Striga hermonthica remains one of the greatest biological threats to cereal production in the savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa. Control efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria, focus on developing integrated S. hermonthica management (ISM) options such as legume-cereal rotation, use of host–plant resistance, soil-based biological control exploiting enhancem...

Information on weed occurrence within croplands is vital but often unavailable to support weeding practices and improve cropland productivity assessments. To date, few studies have been conducted estimate map abundances agroecological systems from spaceborne images over wide-area landscapes, particularly for the genus Striga. Therefore, this study attempts increase detection capacity of Striga ...

Strigolactones are germination stimulants for seeds of the root parasitic weeds, Striga and Orobanche spp. The imino analog of GR24 showed moderate germination stimulating activity against the seeds of S. hermonthica. The seed germination stimulating activity of some phenyliminoacetates and phenyliminoacetonitriles was also examined. The degree of activity of the phenyliminoacetate was less tha...

Abstract Parasitic plants infect other by forming haustoria, specialized multicellular organs consisting of several cell types, each which has unique morphological features and physiological roles associated with parasitism. Understanding the spatial organization types is, therefore, great importance in elucidating functions haustoria. Here, we report a three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction ha...

A hemiparasitic plant, Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth and soil nitrogen stress are the key constraints to maize (Zea mays L.) productivity in sub-Saharan Africa, where commonly cultivated is normal endosperm type that deficient provitamin A, tryptophan lysine (PVATL). Seventy-six extra-early inbreds with tryptophan, qualities (TZEEIORQ) were developed address these constraints, four checks ass...