Controlling parasitic weed by fungus

The parasitic weed striga, which destroys cereal crops across the savannah regions of West Africa, may soon be controlled by a soil fungus. Researchers from McGill University in Canada, supported by the International Development Research Centre,...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1994
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49480
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Summary:The parasitic weed striga, which destroys cereal crops across the savannah regions of West Africa, may soon be controlled by a soil fungus. Researchers from McGill University in Canada, supported by the International Development Research Centre,...