CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2022 Background The genus Striga includes 11 parasitic plants species of food crops in at least 50 African countries. Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. is a major biotic constraint to the cereal crops production in Africa.
Tinkoudougou Cathérine Sawadogo/Ilboudo +5 more
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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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An integrated molecular and conventional breeding scheme for enhancing genetic gain in maize in Africa [PDF]
, 2020 Open Access Journal; Published online: 06 Nov 2019Maize production in West and Central Africa (WCA) is constrained by a wide range of interacting stresses that keep productivity below potential yields.
Gedil, M., Menkir, A.
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Agronomy, 2020 The choice of an appropriate tester is important for success in resistance hybrid breeding programs. Limited information is available on the most suitable testers that allow the selection of yellow endosperm maize inbred lines with good combining ability
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Striga seed-germination activity of root exudates and compounds present in stems of Striga host and nonhost (trap crop) plants is reduced due to root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. [PDF]
, 2009 Root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi reduces stimulation of seed germination of the plant parasite Striga (Orobanchaceae). This reduction can affect not only host plants for Striga, resulting in a lower parasite incidence, but also ...
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Cloning and characterisation of a maize carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (ZmCCD1) and its involvement in the biosynthesis of apocarotenoids with various roles in mutualistic and parasitic interactions [PDF]
, 2008 Colonisation of maize roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi leads to the accumulation of apocarotenoids (cyclohexenone and mycorradicin derivatives).
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Strigolactones are chemoattractants for host tropism in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants
Nature Communications, 2022 Parasitic plants are able to grow towards potential hosts. Here the authors show that strigolactones produced by the host plants can act as chemoattractants for the root parasites Phtheirospermum japonicum and Striga hermonthica.
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Striga hermonthica germination assay v1 [PDF]
, 2019 This protocol describes a standard germination assay for Striga hermonthica carried out in the Penn State quarantine facility.
Emily Bellis, Elizabeth Kelly
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Management of Striga asiatica in the vulnerable uplands of Central Madagascar: combining zero-tillage rice-maize cover-crop rotations with resistant varieties [PDF]
, 2014 Una de las principales dificultades que se tienen actualmente para diseñar localmente máquinas y herramientas para la extracción de gel de la planta de Aloe Vera, es el desconocimiento de las propiedades mecánicas de sus hojas.
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2018 Maximum germination distance (MGD) is an important component of Striga resistance in sorghum. The objective of this study was to determine gene action influencing MGD of Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica among selected sorghum lines treated with a ...
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