In partnership with scientists from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, this project, funded by a $5M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, addresses food security concerns by ...

Lusaka — What is striga? Striga is a weed which "bewitches" maize, millet and sorghum crops so that they do not produce grain. It attaches to the root of the growing plant and sucks water and ...

Stemborers and striga weeds cause significant losses to maize production throughout Africa. Maize yield losses due to stemborers can vary from 20 to 40 percent. Striga weeds infest 40 percent of the ...

A research team identified potential Striga-suppressing rhizobacteria associated with sorghum, which have been shown to significantly reduce Striga seed germination rates. This study highlights the ...

To deal with this problem, it is necessary to come up with countermeasures that are inexpensive, adapted to the Sudanese culture, and easy for the farmers to implement. Principal investigator ...

With the ability to multiply rapidly, the Striga weed threatens crops as well as soils. A number of control methods are being developed. Most areas in Budaka District, and generally the eastern region ...

This news release is available in Japanese. A molecular approach has been used to identify the protein responsible for germination of Striga seeds through visualization by green fluorescence. Striga, ...

Commonly known as 'witchweed,' the parasitic plant Striga hermonthica devastates crops in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists have discovered a unique protein in Striga that helps sustain its high ...

Getting back our food that is being robbed by root parasitic weeds! Analysis of root parasitic weeds from a chemical perspective to provide information that facilitates development of an integrated ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. A striga workshop organised by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid ...

Kenya has become the first country in the world to commercialise a weed technology, kichawi kill, to combat the Striga weed, alo referred to as kayongo or witchweed. The witchweed is one of the worst ...