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

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement 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.
Gilles Irafasha, Sylvia Mutinda, Fredrick Mobegi, Brett Hale, George Omwenga, Asela J. Wijeratne, Susann Wicke, Emily S. Bellis, Steven Runo   +8 more
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Essential plant nutrients impair post‐germination development of Striga in sorghum

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Infestation by the parasitic weed Striga is a major cause of cereal crop production losses on smallholder farms in Africa.
Immaculate M. Mwangangi, Lucie Büchi, Steven Runo, Jonne Rodenburg   +3 more
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Strigolactone biosynthesis lgs1 mutant alleles mined from the sorghum accession panel are a promising resource of resistance to witchweed (Striga) parasitism

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Striga is a parasitic plant that greatly limits the production of Africa's most staple cereals, including sorghum. Infection occurs when the parasite germinates in response to biomolecules emitted into the soil from the host's ...
Sylvia Mutinda, Muhammad Jamil, Jian You Wang, Lamis Berqdar, Elijah Ateka, Emily S. Bellis, Salim Al‐Babili, Steven Runo   +7 more
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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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Host Specificity of Sudan Witchweed (Striga Hermonthica [Del.] Benth.) Seed Germination and Haustorium Initiation in Response to Sorghum Root Exudates and Extracts [PDF]

, 2019
Field surveys and laboratory experiments were conducted during the season 2009%252F10 and 2010%252F11 in witchweed (Striga hermonthica [Del.] Benth.) endemic areas in Sudan to investigate the host specificity of witchweed populations collected from ...
Abd Elgabar T. Babiker, Awadallah B. Dafaallah, Abbasher Awad Abbasher   +2 more
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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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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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Role of substrate recognition in modulating strigolactone receptor selectivity in witchweed [PDF]

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020
Witchweed, or Striga hermonthica , is a parasitic weed that destroys billions of dollars worth of crops globally every year. Its germination is stimulated by strigolactones exuded by its host plants.
Jiming Chen, Alexandra White, David C. Nelson, Diwakar Shukla   +3 more
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