Striking back at Striga
Africa has 75 million hectares of land that can grow cereals, but two-thirds of it is now infested with Striga hermonthica. Other species of striga parasitise leguminous crops like cowpeas. Striga can cause crop losses as high as 85%. To turn the...
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1995
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47195 |
| Sumario: | Africa has 75 million hectares of land that can grow cereals, but two-thirds of it is now infested with Striga hermonthica. Other species of striga parasitise leguminous crops like cowpeas. Striga can cause crop losses as high as 85%. To turn the... |
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