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Genome-wide association studies of Striga resistance in extra-early maturing quality protein maize inbred lines. [PDF]

G3 (Bethesda), 2023
Okunlola G, Badu-Apraku B, Ariyo O, Agre P, Offernedo Q, Ayo-Vaughan M.   +5 more
europepmc   +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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Performance Evaluation of Herbicide-Resistant Maize Hybrids under Striga Infestation

, 2022
International Journal of Novel Research in Life Sciences (IJLSR), ISSN 2394-966X, Novelty Journals, Website: www.noveltyjournals ...
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Genetic gains from selection for high grain yield and Striga resistance in early maturing maize cultivars of three breeding periods under Striga-infested and Striga-free environments

Field Crops Research, 2013
Abstract Maize is the most important staple cereal crop in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and has great potential to rectify the food insecurity in the sub-region. A study was conducted at four locations two each in Nigeria and Benin in 2010 and 2011 to determine the rate of genetic improvement in the grain yield of 50 maize cultivars developed during ...
Badu-Apraku, Baffour, Yallou, C., Oyekunle, M.   +2 more
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Breeding maize (Zea mays) for Striga resistance: Past, current and prospects in sub-saharan africa. [PDF]

Plant Breed, 2021
Yacoubou AM, Zoumarou Wallis N, Menkir A, Zinsou VA, Onzo A, Garcia-Oliveira AL, Meseka S, Wende M, Gedil M, Agre P.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Supplying Improved Seed to Farmers in Rural Kenya: The Case of Freshco Kenya Ltd. [PDF]

Freshco, a small producer and distributor of hybrid maize seed and macadamia seedlings, was one of the first private companies to enter the Kenya seed market after its liberalization.
Cramer, Laura K., Mabaya, Edward T., Mahiga, Veronica K., Pham, Huong Q., Simpson, Tara M., Tang, Xiaowei C.   +5 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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Screening of sorghum genotypes for resistance to Striga hermonthica and S. asiatica and compatibility with Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. strigae

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2017
In the semi-arid areas of Tanzania, yield losses of sorghum [Sorghum biocolor (L.) Moench] due to Striga hermonthica (Sh) and S. asiatica (Sa) infestations are estimated to be 30–90%.
Emmanuel Mrema, Hussein Shimelis, Mark Laing, Tulole Bucheyeki   +3 more
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Towards Reduced Pesticide Use for Cereal Crops in Asia [PDF]

Several opportunities are available for dramatically reducing the use of agrochemicals in Asian cereal crop production. The first section of this paper summarizes past trends and future prospects for pesticide use in Asia for the three major cereal crops:
Gerpacio, Roberta V., Pingali, Prabhu L.
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Intensive cereal-legume–livestock systems in West African dry Savannas. [PDF]

, 2017
The dry savannas of West Africa are undergoing rapid transformation of agricultural practices owing to the rapid human and livestock population growth, increase in agricultural intensification and accelerated climate change which has increased the ...
Ajeigbe, Hakeem A., Chikoye, D., Kamara, A.Y., Omoigui, L.O.   +3 more
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