Global food demand is expected to nearly double by 2050 due to an increase in the world's
population. The Green Revolution has played a key role in the past century by increasing …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is not only of worldwide importance as a food, feed and as a source of
diverse industrially important products, but is also a model genetic organism with immense …

The Striga, particularly S. he rmonthica, problem has become a major threat to food security,
exacerbating hunger and poverty in many African countries. A number of Striga control …

Parasitic plants steal sugars, water, and other nutrients from host plants through a haustorial
connection. Several species of parasitic plants such as witchweeds (Striga spp.) and …

Parasitic witchweeds (Striga spp.) and broomrapes (Orobanche and Phelipanche spp.)
directly invade the roots of crop plants connecting to the vascular system and abstracting …

Strigolactones (SLs) control lateral branching in diverse species by regulating transcription
factors orthologous to Teosinte branched1 (Tb1). In maize (Zea mays), however, selection …

There is a wide range of existing and potential control options for Striga. This paper
describes and discusses many of the control options, with a focus on technology limitations …

Maize production in West and Central Africa (WCA) is constrained by a wide range of
interacting stresses that keep productivity below potential yields. Among the many problems …

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) caused by plant pathogens can develop into
unexpected and very serious epidemics, owing to the influence of various characteristics of …

Host plant defence mechanisms (resistance and tolerance) and plant nutrition are two of the
most widely proposed components for the control of hemiparasitic weeds of the genus Striga …