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The genetics of host adaptation in the parasitic plant Striga hermonthica [PDF]
, 2013 The obligately outbreeding root hemiparasite Striga hermonthica (Orobanchaceae)is a serious threat to subsistence agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Resistance to this parasite in its crop hosts, such as rice, sorghum and maize, is not common, and the ...
Pescott, Oliver
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 Striga hermonthica (witchweed) is a parasitic weed that attacks and significantly reduces the yields of maize, sorghum, millet and sugarcane throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
David Chandler Sands +7 more
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Hidden in plain sight: a maize 'PAL' with aminomutase activity. [PDF]
Plant JThe Plant Journal, Volume 127, Issue 5, September 2026.
Wood C.
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Effect of the Striga Germination Stimulant on the Respiration of Striga Seeds [PDF]
Nature, 1949 THE demonstration by Vallance1 of the effect of the stimulant solution on the respiration of Striga seeds is a matter of some importance. Vallance, however, suggests that this effect is independent of that described by Brown, Robinson and Johnson2, who showed that the Striga stimulant may promote extension growth.
R. BROWN, E. ROBINSON
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Current progress in Striga management [PDF]
Plant Physiology, 2021 Abstract The Striga, particularly S. he rmonthica, problem has become a major threat to food security, exacerbating hunger and poverty in many African countries. A number of Striga control strategies have been proposed and tested during the past decade, however, further research efforts are still needed to provide sustainable and ...
Muhammad Jamil +2 more
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Current Biology, 2019 Mutuku and Shirasu introduce the parasitic plant genus Striga.
Mutuku, J.Musembi, Shirasu, Ken
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Reproductive Ability of Hybrids of Striga aspera and Striga hermonthica [PDF]
Phytopathology®, 1998 Striga aspera and S. hermonthica are sympatric in Africa. Each may serve as virulent gene reservoirs for the other if they hybridize and their hybrids are virulent and fertile. Intraspecific and interspecific crosses were made within and between the species, and reproductive success was determined.
Aigbokhan, E.I. +2 more
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Agriculture, 2020 Use of small doses of imazapyr and pyrithiobac for seed coatings of imazapyr-resistant maize hybrids (IR-Maize) offers an effective means to control Striga hermonthica.
Alpha Yaya Kamara +5 more
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International Journal of Agronomy, 2020 Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) production in sub-Saharan Africa is seriously constrained by both biotic and abiotic stresses. Among the biotic stresses is witchweed (Striga spp.), a noxious parasitic weed causing major damage in cereal crops, such ...
V. O. Gwatidzo +5 more
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Witchweed’s Suicidal Germination: Can Slenderleaf Help?
Agronomy, 2020 The parasitic plant Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth. is stimulated to germinate by biomolecules (strigolactones) produced in the roots of host and some non-host plants. Non-hosts induce Striga’s suicidal germination and are therefore used as trap crops.
Fridah A. Mwakha +8 more
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