Development of sorghum populations for resistance to Striga hermonthica in the Nigerian Sudan Savanna

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 324-329

  Ezeaku, I E ^a   Gupta, S C ^b  

^a International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Parasitic weed; Resistance; Sorghum; Striga hermonthica

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS BREEDING; DATA ANALYSIS; DONOR; NIGERIA; PEDIGREE; PLANT; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT YIELD; SORGHUM; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; WITCHWEED;

GAYA; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 19744372092     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2004.000-2059     Document Type: Article

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