Protocol for Using 'Suicidal Germination' to Eradicate <em>Striga hermonthica</em> (IMAGE)

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Protocol for Using 'Suicidal Germination' to Eradicate <em>Striga hermonthica</em>

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Figure 2 from Kountche et al., Protocol for the plant-hormone treatment. 1: Pre-conditioned Striga seeds are ready to germinate in the warm, moist conditions at the start of the rainy season; 2. Artificial plant hormones are applied to the soil after rainfall; 3. Striga seeds sense the artificial plant hormones and germinate; 4. Without host plants, the Striga seedlings die.

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Salim Al-Babili

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