Drs James Westwood & Sukhmanpreet Kaur highlight Jiayang Li, Qi Xie, Feifei Yu & colleagues’ recent @cp-cell.bsky.social article on suppressing #strigolactone #exudation hides the host from a parasitic plant. #Striga #Witchweed #ABCtransporter #Germination

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Photos of the obligate parasitic weeds Striga asiatica, red witchweed (left), Striga hermonthica, purple witchweed (middle) and the facultative parasitic weed Rhamphicarpa fistulosa, rice vampireweed (right), parasitising on rice (Oryza sativa) in Africa.

Differences in the #ecology of #witchweed and #vampireweed: Implications for rice farming in #Africa

Brief Report by Jonne Rodenburg and Lammert Bastiaans

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10491

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Follow-up funding for microbial fight against parasitic weed in Africa

Thanks to @gatesfoundation

#Striga #witchweed #sorghum
#sustainableagriculture #Promise
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