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Novel Sources of Witchweed (Striga) Resistance from Wild Sorghum Accessions [PDF]

, 2017
Sorghum is a major food staple in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but its production is constrained by the parasitic plant Striga that attaches to the roots of many cereals crops and causes severe stunting and loss of yield. Away from cultivated farmland, wild
Atera, Bais, Bouwmeester, Brozynska, Cissoko, Cotter, Doebley, Dörr, Ejeta, Gethi, Gurney, Gurney, Harlan, Haussmann, Hudson, Jamil, Jones, Lanoue, Li, Li, Maiti, Masiga, Mohamed, Mohamed, Musselman, Ngugi, Okonkwo, Omanya, Parker, Paterson, Rich, Rodenburg, Rodenburg, Rogers, Sakai, van Dam, Wurst, Yoder, Yohannes, Yoshida, Zhu   +40 more
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Towards Striga-resistant Gene pool in Nigerian Pearl millet landraces [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Parasitism of crop plants by Striga species is a major constraint in the savannah zones of West Africa. A germplasm collection comprised of 240 accessions of pearl millet was screened under natural Striga hermonthica infestation to identify sources of ...
Maryam Dawud, John Eleblu, Ignatius Angarawai, Pangirayi Tongoona, Kwadwo Ofori   +4 more
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INTERCROPPING AND N FERTILIZATION EFFECTS ON STRIGA INFESTATION, SOIL C AND N AND GRAIN YIELD OF MAIZE IN THE SOUTHERN GUINEA SAVANNA OF NIGERIA [PDF]

Journal of Plant Development, 2021
Millions of hectares devoted to cereal production in Africa were affected by Striga infestation across locations and time. A study was conducted in 2012 and 2013 rainy seasons at the Teaching and Research Farms of Niger State College of Agriculture ...
Moses Samuel BASSEY, Joy Ekaette ETOPOBONG, Bigun Ishaku PONMAN, Sheriff Adam BADOM, Aliyu USMAN, Abubakar Kutigi MOHAMMED, Opeyemi Ruth IBRAHIM   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role and In Vivo Localization of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. strigae and Bacillus subtilis in an Integrated Striga hermonthica Biocontrol System

PhytoFrontiers, 2021
To improve the efficiency of Striga hermonthica biological control in the context of an integrated biocontrol system, the role/impact of coinoculating the mycoherbicide Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. strigae (Fos) with a plant growth promoting rhizobacterium,
Williams Oyifioda Anteyi, Frank Rasche
doaj   +1 more source

Achieving food security for one million Sub-Saharan African poor through push-pull innovation by 2020 [PDF]

, 2014
Food insecurity is a chronic problem in Africa and is likely to worsen with climate change and population growth. It is largely due to poor yields of the cereal crops caused by factors including stemborer pests, striga weeds and degraded soils.
Birkett, M. A., Bruce, T. J. A., Khan, Z. R., Midega, C. A. O., Murage, A. W., Pickett, John, Pittchar, J. O.   +6 more
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Strigolactone analogues induce suicidal seed germination of Striga spp. in soil [PDF]

, 2012
Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica are obligate root parasites that cause serious problems in the production of staple cereal crops in Africa. Because of the high levels of infestation, there is an urgent need to control these weeds.
Kgosi, R L, Murdoch, Alistair, Mwakaboko, A S, Zwanenburg, B   +3 more
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High water availability increases the negative impact of a native hemiparasite on its non-native host [PDF]

, 2015
Environmental factors alter the impacts of parasitic plants on their hosts. However, there have been no controlled studies on how water availability modulates stem hemiparasites' effects on hosts.
A Mahapatro, BC Lau, L Paradis, M Barborak, MH Lee   +4 more
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Global Invasive Potential of 10 Parasitic Witchweeds and Related Orobanchaceae [PDF]

, 2006
The plant family Orobanchaceae includes many parasitic weeds that are also impressive invaders and aggressive crop pests with several specialized features (e.g. microscopic seeds, parasitic habits).
Benz, Brett W., Mohamed, Kamal I., Papes, Monica, Peterson, A. Townsend, Williams, Richard   +4 more
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Push-Pull: Chemical ecology-based integrated pest management technology [PDF]

, 2016
Lepidopterous stemborers, and parasitic striga weeds belonging to the family Orobanchaceae, attack cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa causing severe yield losses.
Hooper, Antony, Khan, Zeyaur, Midega, Charles A. O., Pickett, John   +3 more
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A Repertoire of Major Genes From Crop Wild Relatives for Breeding Disease‐Resistant Wheat, Rice, Maize, Soybean and Cotton Crops

Plant Breeding, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global food demand is predicted to rise anywhere from 59% to 98% by 2050 because of increasing population. However, the continued depletion of natural resources and increasing biotic and abiotic stresses will continue to pose significant threats to global food security in coming years.
Memoona Khalid, Hafiz Mamoon Rehman, Tsz‐Yan Cheung, Shakeel Ahmed, Ting Fung Chan, Hon‐Ming Lam   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source