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A full-length enriched cDNA library and expressed sequence tag analysis of the parasitic weed, Striga hermonthica.
BMC plant biology - 30 Mar 2010
Yoshida Satoko, Ishida Juliane K, Kamal Nasrein M, Ali Abdelbagi M, Namba Shigetou, Shirasu Ken
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BACKGROUND: The obligate parasitic plant witchweed (Striga hermonthica) infects major cereal crops such as sorghum, maize, and millet, and is the most devastating weed pest in Africa. An understanding of the nature of its parasitism would contribute to the development of more sophisticated manage...
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