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Agronomic performance of improved Cowpea varieties under natural infestation with Alectra vogelii (benth.) in the northern guinea savannah of Nigeria

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2012
Field trials were conducted over three years at Samaru in the northern Guinea savannah ecological zone of Nigeria to evaluate the performance of 20 improved cowpea varieties under conditions of natural infestation by a parasitic weed, Alectra vogelii ...
Olufajo Olusoji Olaolu
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In vitro host-free seed culture, callus development and organogenesis of an obligatory root-parasite Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth: the witch-weed and medicinal plant

International Journal of Plant Biology, 2011
Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth a well-known hemi-parasitic weed, it also has been used widely in African folk medicine to remedy broad spectra of diseases. The current contribution is an attempt to establish reproducible in vitro callusing system.
Faisal Hammad Mekky Koua, Fatima Misbah Abbas, Eisa Ibrahim Elgaali, Mutasim Mohammed Khalafallah, Hind Ahmed Ali Babiker   +4 more
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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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Soil health and ecosystem services: Lessons from sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) [PDF]

, 2020
Management practices to improve soil health influence several ecosystem services including regulation of water flows, changes in soil biodiversity and greenhouse gases that are important at local, regional and global levels.
Bolo, Peter Omondi, Kihara, Job, Kinyua, Michael, Nyawira, Sylvia Sarah, Sommer, Rolf   +4 more
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Opportunities for expansion of push-pull technology as an agroecological and sustainable intensification approach in Africa

npj Sustainable Agriculture
The push-pull technology (PPT) has often been presented as a management strategy for stemborers and witchweed. However, its value as an agronomic practice and an agroecological approach remains largely underappreciated.
Gudeta W. Sileshi, Shem Kuyah, Meredith C. Schuman, Frank Chidawanyika, Beatrice W. Muriithi, Charles A. O. Midega, Adewole Olagoke, Michael H. Otim, Paramu L. Mafongoya, Emily A. Martin   +9 more
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Testing the orthodoxies of land degradation policy in Swaziland [PDF]

, 2009
This paper explores Swaziland's National Action Programme (NAP) to combat desertification; the country's main strategy for implementing the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Stringer, L.C.
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Role of Strigolactones in the Host Specificity of Broomrapes and Witchweeds

Plant And Cell Physiology, 2023
AbstractRoot parasitic plants of the Orobanchaceae, broomrapes and witchweeds, pose a severe problem to agriculture in Europe, Asia and especially Africa. These parasites are totally dependent on their host for survival, and therefore, their germination is tightly regulated by host presence.
Sjors Huizinga, Harro J Bouwmeester
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Influence of Alectra vogelii inoculation and phosphorus fertilizer application on phenology, yield components and grain yield of bambara groundnut genotypes

Heliyon
In sub-Saharan Africa, the parasitic Alectra vogelii is seriously threatening Bambara groundnuts, farmers to suffer yield losses of up to 100 %. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of phosphorus (P) application and Alectra vogelii ...
Rudo Musango, Tamado Tana, Stanford Mabasa, Edmore Gasura, Josephine Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, Ronald Mandumbu, Tonny Phirilani Tauro   +6 more
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Geographical distribution and aspects of the ecology of the hemiparasitic angiosperm Striga asiatica (L) Kuntze: A herbarium study [PDF]

, 1997
Striga asiatica (Scrophulariaceae) is an obligate root hemiparasite of mainly C-4 grasses (including cereals). It is the most widespread of the 42 Striga species occurring in many semi-tropical, semi-arid regions of mainly the Old World.
Cochrane, V., Press, M.C.
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