Xenognosin production and tolerance to Striga asiatica infection of high-yielding maize cultivars

Weed Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-145

  Pierce, S ^a   Mbwaga, A M ^b   Press, M C ^a   Scholes, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ilonga Agricultural Research Institute   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Germination stimulant; Resistance; Striga; Tolerance; Zea diploperennis; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAIZE; PARASITIC PLANT; WEED;

AFRICA;

STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; ZEA DIPLOPERENNIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038402626     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3180.2003.00325.x     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. BADU-APRAKU B (1999) Development of Striga resistant early and extra-early varieties from elite populations. In: Project 8: Integrated Management of Striga and other Parasitic Pests (eds B Badu-Apraku, JG Kling, A Melake-Berhan & S Schulz), 2-3. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria.
2. EPLEE RE & NORMS R (1995) Control of parasitic weeds. In: Parasitic Plants (eds MC Press & JD Graves), 256-277. Chapman & Hall, London, UK.
3. FOWLER J, COHEN L & JARVIS P (1998) Practical Statistics for Field Biology. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK.
4. GURNEY AL, GRIMANELLI D, KANAMPIU FK, HOISINGTON DA, SCHOLES JD & PRESS MC (2001) Can Wild Relatives of Cereals Provide New Sources of Resistance to the Parasitic Angiosperm Striga? Proceedings of the 7th International Parasitic Weed Symposium. Faculté des Sciences, Nantes, France. p. 247.
5. HEWITT EJ (1966) Sand and Water Culture Methods Used in the Study of Plant Nutrition, 2nd edn. The Eastern Press, London, UK.
6. HEWITT EJ & SMITH TA (1975) Plant Mineral Nutrition. English Universities Press, London, UK.
7. KLING JG (1999) Development of Striga resistant and tolerant maize varieties. In: Project 8: Integrated Management of Striga and Other Parasitic Pests (eds B Badu-Apraku, JG Kling, A Melake-Berhan & S Schulz), 2-3. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria.
8. KLING JG, MELAKE-BERHAN A & IBIKUNLE O (2000a) Performance of Striga resistant open-pollinated cultivars. In: Project 4: Improving Maize-Grain Legume Production Systems in West and Central Africa (eds K Aihou, SO Ajala, B Asafo-Adjei, B Badu-Apraku, K Cardwell, RJ Carsky, et al.), 24-26. Margraf Verlag, Weikersheim, Germany.
9. KLING JG, FAJEMISIN JM, BADU-APRAKU B, DIALLO A, MENKIR A & MELAKE-BERHAN A (2000b) Striga resistance breeding in maize. In: Breeding for Striga Resistance in Cereals (eds BIG Haussmann, DE Hess, ML Grivet, HFW Rattunde & HH Geiger), 103-118. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria.
10. LANE JA, CHILD DV, MOORE THM, ARNOLD GM & BAILEY JA (1997) Phenotypic characterisation of resistance in Zea diploperennis to Striga hermonthica. Maydica 42, 45-51.
11. MELAKE-BERHAN AM, KLING JG & MENKIR A (2000) Molecular mapping for Striga resistance genes in resistant Z. diploperennis x Z. mays crosses and development of molecular markers to screen germplasm for resistance to S. hermonthica. In: Project 4: Improving Maize-Grain Legume Production Systems in West and Central Africa (eds K Aihou, SO Ajala, B Asafo-Adjei, B Badu-Apraku, K Cardwell, RJ Carsky, et al.), 30-35. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria.
12. MUSSELMAN LJ & PRESS MC (1995) Introduction to parasitic plants. In: Parasitic Plants (eds MC Press & JD Graves), 1-13. Chapman & Hall, London, UK.
13. PIERCE S, PRESS MC & SCHOLES JD (2002) Growth and Photosynthetic Response of Sorghum bicolor cultivars Pato, P9405, P9406 and Macia to nitrogen availability and infection by the hemiparasitic weed Striga hermonthica. Department for International Development, Crop Protection Programme, UK.
14. YODER JI (2001) Host-plant recognition by parasitic Scophulariaceae. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 4, 359-365.