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Stacking tolerance to drought and resistance to a parasitic weed in tropical hybrid maize for enhancing resilience to stress combinations [PDF]

, 2020
Open Access JournalMaize is a food security crop cultivated in the African savannas that are vulnerable to the occurrence of drought stress and Striga hermonthica infestation.
Bossey, B., Coulibaly, M., Crossa, J., Haruna, A., Menkir, A., Meseka, S., Muhyideen, O., Olaoye, G., Riberio, P.F., Yacoubou, A.B.   +9 more
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Maize resistance to witchweed through changes in strigolactone biosynthesis

Science, 2023
Maize ( Zea mays ) is a major staple crop in Africa, where its yield and the livelihood of millions are compromised by the parasitic witchweed Striga .
C. Li, L. Dong, J. Durairaj, J.-C. Guan, M. Yoshimura, P. Quinodoz, R. Horber, K. Gaus, J. Li, Y. B. Setotaw, J. Qi, H. De Groote, Y. Wang, B. Thiombiano, K. Floková, A. Walmsley, T. V. Charnikhova, A. Chojnacka, S. Correia de Lemos, Y. Ding, D. Skibbe, K. Hermann, C. Screpanti, A. De Mesmaeker, E. A. Schmelz, A. Menkir, M. Medema, A. D. J. Van Dijk, J. Wu, K. E. Koch, H. J. Bouwmeester   +30 more
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Évaluation de lignées de sorgho (Sorghum bicolor) pour leur résistance à la mauvaise herbe parasite Striga hermonthica au Burkina Faso [PDF]

, 1992
Des essais en pots et au champ ont été réalisés au Burkina Faso en 1987 pour évaluer la résistance de lignées de sorgho (Sorghum bicolor) vis-à-vis la mauvaise herbe parasite Striga hermonthica.
Leroux, G.D., Oliver, A., Ramaiah, K.V.
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Effectiveness of Yellow Maize Testers with Varying Resistance Reactions to Striga hermonthica for Evaluating the Combining Ability of Maize Inbred Lines

Agronomy, 2020
The choice of an appropriate tester is important for success in resistance hybrid breeding programs. Limited information is available on the most suitable testers that allow the selection of yellow endosperm maize inbred lines with good combining ability
Degife Zebire, Abebe Menkir, Victor Adetimirin, Wende Mengesha, Silvestro Meseka, Melaku Gedil   +5 more
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Recent research progress in combatting root parasitic weeds

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2018
The obligate root parasitic Orobanchaceae plants Striga, Orobanche and Phelipanche spp. parasitize economically important crops, vegetables and oil plants. They are the most devastating agricultural weed pests worldwide.
Hiroaki Samejima, Yukihiro Sugimoto
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Diacetoxyscirpenol, a Fusarium exometabolite, prevents efficiently the incidence of the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica

BMC Plant Biology, 2022
Background Certain Fusarium exometabolites have been reported to inhibit seed germination of the cereal-parasitizing witchweed, Striga hermonthica, in vitro. However, it is unknown if these exometabolites will consistently prevent S.
Williams Oyifioda Anteyi, Iris Klaiber, Frank Rasche   +2 more
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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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Evaluation of Western Ethiopian Sorghum Landraces for Resistance to Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth

Weed Technology
Purple witchweed is a hemiparasitic plant that significantly affects sorghum yields in semiarid regions. It also affects crops such as corn, millets, and rice.
Minyahil Kebede Earecho, Esubalew Nebiyu
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Can witchweed be wiped out? [PDF]

Science, 2018
A potent stimulant induces parasitic plant germination that causes it to ...
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Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Generation Is Indispensable for Haustorium Formation of the Root Parasitic Plant Striga hermonthica

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
The parasitic witchweed Striga hermonthica causes devastating damage to crops in sub-Saharan Africa, yet the mechanism of its parasitism is not well understood.
Syogo Wada, Songkui Cui, Songkui Cui, Satoko Yoshida, Satoko Yoshida   +4 more
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