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Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2025.Abstract The need for low‐cost carrier materials is paramount for rhizobium inoculants production, especially in sub‐Saharan Africa. This research studied different feedstocks biochar as potential carriers for inoculant production. Coconut coir (CC), coconut shell (CS), rice husk (RH), and sugarcane bagasse (SB) biochars were used as carriers, and ...
Winnefred Mensah +4 more
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Drought-tolerant Desmodium species effectively suppress parasitic striga weed and improve cereal grain yields in western Kenya [PDF]
, 2017 s The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica Benth. (Orobanchaceae), commonly known as striga, is an increasingly important constraint to cereal production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), often resulting in total yield losses in maize (Zea mays L.) and ...
Hooper, Antony M. +4 more
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Nitrogen enrichment reduces parasitism in an annual hemiparasite
American Journal of Botany, Volume 112, Issue 9, September 2025.Abstract Premise Anthropogenic activities such as fossil fuel combustion and synthetic fertilizer synthesis have resulted in nitrogen (N) deposition and elevated N availability in ecosystems. Many parasitic plants are adapted to low N environments and have evolved mechanisms to sequester water, N, and other limiting nutrients from hosts.
Jasmine Taite, Paul D. Nabity
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Molecular Plant Pathology, Volume 26, Issue 8, August 2025.6‐hydroxynicotinic acid inhibits prehaustorium development in Phelipanche aegyptiaca by inhibiting GH3‐mediated auxin conjugation, downregulating key auxin‐responsive genes, and impairing the auxin transporter AUX1. ABSTRACT Phelipanche aegyptiaca, a root holoparasitic weed, severely threatens agricultural productivity due to its detrimental effects ...
Xin Hu +10 more
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Plants, People, PlanetSocietal Impact Statement The root‐parasitic plant Striga hermonthica can cause severe crop failure, leading to significant agricultural and economic losses in Africa.
Jiazheng Chen +3 more
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How to produce more biomass for direct seeding mulched based cropping system in sub-saharian Africa ? Example in North Cameroun [PDF]
, 2010 In North Cameroon, from 2001 to 2006, more than 250 farmers tried direct seeding mulchbased cropping systems (DMC) in their fields. DMC systems were based on farmer traditional rotation i.e. cereal//cotton.
Balarabe, Oumarou, Naudin, Krishna
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RNAi technology development for weed control: all smoke and no fire?
Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 7, Page 3430-3436, July 2025.Despite the potential of Spray‐Induced Gene Silencing in weed management several critical points such as molecular target, weed species of interest as well as delivery techniques need to be addressed. Abstract RNA interference (RNAi) technology, specifically Spray‐Induced Gene Silencing (SIGS), holds potential as an innovative approach for selective ...
Silvia Panozzo +4 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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Potential Markets for Herbicide Resistant Maize Seed for Striga Control in Africa [PDF]
Striga is an obligate parasitic weed attacking cereal crops in Subsaharan Africa. In Western Kenya, it is identified by farmers as their major pest problem in maize.
De Groote, Hugo +4 more
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White lupin leads to increased maize yield through a soil fertility-independent mechanism: a new candidate for fighting Striga hermonthica infestation? [PDF]
, 2018 Nitrogen (N)-deficiency and lack of phosphorus (P) availability are major constraints to maize yields in Western Kenya. In a two-season field study in the lake Victoria basin, we tested the capacity of white lupin (Lupinus albus (L.), cv.
Akello, Pollycarp +6 more
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