The parasitic weed Striga causes devastating losses in cereal yields in sub-Saharan Africa.
The parasite lifecycle is intimately linked with its host via a complex interchange of signals …

The fascinating biology of Striga parasitism is manifest through a series of signal exchanges
between the parasite and its host. As an obligate root hemi-parasite, Striga development is …

Striga hermonthica is a root hemiparasite of cereals that causes devastating loss of yield.
Recently, a rice cultivar, Nipponbare, was discovered, which exhibits post‐attachment …

Breeding for resistance to Striga in maize (Zea mays), with paucity of donor source and
known mechanisms of resistance, has been challenging.• Here, post‐attachment …

Over 4000 species of angiosperms are able to directly invade and parasitise other plants,
but only very few are weedy and parasitise cultivated plants. Together with the witchweeds …

The present volume started out as a journey to write a book on lost crops of the world and
how to revive them transgenically to greatly enhance crop biodiversity. The Rockefeller …

Molecular characterization of twenty-eight strains of'Fusarium oxysporum'using vegetative
compatibility grouping and SCAR primers allowed the taxonomic confirmation of the'strigae …

Molecular characterization of twenty-eight strains of Fusarium oxysporum using vegetative
compatibility grouping and SCAR primers allowed the taxonomic confirmation of the strigae …

Durante o processo natural de evolução, as plantas de sorgo desenvolveram mecanismos
de adaptação para uma gama de condições ambientais, resultando em uma extensa …

Most economically important traits in field crops such as sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.)
Moench] have complex inheritance with significant influence of environments. Selection for …