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

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