Resources Tagged: Striga

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  1. Seed For Sorghum That Is Resistant To Striga Is Available From ECHO

    1998-02-19 A striga resistant sorghum has been developed. In addition the fungus, Fusarium oxysporum, may help control striga.
    Weed Control Sorghum Striga Parasites

  2. CTA Practical Guide Series

    2007-01-01 This Series contains 14fold-out leaflets,practical for use in the field and easy to read. Covering multiple subjects, it gives some background to the subject, outlines processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line drawings. 1. Rearing Dairy Goats 2. How To Control Striga And Stemborer...
    dairy goats Striga Rainwater Harvesting Chickens Sweet Potato Products Cassava flour Compost Canning and Preser... Fish Farming Tree Nursery Banana Flour Cookery-Tomatoes Beekeeping Mango Fruit Fly

  3. Integrated approach against striga - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video The parasitic weed striga causes more damage to cereal crops in poor soils, so both problems have to be tackled together. In this video we will learn why it is important to combine at least three control methods to reduce striga and obtain a good yield of...
    Weeds Weed Control Striga AccessAgriculture Farm Management East Africa West Africa

  4. Joining Hands Against Striga - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video It is important to pull striga weeds with your hands before the time it produces seeds and spreads. As it is laborious, better reduce the number of striga plants by applying compost or manure, and by rotating or intercropping with non-cereal crops, such as...
    Weed Control Striga AccessAgriculture Cereals

  5. Storing Cowpea Seed - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Intercropping or rotating cereal crops with legume crops are two of the strategies of integrated striga and soil fertility management. But keeping quality legume seed has two major challenges. First, the seed easily loses its ability to germinate. And second, we...
    Seed Storage Cowpea Intercropping IPM Striga AccessAgriculture West Africa

  6. Composting to beat striga - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Compost is more powerful than manure. What is less known is that the micro-organisms in compost attack striga seeds in the soil. Compost also decreases the amount of striga that will sprout, and reduces its negative effect on cereal crops. Let us look at how...
    Weed Control Weeds Striga Compost Soil Fertility Sustainable Land M... AccessAgriculture

  7. Managing striga weed and other parasitic weeds

    2018-08-08 Session: African Witchweeds and Their Relatives—Biology, Sanitation, and Control Biographical Information: Lytton John Musselman is Mary Payne Hogan Distinguished Professor of Botany at Old Dominion University and has researched Striga as a Fulbright Professor at the University of Khartoum; as a...
    Striga East Africa

  8. Parasitic Plants in African Agriculture

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    2019-03-21 This Technical Note provides an overview of parasitic plants of agricultural significance in Africa. Parasitic weeds cause drought stress and stunted crops. Affected plants include cereal grains (e.g., sorghum [Sorghum bicolor] and maize [Zea mays]) and grain legumes (e.g., cowpea [Vigna...
    Weed Control Parasitic Plants Weeds Striga Push-pull

  9. Parasitic plants in African agriculture—A growing problem

    2018-11-13 Mistletoes (parasitic shrubs from diverse families), dodders (species of Cuscuta); and witchweeds and their relatives, Striga, Alectra, and Rhamphicarpa species are major constraints on African crops especially in grain and legume production. They are highly specialized weeds so understanding...
    Striga Weed Control

  10. African Insect Science for Food and Health

    icipeis a tropical organisation with a tropical agenda. But why study insects? Because in the tropics, insects are a fact of life to be reckoned with. Insects pose a great risk to food production, often causing the loss of entire crops and destroying about half of all harvested food in storage....
    Entomology IPM Pest Control Pest Management Insects Striga Armyworm East Africa West Africa