Purple witchweed (Striga hermonthica) germination and seedbank depletion under different crops, fallow, and bare soil

Weed Biology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-110

  Van Mourik, Thomas A ^a   Stomph, Tjeerd J ^b   Murdoch, Alistair J ^c  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germination stimulant; Pearl millet; Population dynamics; Seed death; Sorghum; Suicidal germination

Indexed keywords

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; SESAMUM INDICUM; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 79959367339     PISSN: 14446162     EISSN: 14456664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-6664.2011.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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