Host-plant defence against Striga spp.: Reconsidering the role of tolerance

Weed Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 438-441

  Rodenburg, J ^a   Bastiaans, L ^b  

^a East and Southern Africa Rice Program   (Tanzania)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding; Cultivars; Field screening; Maize; Parasitic weeds; Rice; Sorghum; Sub Saharan Africa; Witchweed

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CEREAL; CULTIVAR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERB; HOST PLANT; INFECTIVITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; TOLERANCE; WEED; YIELD RESPONSE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

STRIGA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052757911     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2011.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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