Field inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reduces Striga hermonthica performance on cereal crops and has the potential to contribute to integrated Striga management

Field Crops Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-61

  Lendzemo, V W ^a   Kuyper, Th W ^b   Kropff, M J ^b   Van Ast, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM); Maize; Sorghum; Striga hermonthica

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; GROWTH KINETICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REDUCTION;

COB YIELD; FIELD INOCULATION; HERMONTHICA SHOOTS; MYCORRHIZAS;

FUNGI;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGAL DISEASE; MAIZE; SORGHUM; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; CORN; FUNGI; GROWTH; PARAMETERS; PARASITES; PLANTS; REDUCTION;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

FUNGI; GIGASPORA; GIGASPORA MARGARITA; GLOMUS; GLOMUS CLARUM; MARGARITES; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 11144275380     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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