Identifying existing management practices in the control of Striga asiatica within rice-maize systems in mid-west Madagascar.

ABSTRACT: Infestations by the parasitic weed genus Striga result in significant losses to cereal crop yields across sub-Saharan Africa. The problem disproportionately affects subsistence farmers who frequently lack access to novel technologies. Effective Striga management therefore requires the development of strategies utilizing existing cultural management practices. We report a multiyear, landscape-scale monitoring project for Striga asiatica in the mid-west of Madagascar, undertaken over 2019-2020 with the aims of examining cultural, climatic, and edaphic factors currently driving abundance and distribution. Long-distance transects were established across the middle-west region of Madagascar, over which S. asiatica abundance in fields was estimated. Analysis of the da

SUBMITTER: Scott D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8495792 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature