fernández-Aparicio, Mónica, Vurro, Maurizio, Eizenberg, Hanan   +4 more
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\u3cem\u3eCuscuta Jepsonii\u3c/em\u3e (Convolvulaceae): An Invasive Weed or an Extinct Endemic? [PDF]

, 2009
Despite their ecological significance, parasitic plants face more conservation challenges than do autotrophic plants. This is especially true for the groups that include weedy or invasive species such as Cuscuta.
Costea, Mihai, Stefanović, Saša
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Transdisciplinary weed research: new leverage on challenging weed problems? [PDF]

, 2016
Transdisciplinary weed research (TWR) is a promising path to more effective management of challenging weed problems. We define TWR as an integrated process of inquiry and action that addresses complex weed problems in the context of broader efforts to ...
Allen, ASA, Bammer, Bommarco, Campbell, Cash, Chapin, Davis, Davis, Duncan, Eigenbrode, Ervin, Ervin, Franks, Friedel, Funtowicz, Ganz, Gaventa, Giller, Graham, Hadorn, Heaton, Jahn, Jantsch, Jordan, Jordan, Jussaume, Kremen, Lang, Leeuwis, Leeuwis, Liebman, Loos, Lovell, Lynch, Mapfumo, Matzek, Meehan, Morriss, Mortensen, Nassauer, Olsson, Opdam, Parker, Paschen, Pywell, Quay, Radosevich, Riemens, Rittel, Rodenburg, Rodenburg, Rodenburg, Sayer, Schneider, Scholes, Schut, Schut, Schut, Schut, Schut, Schut, Schön, Seastedt, Selin, Spielman, Staver, Steingröver, Stokols, Turner, Ward, Weingart, Wenger, Westley, Wiek, Zwickle   +75 more
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Chemical Control of the Field Dodder (Cuscuta campestris) in New-Seeded Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Agronomy
Field dodder (Cuscuta campestris yuncker) is an important parasitic weed that has negative impacts on the growth and yield of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Effective control of field dodder in alfalfa crops is necessary to reduce yield losses.
Fariba Meighani, Ebrahim Mamnoei, Sepideh Hatami, Elham Samadi-Kalkhoran, Behrooz Khalil-Tahmasebi, Nicholas Emmanuel Korres, Ali Ahsan Bajwa   +6 more
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Farmers and Agricultural Extension Officers Perception of Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke Parasitism on Cowpea in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Advances in Agriculture, 2018
Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] is an important food security crop in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, cowpea production in some parts of this region is constrained by Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke infestation resulting in yield losses.
Peter Haruna, Aaron T. Asare, Elvis Asare-Bediako, Francis Kusi   +3 more
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