Plants, People, PlanetSocietal Impact Statement Striga is a parasitic plant that greatly limits the production of Africa's most staple cereals, including sorghum. Infection occurs when the parasite germinates in response to biomolecules emitted into the soil from the host's ...
Sylvia Mutinda +7 more
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Classification and influence of agricultural information on striga and stemborer control in Suba and Vihiga Districts, Kenya [PDF]
This paper reports on findings of a study to examine the sources used by farmers in search of agricultural information on striga and/or stemborers control technologies and factors that influence acquisition of such information in Western Kenya region.
Amudavi, David M. +5 more
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Characterization of host tolerance to Striga hermonthica [PDF]
, 2006 One of the most promising control options against the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica is the use of crop varieties that combine resistance with high levels of tolerance. The aim of this study was to clarify the relation between Striga infestation level,
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Selection Criteria for Combining High Yield and Striga Resistance in Sorghum [PDF]
Tropicultura, 2003 Ten genetically diverse but homozygote sorghum cultivars that are adapted to northern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria were grown in Striga sick-field for two years.
Showemimo, FA.
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES TO RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CASE OF IMAZAPYR-RESISTANT MAIZE IN WESTERN KENYA [PDF]
Last two decades have been dominated by issues on poverty as major growth area with the adoption by United Nations member countries of the Millennium Development Goals, the first of which calls for halving the incidence of poverty and hunger by 2015 ...
Manyong, Victor M. +3 more
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Perception paysanne de l'ampleur du Striga et de sa répartition sur le terroir villageois [PDF]
, 1997 Afin de mieux appréhender la diversité du problème de Striga au niveau du terroir villageois, l'Espgrn a développé une recherche-action permettant d'analyser les états du milieu et les pratiques paysannes sur plusieurs plans : le terroir, l'exploitation ...
Defoer, T., M'Piè Bengaly,
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Drought-tolerant Desmodium species effectively suppress parasitic striga weed and improve cereal grain yields in western Kenya [PDF]
, 2017 s The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica Benth. (Orobanchaceae), commonly known as striga, is an increasingly important constraint to cereal production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), often resulting in total yield losses in maize (Zea mays L.) and ...
Hooper, Antony M. +4 more
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A Taylor-Made Design of Phenoxyfuranone-Type Strigolactone Mimic
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 Strigolactones are a class of plant hormones that inhibit axillary bud outgrowth and are released from plant roots to act as a rhizosphere communication signal.
Kosuke Fukui +5 more
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INTRODUCING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH MALNUTRITION: AN ETHIOPIAN CASE STUDY [PDF]
Many developing regions have excellent potential agricultural resources. However, historically population has become so concentrated on such small holdings that acute poverty and malnutrition now predominate.
John H. Sanders, Yigezu A. Yigezu
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Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2011 It is well known that the parasitic weed Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze can be suppressed by Striga-tolerant sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) cultivars, Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb. (greanleaf desmodium), and by fertilization with nitrogen.
Carl Frederick Reinhardt +1 more
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