Push-pull limits crop losses by stemborers and striga weeds. At the same time, it conserves soil and water while preserving ...

From summer to autumn in sub-Saharan Africa, green fields of rice, corn, and other crops are often covered with small purple flowers called Striga. These eye-catching flowers are known as ‘witch ...

The weed is known as Oluyongo in luhya or siyongo in Luo. There are two varieties including; Striga Asiatica and Striga Haemonthica which are a major problem in Kenya. The seeds of the striga have ...

Ph.D Student, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Researcher, Environment, Natural ...

Unlike many farms in West Ugenya Location, Siaya County, Jane Akinyi’s maize crop is healthy despite the havoc wrecked by the infamous striga weed. Farmers in most parts of Western Kenya know ...

The project also undertakes a longer term, basic biological research to develop a deeper understanding of the seemingly intractable nature of the problem in the host-parasite association that has ...

by Sierra Hunnicutt Mentor: Kristen Bellisario 3rd Place: Addressing Food Insecurity in Tippecanoe County by Josie Bull; Grace Gilbert Mentor: Jennifer Hall 1st Place: Laboratory Screening of Sorghum ...

He received the 2009 World Food Prize for his research in creating sorghum hybrids that are resistant to both severe drought and the destructive parasitic Striga weed. The resulting dramatic ...

Selah Givens is a bit of a wild child. She’ll wake you up at 6 a.m. Chuck a sippy cup your way. Insist you play with her until, well, you play with her. Those tendencies have earned the three ...

He was angry. The Barstool Sports founder, who is beloved by many right-leaning young men, was in his mansion in Massachusetts, where he could legally smoke weed “like a human,” as he said in ...

Weeds are the bane of gardeners’ lives and are especially a problem on any bare areas of soil, such as veg beds, left empty over winter. Weed membranes -sometimes sold as weed control fabric - act by ...

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