Parasitic weeds are a major threat to food security in Africa and control measures mostly done by smallholder farmers are not effective in eradicating the parasites.This results in a yield loss up to 100%.Parasitic we...
Strigolactones (SLs) have several functions as signaling molecules in their interactions with symbiotic arbus- cular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and the parasitic weeds Orobanche and Striga. SLs are also a new class of...
Major strigolactones (SLs) produced by rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Nipponbare) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Michinoku No. 1) were purified and their stereochemical structures were determined by comparing ...
The Egyptian broomrape (Orobanche aegyptiaca Pers.) is an obligate holoparasitic weed that causes severe damage to many important vegetable and field crops. In this investigation, three herbicides;chlorsulfuron, trias...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30870403);State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau (Grant No. 10502-Z7-3)
The co-evolution of Orobanche spp.and their hosts within the same environment has resulted in a high degree of adaptation and effective parasitism whereby the host releases parasite germination stimulants,which are li...
Orobanche spp. (broomrapes) are holoparasitic plants distributed predominantly in the Northern Hemisphere parasitizing the roots of a range of plant species mainly in wild ecosystems. Orobanche species cause severe ...