Drought is not the only enemy. Striga is a parasitic weed that Africans commonly call witchweed. The plant attacks sorghum and other crops and steals water and nutrients from the roots.
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Witchweed
Synonyms for "witchweed"
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Bamanankan
1 entries- sɛgɛnin noun (Striga hermonthica)
Dagbanli
1 entries- wubilim noun (Striga hermonthica)
Muyang
1 entries- mimiz noun (Striga hermonthica)
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1968, (U.S.) National Research Council: Committee on Plant and Animal Pests: Subcommittee on Weeds, Principles of Plant and Animal Pest Control, Volume 2: Weed Control, National Academy of Sciences Publication 1597, page 43, The witchweed-suppression program is a classic example of a systems approach to weed management and represents one of the finest organized efforts in the United States to eradicate a weed.
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A number of witchweed species parasitize important economic plants such as corn, sugarcane, rice, tobacco, and some small grains.
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The Asian and African witchweed (Striga asiatica) grows parasitically on the roots of members of the Poaceae, especially maize and sorghum causing significant crop losses, but also on rice, millet, sugar cane and grasses.
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