Integrating Faidherbia albida trees into a sorghum field reduces striga infestation and improves mycorrhiza spore density and colonization

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 643-653

  Birhane, Emiru ^a,b   Gebremeskel, Kidu ^a   Taddesse, Tewodros ^a   Hailemariam, Mengsteab ^a   Hadgu, Kiros Meles ^c   Norgrove, Lindsey ^d   Negussie, Aklilu ^e  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e WeForest   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi; Ethiopia; Faidherbia albida; Grain yield; Sorghum; Striga hermonthica

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; CROP YIELD; DENSITY; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; LEGUME; MAIZE; PARASITIC PLANT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SORGHUM; SPORE; WEED;

ETHIOPIA;

FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA; FUNGI; STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84988726257     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-016-0027-8     Document Type: Article

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