Results 51 to 60 of about 806 (121)

Evaluating Mechanisms of Soil Microbiome Suppression of Striga Infection in Sorghum

Bio-Protocol
The root parasitic weed Striga hermonthica has a devastating effect on sorghum and other cereal crops in Sub-Saharan Africa. Available Striga management strategies are rarely sufficient or not widely accessible or affordable.
Tamera Taylor, Jiregna Shekata, Mahdere Shimels, Desalegn Etalo, Benjamin Thiombiano, Aimee Walmsey, Alexander Chen, Harro Bouwmeester, Jos M. Raaijmakers, Siobhan Brady, Dorota Kawa   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the Impact of Intercropping Time of Soybean (Glycine max) and Haricot Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) With Sorghum on Striga (Striga hermonthica) Control and Crop Productivity in Kobo, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

International Journal of Agronomy, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Striga weed infestation severely limits sorghum productivity in Ethiopia, particularly in North Wollo. A field experiment at the Sirinka Agricultural Research Center during the main cropping season evaluated the effects of intercropping sorghum with soybean and haricot bean at three legume sowing times: 2 weeks before, 1 week before, and simultaneous ...
Mohammed Hussen, Zeru Asefa, Alemu Molla, Endalkachew Fekadu, Moges Tadesse, Maria Serrano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing phenomic prediction: A case study on a large sorghum back cross nested association mapping population

The Plant Phenome Journal, Volume 8, Issue 1, December 2025.
Abstract Plant breeding is crucial to develop varieties able to cope with climate change and support food and feed value chains. Genomic prediction (GP) has been a major step in increasing their efficiency and recently, phenomic prediction (PP) has gained attention as a promising complementary approach to GP, potentially further increasing this ...
Clément Bienvenu, Vincent Garin, Nicolas Salas, Korotimi Théra, Mohamed Lamine Tekete, Madathiparambil Chandran Sarathjith, Chiaka Diallo, Angélique Berger, Caroline Calatayud, Fabien De Bellis, Jean‐François Rami, Michel Vaksmann, Vincent Segura, David Pot, Hugues de Verdal   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gibberellin action‐based strategies show promise in the control of Striga—A major threat to global agriculture

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement The root‐parasitic plant Striga hermonthica can cause severe crop failure, leading to significant agricultural and economic losses in Africa.
Jiazheng Chen, Ikuo Takahashi, Masatoshi Nakajima, Tadao Asami   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Screening and identification of potential Striga [Striga hermonthica (Del.)] suppressing rhizobacteria associated with Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] in Northern Ethiopia

Technology in Agronomy
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is one of the globally important cereal crops well adapted to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) agro-ecology. However, the productivity of sorghum is hindered by both abiotic and biotic factors including drought, Striga ...
Urgesa Tsega Tulu, Teklehaimanot Haileselassie, Sewunet Abera, Taye Tessema   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chromosome-scale pearl millet genomes reveal CLAMT1b as key determinant of strigolactone pattern and Striga susceptibility

Nature Communications
The yield of pearl millet, a resilient cereal crop crucial for African food security, is severely impacted by the root parasitic weed Striga hermonthica, which requires host-released hormones, called strigolactones (SLs), for seed germination. Herein, we
Hendrik N. J. Kuijer, Jian You Wang, Salim Bougouffa, Michael Abrouk, Muhammad Jamil, Roberto Incitti, Intikhab Alam, Aparna Balakrishna, Derry Alvarez, Cristina Votta, Guan-Ting Erica Chen, Claudio Martínez, Andrea Zuccolo, Lamis Berqdar, Salim Sioud, Valentina Fiorilli, Angel R. de Lera, Luisa Lanfranco, Takashi Gojobori, Rod A. Wing, Simon G. Krattinger, Xin Gao, Salim Al-Babili   +22 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of fungal isolates as possible biocontrol agents against Striga hermonthica

Journal of Crop Protection, 2014
Striga hermonthica is a parasitic weed which largely constrains maize and sorghum production in Western Kenya. The weed mostly invades small scale farms and depending on severity, it may cause damage ranging from 10% to complete crop failure thereby ...
Victor Kagot, Sheila Okoth, Fred Kanampiu, Peter Okoth, Edna Mageto   +4 more
doaj  

Differences in the ecology of witchweed and vampireweed: Implications for rice farming in Africa

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Parasitic weeds in African rice systems threaten household‐level food security and income generation. Most affected farmers are smallholders with limited capacities to address these pests.
Jonne Rodenburg, Lammert Bastiaans
doaj   +1 more source

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, Daichi Yamagami, Shinsaku Ito, Tadao Asami, Tadao Asami, Tadao Asami   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source