Integrating new technologies for striga control [[electronic resource] ] : towards ending the witch-hunt / / edited by Gebisa Ejeta & Jonathan Gressel

• Pubblicazione: New Jersey, : World Scientific, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 632/.52
• Soggetto topico: Weeds - Integrated control; Witchweeds - Integrated control
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: EjetaGebisa GresselJonathan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; CONTENTS; Section I Introduction - The Witches' Curse; Section II Biology and Chemistry - The Needed Basics; Section III Knowledge-based Breeding - Translating Information to Products; Section IV Biotechnology: Opening New Frontiers; Section V Agronomic Options: The First and Essential Line of Control and Policy Considerations; Section VI Biocontrol: Untapped Potential?; Section VII Epilogue; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Witchweeds (Striga species) decimate agriculture in much of Africa and parts of Asia, attacking the major cereal grains and legumes, and halving the already very low yields of subsistence farmers. Several years of research have provided promising technologies, based on the fundamental biology of the parasite-host associations, for dealing with this scourge. However, there is an apparent realization that these technologies will fail because highly successful weeds such as Striga evolve resistance to all types of controls unless proven methods are integrated with each other for a more sustainabl
• Titolo autorizzato: Integrating new technologies for striga control
• ISBN: 1-281-12185-1; 9786611121853; 981-277-150-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450710603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II