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The effect of soil temperature, moisture and nitrogen on Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze seed germination, viability and emergence on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) roots under field conditions

author(s) Osman, M A - Raju, P S - Peacock, J M
from International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
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Osman, M A and Raju, P S and Peacock, J M (1991) The effect of soil temperature, moisture and nitrogen on Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze seed germination, viability and emergence on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) roots under field conditions. Plant and Soil, 131 (2). pp. 265-273. ISSN 1573-5036

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Abstract

Experiments were conducted in a Striga-sick field to study the effect of soil tempcriiture, moisture and nitrogen on Striga parasitism on sorghum. Striga seeds contained in nylon bags and buried at 2 em in the soil, were exposed to different tcmpcraturc and nioisturc treatments. Clear polythenc, hay rnulch and bare soil treatments were used to vary soil temperature. These treatments gave mean maximum temperatures of 60°, 48

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