The biology of striga

One of the major parasites is striga, a weed that sucks the juice and nutrients from cereal crops such as millet, sorghum and maize and causes great yield losses. A single striga plant can produce hundreds of thousands of seeds. The seeds are so tiny that most farmers do not know they are seeds. The...

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Autor principal: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Formato: Video
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108042
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Sumario:One of the major parasites is striga, a weed that sucks the juice and nutrients from cereal crops such as millet, sorghum and maize and causes great yield losses. A single striga plant can produce hundreds of thousands of seeds. The seeds are so tiny that most farmers do not know they are seeds. They really look more like black dust. But don't be fooled.