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Premature death of millet due to a high incidence of witchweed

, 1990
Kakamega, Kenya: Premature death of millet plants due to a high incidence of witchweed.Host/Plant: Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum)Pest/Path: Witchweed (Striga ...
Claflin, Larry
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Longevity of Striga seeds reconsidered: results of a field study on purple witchweed (Striga hermonthica) in Benin.

, 2003
Germination and longevity of purple witchweed seeds stored in nylon gauze bags in the soil in situ were tested in northern Bénin over a 2-yr period, covering the rainy seasons in 1994 and 1995.
Gbehounou, G., Pieterse, A.H., Verkley, J.A.C.   +2 more
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KSTP 94, an open-pollinated maize variety has postattachment resistance to purple witchweed (Striga hermonthica)

, 2018
Striga spp. are obligate root hemiparasites that constrain cereal production in sub-Saharan Africa. Although purple witchweed [ Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth.] and Asiatic witchweed [ Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze] infect all cereal crops, maize ( Zea ...
Masanga, J., Alakonya, A.E., Mutinda, S.M., Runo, S., Mutuku, Josiah M.   +4 more
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Causes and Impact of Port Accident on Operational Performance of Nigerian Seaport at Tin Can Island, Lagos Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
The objective of this paper is to identify the causes and impact of port/harbor accident on operational performance at Tin Can Island, Lagos, Nigeria using appropriate standard methods to obtain primary and secondary data from reliable sources by ...
A. R. Okpara, O. J. Anyanwu, A. I. Dirisu, O. C. Okorefe   +3 more
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Phytochemicals Screening in Four Solvent Extractions of Pulverized Witchweed (Striga asiatica)

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management
Striga asiatica, commonly known as Witchweed, is a parasitic plant that significantly impacts cereal crops such as maize, sorghum, and millet, leading to severe agricultural losses. Besides its agricultural threat, S.
G. F. Kontagora, N. M. Ibrahim
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Watch out for witchweed, a serious pest of corn, sorghum, and other crops /

, 1978
Issued May 1978.Supersedes Watch out for witchweed, a parasitic plant that attacks corn, sugarcane, sorghum, and other plants, Program aid no. 331, issued Feb.
United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs.
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The Effect of 2,4-D, Dicamba and Hand Weeding on Witchweed Density and Maize Yield

, 1999
African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 7. No. 4, pp. 455-463, 1999 The Effect of 2,4-D, Dicamba and Hand Weeding on Witchweed Density and Maize Yield Code Number: CS99036 ABSTRACT: An on-farm experiment was conducted in Chinyika resettlement area during ...

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AN ECONOMIC IMPACT EVALUATION OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS: THE CASE OF BRUCELLOSIS CONTROL IN THE UNITED STATES [PDF]

Public Economics,
Liu, Chun-Ian
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Striga Management through Herbicide Resistance: A Public-Private Partnership in Action [PDF]

Striga is an indigenous parasitic weed that attacks cereals and other crops in Africa. In maize croplands alone, Striga infests over 2.3 million ha resulting in 1.6 million tons of grain loss worth US $383 million annually.
Woomer, Paul L., Savala, Canon N.
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The Search for Molecular Markers, Parental Characterisation and inheritance Studies of Witchweed [Striga Asiatica (L.) Kuntze] Resistance in Sorghum [Sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench].

, 2004
Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is ranked the third most important cereal crop in Zimbabwe, after maize and wheat. The major biotic constraint to sorghum production by resource poor farmers (RPFs) is attack by the parasitic weed Striga asiatica (L)
Mutengwa, Charles Shelton
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