Effect of growth medium, Striga seed burial distance and depth on efficacy of Fusarium isolates to control Striga hermonthica in Burkina Faso

Weed Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-81

  Yonli, D ^a   Traore H ^a   Hess, D E ^b   Sankara, P ^c   Sereme P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES   (Burkina Faso)

^b GOSHEN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fusarium spp.; Inoculum placement; Pathogenicity; Striga hermonthica; Substrate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CEREAL; GERMINATION; PARASITE; WEED CONTROL;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

FUSARIUM; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 33644929970     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2006.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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