Control - the striga conundrum

Pest Management Science

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 603-614

  Hearne, Sarah J ^a,b  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) IITA Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Biological control; Breeding; Cultural control; Striga; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BREEDING; DICOTYLEDON; GERMPLASM; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PARASITIC PLANT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; WITCHWEED;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; STRIGA;

STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 65649111861     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1735     Document Type: Review

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