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...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1995
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47195
Description
Summary: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...