Keyword

witchweed

Description: Witchweeds are parasitic plants in the genus Striga that attach to the roots of host plants and are important agricultural weeds.

Primary topic: Plant Parasitism and Resistance (83%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q135029

OpenAlex ID: keywords/witchweed

Germination of Witchweed ( Striga lutea Lour.): Isolation and Properties of a Potent Stimulant

1966 · C. E. Cook, Leona P. Whichard, et al. · Science · 1,040

Parasitic Weeds of the World: Biology and Control

1993 · Chris Parker, C. Riches · 870

Germination stimulants. II. Structure of strigol, a potent seed germination stimulant for witchweed (Striga lutea)

1972 · C. E. Cook, Leona P. Whichard, et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 452

Strigolactones as Germination Stimulants for Root Parasitic Plants

2010 · K. Yoneyama, K. Yoneyama, et al. · Plant and Cell Physiology · 282

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Parasitic Weeds: A World Challenge

2012 · Chris Parker · Weed Science · 265

Striga Research and Control: A Perspective from Africa

1995 · O. K Berner · Plant Disease · 230

The long-term approach to parasitic weeds control: manipulation of specific developmental mechanisms of the parasite

2000 · Daniel M Joel · Crop Protection · 189

The genus S triga : a witch profile

2013 · Thomas Spallek, Musembi Mutuku, et al. · Molecular Plant Pathology · 168

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Selecting sorghum genotypes expressing a quantitative biosynthetic trait that confers resistance to Striga

1992 · Dale E. Hess, Gebisa Ejeta, et al. · Phytochemistry · 168

Host plant resistance to parasitic weeds; recent progress and bottlenecks

2010 · John I Yoder, Julie D Scholes · Current Opinion in Plant Biology · 159

Horizontal Gene Transfer by the Parasitic Plant Striga hermonthica

2010 · Satoko Yoshida, Shinichiro Maruyama, et al. · Science · 157

Multi-site, multi-season field tests demonstrate that herbicide seed-coating herbicide-resistance maize controls Striga spp. and increases yields in several African countries

2003 · Fred K Kanampiu, Vernon Kabambe, et al. · Crop Protection · 137

Germination Stimulants of Witchweed (Striga asiatica) from Hydrophobic Root Exudate of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

1988 · David H. Netzly, James L. Riopel, et al. · Weed Science · 132

Multiple layers of incompatibility to the parasitic witchweed, Striga hermonthica

2009 · Satoko Yoshida, Ken Shirasu · New Phytologist · 129

Molecular Dialog Between Parasitic Plants and Their Hosts

2019 · Christopher R. Clarke, Michael P. Timko, et al. · Annual Review of Phytopathology · 124

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Ethylene: A Witchweed Seed Germination Stimulant

1975 · Robert E. Eplee · Weed Science · 120

The Genus Striga (Scrophulariaceae) in Africa

2001 · Kamal I. Mohamed, Lytton John Musselman, et al. · Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden · 112

Ethylene, 2-Chloroethylphosphonic Acid, and Witchweed Germination

1970 · G. H. Egley, J. E. Dale · Weed Science · 112

Maize resistance to witchweed through changes in strigolactone biosynthesis

2023 · C. Li, L. Dong, et al. · Science · 106

Striga: Biology and Control

1985 · F. Nigel Hepper, E. S. Ayensu · Kew Bulletin · 101

Longevity of Witchweed (Striga asiatica) Seed

1984 · Faiz F. Bebawi, Robert E. Eplee, et al. · Weed Science · 101

Global Invasive Potential of 10 Parasitic Witchweeds and Related Orobanchaceae

2006 · Kamal I. Mohamed, Monica Papes, et al. · AMBIO · 100

Analysis of Strigolactones, Germination Stimulants for Striga and Orobanche, by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry

2003 · Daisuke Sato, Ayman A. Awad, et al. · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 97

Assessment of Different Legumes for the Control of Striga hermonthica in Maize and Sorghum

2007 · Zeyaur R. Khan, Charles A. O. Midega, et al. · Crop Science · 95

Structural diversity of strigolactones and their distribution in the plant kingdom

2016 · Xiaonan Xie · Journal of Pesticide Science · 89

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Citation count: 10,360