- Striga,
commonly known as
witchweed, is a
genus of
parasitic plants that
occur naturally in
parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia. It is
currently classified...
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Striga hermonthica,
commonly known as
purple witchweed or
giant witchweed, is a
hemiparasitic plant that
belongs to the
family Orobanchaceae. It is devastating...
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Striga asiatica, the
Asiatic witchweed or the red
witchweed, is a
hemiparasitic plant in the
family Orobanchaceae. It is
native to Asia and sub-Saharan...
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among the most
economically destructive of all plants.
Species of
Striga (
witchweeds) are
estimated to cost
billions of
dollars a year in crop
yield loss,...
- stem-boring gr**** moth, and
suppresses witchweeds,
including Asiatic witchweed (Striga asiatica) and
purple witchweed (S. hermonthica). Symb. Antill. 8: 292...
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either wholly like the broomrapes, Orobanche, or
partially like the
witchweeds, Striga. Hot, cold, wet, dry, fresh, salt
Carnegiea gigantea, the saguaro...
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maize and
sorghum fields to
suppress witchweeds,
including Asiatic witchweed (Striga asiatica) and
purple witchweed (S. hermonthica) and to
repel Chilo...
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seeds need to be
quite close to the host plant. For example, the
seeds of
witchweed (Striga asiatica) need to be
within 3 to 4
millimeters (mm) of its host...
- and F. brevicatenulatum were
cultured and
isolated from millet,
noxious witchweed, and maize. F. pseudoanthophilum was
first isolated from Zea mays, maize...
- (includes mesquites),
Solanum viarum (tropical soda apple),
Striga spp. (
witchweed), and
Urochloa panicoides (liver-seed gr****). In 2001 a new treatment...
