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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 ...
Kuyper, T.W., Lendzemo, V.W., Vierheilig, H.   +2 more
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Horizontal Gene Transfer in Plants and Implications for Biotechnology

Plant-Environment Interactions, Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), a fundamental process long acknowledged in prokaryotic evolution, is increasingly recognized as a pivotal force in shaping the evolutionary trajectories of eukaryotes, including plants. Despite its established significance in prokaryotic adaptation, the role of HGT in eukaryotic evolution is still understudied ...
Rojana Binte Azad, Shamfin Hossain Kasfy, Kutubuddin Molla, Tofazzal Islam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

6‐Hydroxynicotinic Acid From Cucumis melo Inhibits Prehaustorium Formation in Phelipanche aegyptiaca via Disruption of Auxin Signalling Pathway

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, Xiaolei Cao, Lu Zhang, Qiuyue Zhao, Xiaojian Zeng, Yingming Wei, Yinghui Han, Pengyuan Lin, Yunfei Li, Zhaoqun Yao, Sifeng Zhao   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiencies of Heterotic Grouping Methods for Classifying Early Maturing Maize Inbred Lines

Agronomy, 2020
The success of a hybrid breeding program is dependent on available heterotic patterns for exploitation of grain-yield heterosis. The efficiency of the assignment of germplasm lines into heterotic groups is a prerequisite for obtaining useful heterotic ...
Oyeboade Adebiyi Oyetunde, Baffour Badu-Apraku, Omolayo Johnson Ariyo, Christopher Olusanya Alake   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Friesen, Dennis, Kanampiu, Fred, Odendo, Martins, Wangare, Lucy   +4 more
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Integrated Pest Management in Pigeonpea: Progress and Prospects

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 4, Page 661-681, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Pigeonpea is one of the world's most important grain legume crops. Mostly grown and consumed in India, where it is a staple food, pigeonpea production also occurs elsewhere in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Australia. Despite widespread cultivation and staple food status, pigeonpea yields have barely increased over the last half century.
Trevor M. Volp, Babu L. Jat, Jagdish Jaba, Myron P. Zalucki, Michael J. Furlong   +4 more
wiley   +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

Development of a pearl millet Striga-resistant genepool: Response to five cycles of recurrent selection under Striga-infested field conditions in West Africa

Field Crops Research, 2013
Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. est une menace persistante pour la production de mil perlé [Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone, comb. nov.], en particulier en Afrique de l'Ouest. Cette étude visait à évaluer la réponse d'un génépool diversifié de mil perlé à cinq cycles de sélection récurrente ciblant la résistance au Striga et le rendement paniculaire,
Boubacar A. Kountche, C. Tom Hash, Harouna Dodo, Oumarou Laoualy, Moussa Sanogo, Amadou Timbeli, Yves Vigouroux, Dominique This, Randy Trinity Nijkamp, Bettina I. G. Haussmann   +9 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Transcriptome atlas of Striga germination: Implications for managing an intractable parasitic plant

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 396-410, March 2025.
Witchweeds, parasitic plants of the genus Striga, are nicknamed “cereal killers” because of their devastating destruction of Africa's most staple cereals, including maize, sorghum, millets, and upland rice. The parasite relies on biomolecules emitted from the host roots to germinate and therefore initiate its infectious lifecycle.
Gilles Irafasha, Sylvia Mutinda, Fredrick Mobegi, Brett Hale, George Omwenga, Asela J. Wijeratne, Susann Wicke, Emily S. Bellis, Steven Runo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using a Participatory Approach and Legume Integration to Increase the Productivity of Early Maturing Maize in the Nigerian Sudan Savannas

International Journal of Agronomy, 2019
Drought, infestation of cereal crops by the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica, and poor soil fertility are the major constraints to maize production by smallholder farmers in the Sudan savannas of northern Nigeria.
Alpha Y. Kamara, Hakeem A. Ajeigbe, Nathalie Ndaghu, Lucy Kamsang, Temitope Ademulegun, Reuben Solomon   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source