Cereal production in Africa: the threat of certain pests and weeds in a changing climate—a review

J Benjamin, O Idowu, OK Babalola, EV Oziegbe… - Agriculture & Food …, 2024‏ - Springer
Cereals are the most cultivated and traded crops for food, feed, and industrial uses
worldwide. Among other producing regions, Africa hosts 27% of the world's total cereal …

Maize Lethal Necrosis disease: review of molecular and genetic resistance mechanisms, socio-economic impacts, and mitigation strategies in sub-Saharan Africa

AK Biswal, AE Alakonya, KA Mottaleb, SJ Hearne… - BMC Plant …, 2022‏ - Springer
Background Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease is a significant constraint for maize
producers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The disease decimates the maize crop, in some …

New pre‐attachment Striga resistant sorghum adapted to African agro‐ecologies

TS Mallu, S Mutinda, SM Githiri… - Pest Management …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Pre‐attachment resistance to the parasitic plants Striga hermonthica and S.
asiatica occurs in sorghum mutants designated low germination stimulant 1 (lgs1). However …

Modeling smallholder agricultural systems to manage Striga in the semi-arid tropics

TR Silberg, K Renner, LS Olabisi, RB Richardson… - Agricultural …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Across southern Africa (SA), significant maize yield losses are attributed to invasive and
parasitic weeds. Abundance of Striga (Striga asiatica) has become more frequent in …

[PDF][PDF] Biology and physiology of witchweed (Striga spp.): A review

AB Dafaallah - Int. J. Acad. Multidiscip, 2019‏ - researchgate.net
Striga species (Striga spp.), obligate parasitic weeds belong to the family Orobanchaceae,
are the major and most persistent biotic constrain to production of the cereal and legume …

Progress of in situ conservation and use of crop wild relatives for food security in a changing climate: a case of the underutilised Vigna Savi

L Manda, R Idohou, EE Agoyi… - Frontiers in …, 2025‏ - frontiersin.org
Crop wild relatives (CWRs)-wild plant taxa genetically closely related to domesticated plants-
are considered an alternative pathway to solving global food insecurity in a changing …

[PDF][PDF] Variability and host specificity of Striga hermonthica (del.) Benth. in response to in-situ root exudates of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.

AB Dafaallah - 2020‏ - researchgate.net
Tetrahedron template Page 1 Corresponding author, email: avadna@hotmail.com (Awadallah
B. Dafaallah). Journal of Research in Weed Science Volume 3 Issue 2 (2020), pp 238-253 …

[PDF][PDF] Integrated Environmental Management Issues

EO IGUISI - WATER Res. Mgt, 2022‏ - researchgate.net
Climate change as defined by Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (2007), is the
change in the state of the climate that can be identified by using statistical tests) as the …

Advancing Plant Health Management: Challenges, Strategies, and Implications for Global Agriculture

S Hussain - International Journal of Agriculture and Sustainable …, 2024‏ - xdpak.com
This review paper explores the intricate dynamics surrounding plant health management in
the context of global agricultural sustainability and food security challenges. Beginning with …

Rhizobium inoculants suppress emergence of the weed Striga gesnerioides in cowpea

WA Mu'az, M Dianda, O Boukar, I Dieng… - 2021‏ - cgspace.cgiar.org
Cowpea is a grain legume of major importance in sub-Saharan Africa where it is cultivated
by smallholder farmers on poor soils and production is often constrained by the parasitic …