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Abstracts Home Research in Control of Striga

Engineering maize for resistance to Striga

P.J. Rich, J. McMillan, A. de Framond, G. Ejeta

Dept of Agronomy Purdue University, USA

A strategy to make maize resistant to Striga

S. Runo, B. Townsley, J. Machuka, N. Sinha

Kenyatta University, Dept of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kenya

Mapping genes for a novel form of resistance to Striga hermonthica in the rice cultivar Nipponbare

J.D. Scholes, A.L. Gurney, J. Slate, M.C. Press

Dept. of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield, UK

Developing strategies for Striga hermonthica control for resource-poor cereal farmers using Desmodium as intercrop

Z.R. Khan, A. Hassanali, T.M. Khamis,J. A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams

International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology

Understanding chemical ecology and long-term biotechnological opportunities for management of stem borers and Striga in Africa

Hassanali, Z.R. Khan, J.A. Pickett, M.A. Birkett, K. Chamberlain, A.M. Hooper, P. Mayon, L.J. Wadhams, C.M. Woodcock,T.M.Khamis,J. van den Berg, T. Toshova

International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya

Development of Striga-resistant maize in western Kenya

H.O. Ngesa, J.O. Okora, J.A.W. Ochieng

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute - KARI-Kibos KESREF Kisumu, Kenya

Potential uses of novel sources of resistance to Striga hermonthica in Kenya

J. Ininda, O.M. Odongo

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute / NARC Muguga - Nairobi, Kenya

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