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Integrating new technologies for striga control : towards ending the witch-hunt / edited by Gebisa Ejeta & Jonathan Gressel.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weeds--Integrated control.
- Weeds.
- Witchweeds--Integrated control.
- Witchweeds.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (356 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Jersey : World Scientific, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Witchweeds (Striga species) decimate agriculture in much of Africa and parts of Asia, attacking the major cereal grains and legumes, and halving the already very low yields of subsistence farmers. Several years of research have provided promising technologies, based on the fundamental biology of the parasite-host associations, for dealing with this scourge. However, there is an apparent realization that these technologies will fail because highly successful weeds such as Striga evolve resistance to all types of controls unless proven methods are integrated with each other for a more sustainabl
- Contents:
- Preface; CONTENTS; Section I Introduction - The Witches' Curse; Section II Biology and Chemistry - The Needed Basics; Section III Knowledge-based Breeding - Translating Information to Products; Section IV Biotechnology: Opening New Frontiers; Section V Agronomic Options: The First and Essential Line of Control and Policy Considerations; Section VI Biocontrol: Untapped Potential?; Section VII Epilogue; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611121853
- 9781281121851
- 1281121851
- 9789812771506
- 9812771506
- OCLC:
- 476100054
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