Effects of Parasitic and Non-Parasitic Weeds on Sorghum
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Experimental Agriculture
- Vol. 17 (4) , 415-418
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0014479700011881
Abstract
SUMMARY: The parasitic weed striga had significantly greater effects on sorghum yield components than non-parasitic weeds. Grain reduction caused by striga amounted to 65% compared with 32% reduction caused by non-parasitic weeds. Comparable reductions were also manifest in straw yield, grains/head and plant height of sorghum. Early removal of striga (a week after its emergence), and thereafter at regular weekly intervals, may help to improve crop yields.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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