Background Allelopathy is an ecological phenomenon consisting of both positive and
negative effects between organisms determined by the release of secondary metabolites …

Known since ancient times, the phenomenon of allelopathy has recently received greater
attention from researchers and farmers worldwide. Crop failures and low yields caused by …

Striga is a major biotic constraint to sorghum production in semiarid tropical Africa and Asia.
Genetic resistance to this parasitic weed is the most economically feasible control measure …

Witchweeds (Striga spp.) and broomrapes (Orobanche and Phelipanche spp.) are the two
most devastating root parasitic plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae and are …

Biology and management of weedy root parasites Page 282 Biology and Management of
Weedy Root Parasites DM Joel, J. Hershenhorn, H. Eizenberg, and R. Aly Agricultural …

Allelopathy determines the dynamics of plant species in different environments.
Understanding this biological phenomenon could help to develop applications in both …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

The structures of naturally occurring germination stimulants for seeds of the parasitic weeds
Striga spp. and Orobanche spp. are described. The bioactiphore in this strigolactone family …

ABSTRACT The parasitic weed Striga Lour. has been one of the more intractable
agricultural problems seriously limiting productivity of cereal and legume crops in sub …

The germination of Striga asiatica, a root parasite of many cereal and leguminous crops, is
stimulated by several host and nonhost plant derived stimulants. HPLC revealed the …