<i>Fusarium</i> diversity associated with the <i>Sorghum-Striga</i> interaction in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Sorghum production is seriously threatened by the root parasitic weeds (RPWs) Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica in sub-Saharan Africa. Research has shown that Striga control depends on eliminating its seed reserves in soil. Several species of the genus Fusarium (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales), which have been isolated from diseased Striga plants have proven to be highly pathogenic to all developmental stages of these RPWs. In the present study 439 isolates of Fusarium spp. were found associated with soils from Sorghum growing fields, Sorghum rhizosphere, or as endophytes with Sorghum roots and seeds, or as endophytes of Striga stems and seeds. Based on multi-locus phylogenies of combinations of Ca

SUBMITTER: Lombard L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9875792 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature