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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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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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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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