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Livelihood Strategies of Resource-Poor Farmers in Striga-Infested Areas of Western Kenya. [PDF]

Striga hermonthica (del) Benth is threatening rural livelihoods in western Kenya where maize is the major food and cash crop. Vulnerability analysis was conducted on a sample of 802 households in eight districts of Nyanza and Western provinces.
Alene, Arega D., Bokanga, M., Manyong, Victor M., Mignouna, H.D., Nindi, S.J., Odhiambo, George D., Omanya, G.   +6 more
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Correction: Genetic analysis of drought and heat tolerance combined with Striga hermonthica resistance in tropical maize (Zea mays). [PDF]

PLoS One
PLOS One Staff.
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Genetic analysis of drought and heat tolerance combined with Striga hermonthica resistance in tropical maize (Zea mays). [PDF]

PLoS One
Elmyhun M, Abate E, Abate A, Teklewold A, Meseka S, Menkir A.   +5 more
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The effectiveness of local strains of Fusarium oxysporium f. Sp. Strigae to control Striga hermonthica on local maize in western Kenya. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr, 2020
Oula DA, Nyongesah JM, Odhiambo G, Wagai S.   +3 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., Karugia, Joseph Thuo, Khan, Zeyaur R., Mbogoh, Stephen G., Njuguna, Esther M., Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo   +5 more
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Striga hermonthica induces lignin deposition at the root tip to facilitate prehaustorium formation and obligate parasitism. [PDF]

Plant Commun
Cui S, Takeda-Kimura Y, Wakatake T, Luo J, Tobimatsu Y, Yoshida S.   +5 more
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Genomic prediction of the performance of tropical doubled haploid maize lines under artificial Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. infestation. [PDF]

G3 (Bethesda)
Kimutai JJC, Makumbi D, Burgueño J, Pérez-Rodríguez P, Crossa J, Gowda M, Menkir A, Pacheco A, Ifie BE, Tongoona P, Danquah EY, Prasanna BM.   +11 more
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Genome-wide association analysis of grain yield and Striga hermonthica and S. asiatica resistance in tropical and sub-tropical maize populations. [PDF]

BMC Plant Biol
Dossa EN, Shimelis H, Shayanowako AIT.
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Adoption of a New Maize and Production Efficiency in Western Kenya [PDF]

Declining yields of maize as a result of Striga infestation has necessitated a new technology known as Imazapyr-resistant maize (IRM) to contain the problem.
Manyong, Victor M., Mignouna, D.B., Mutabazi, K.D.S., Senkondo, E.M.   +3 more
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How does Striga hermonthica Bewitch its hosts? [PDF]

Plant Signal Behav, 2019
Fujioka H, Samejima H, Mizutani M, Okamoto M, Sugimoto Y.   +4 more
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