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Mycorrhiza-induced resistance: more than the sum of its parts? [PDF]

, 2013
Plants can develop an enhanced defensive capacity in response to infection by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). This ‘mycorrhiza-induced resistance’ (MIR) provides systemic protection against a wide range of attackers and shares characteristics with ...
Abdel-Fattah, Akiyama, Andrew L. Neal, Asselbergh, Bais, Balmer, Barto, Bending, Berendsen, Besserer, Blilou, Boller, Bonfante, Bothe, Bouwmeester, Cameron, Conrath, Cook, Cordier, Corradi, de Jonge, De Vleesschauwer, Dempsey, Drigo, Duncan D. Cameron, Dunoyer, Erb, Field, Frey-Klett, Fritz, Gallou, Graham, Guimil, Gupta Sood, Hao, Hause, Heil, Herrera-Medina, Iavicoli, Johansson, Jung, Jurriaan Ton, Kang, Kapulnik, Kehr, Khaosaad, Kloppholz, Lakshmanan, Li, Linderman, Liu, Lopez-Raez, Lugtenberg, Lugtenberg, Luna, Luna, Marschner, Martinez-Medina, Mishina, Morris, Mosse, Neal, Neal, Nishida, Pineda, Pozo, Pozo, Pozo, Rasmann, Rillig, Robert, Saskia C.M. van Wees, Scheublin, Schikora, Schnider-Keel, Selin, Siciliano, Slaughter, Smith, Smith, Song, Subramanian, Ton, Van der Ent, Van Wees, Van Wees, Walker, Waters, Xie, Zamioudis, Zhang, Zhang, Zhu   +92 more
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Sustainable plant protection for increased food security in a changing climate [PDF]

, 2008
The global climate is changing. Rising temperatures in temperate regions are making headlines, but there are a host of changes that may have even greater impact on a global scale, particularly in regions where food security is already delicately ...
Bandara, PB, Birkett, Mike, Glinwood, Robert, Kumar, Savitri, Ninkovic, Velemir, Pettersson, Jan   +5 more
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Differences in the ecology of witchweed and vampireweed: Implications for rice farming in Africa

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Parasitic weeds in African rice systems threaten household‐level food security and income generation. Most affected farmers are smallholders with limited capacities to address these pests.
Jonne Rodenburg, Lammert Bastiaans
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Global changes in gene expression during compatible and incompatible interactions of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) with the root parasitic angiosperm Striga gesnerioides

BMC Genomics, 2012
Background Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata L. Walp., is one of the most important food and forage legumes in the semi-arid tropics. While most domesticated forms of cowpea are susceptible to the root parasitic weed Striga gesnerioides, several cultivars have ...
Huang Kan, Mellor Karolina E, Paul Shom N, Lawson Mark J, Mackey Aaron J, Timko Michael P   +5 more
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In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Genotypes for Pre- and Post-attachment Resistance against Witchweed (Striga asiatica L. Kuntze)

International Journal of Agronomy, 2020
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) production in sub-Saharan Africa is seriously constrained by both biotic and abiotic stresses. Among the biotic stresses is witchweed (Striga spp.), a noxious parasitic weed causing major damage in cereal crops, such ...
V. O. Gwatidzo, J. T. Rugare, S. Mabasa, R. Mandumbu, J. Chipomho, S. Chikuta   +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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Striga Biocontrol on a Toothpick: A Readily Deployable and Inexpensive Method for Smallholder Farmers

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016
Striga hermonthica (witchweed) is a parasitic weed that attacks and significantly reduces the yields of maize, sorghum, millet and sugarcane throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
David Chandler Sands, Henry Sila Nzioki, Florence Oyosi, Cindy E. Morris, Cindy E. Morris, Eylul Kaya, Alice Pilgeram, Claire S Baker   +7 more
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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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Cloning and characterisation of a maize carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (ZmCCD1) and its involvement in the biosynthesis of apocarotenoids with various roles in mutualistic and parasitic interactions [PDF]

, 2008
Colonisation of maize roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi leads to the accumulation of apocarotenoids (cyclohexenone and mycorradicin derivatives).
Beekwilder, M.J., Bisseling, T., Bouwmeester, H.J., Echteld, E., van, Hans, J., Matusova, R., Ming, Z., Strack, D., Sun, Z., Verstappen, F.W.A., Walter, M.H.   +10 more
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A full-length enriched cDNA library and expressed sequence tag analysis of the parasitic weed, Striga hermonthica

BMC Plant Biology, 2010
Background The obligate parasitic plant witchweed (Striga hermonthica) infects major cereal crops such as sorghum, maize, and millet, and is the most devastating weed pest in Africa.
Ali Abdelbagi M, Kamal Nasrein M, Ishida Juliane K, Yoshida Satoko, Namba Shigetou, Shirasu Ken   +5 more
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