Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology(IGDB)of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,with collaborators,identified two sorghum genes(SbSLT1 and SbSLT2)that block Striga-a parasitic plant,also k...
In Niger, a landlocked country, sorghum is the second staple food cultivated over the country by smallholder farmer. The crop is important for human and animal consumption. Despite its importance, the crop is affected...
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...
The main problem of maize plantations is the attack of Striga asiatica in the poor soil,leading to the reduction of maize yield.The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi(AMF)helps the host plants to fight against the attack of...
the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation(grant no.OPP1194472);a Competitive Research Grant(CRG2017)to S.A.-B.from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST);the Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology(CREST)Program;the SATREPS Program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST);JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(grant no.18H03939)to T.A.
Zaxinone is an apocarotenoid regulatory metabolite required for normal rice growth and development.In addition,zaxinone has a large application potential in agriculture,due to its growth-promoting activity and capabil...
Striga hermonthica(Del.)Benth is ranked as the number one constraint to maize productivity in Eastern Uganda.The use of trap crops is one of the control measures suggested for farmers with limited resources in Striga ...
This work aims to screen mutant rice lines tolerant to Striga asiatica.Two rainfed sensitive rice varieties B22 and F154 were used.Plants survival rates of the two parents were significantly lower respectively(9.74a a...
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolour (L.) Moench), the second most important staple crop in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) after maize, is well adapted to marginal environments of drought stress and high temperatures. But besides drou...
Strigolactones are plant hormones with multiple functions, including regulating various aspects of plant architecture such as shoot branching, facilitating the colonization of plant roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal fun...