?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F784%2F&rft.title=Proceedings+of+the+Second+International+Workshop+on+Striga&rft.creator=Ramaiah%2C+K+V&rft.creator=Rao%2C+M+J+V&rft.creator=Kumble%2C+V&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=More+than+1800+phanerogamic+parasites+have+been+recorded+throughout+the+world.+Among+the+most+important+are+the+parasitic+figworts+or+Scrophulariaceae%2C+which+are+economically+damaging+root+parasites.+The+genus+Striga%2C+with+more+than+50+species%2C+belongs+to+this+family%3B+however%2C+only+a+few+are+completely+parasitic+and+damaging+to+their+hosts.+Undoubtedly%2C+the+major+species+are+S.+hermonthica-a+widespread+and+important+pest+of+cereals+in+Af+r+ica-and+S%2C+asiatica%2C+an+important+pest+both+in+Asia+and+in+eastern+and+southern+Africa.+Although+precise+estimates+of+crop+loss+are+difficult+to+make+and+data+are+incomplete%2C+it+is+well+known+that+severe+losses%2C+amounting+in+many+seasons+to+total+crop+failure%2C+are+caused+by+these+parasitic+weeds.+However%2C+there+is+still+a+general+lack+of+awareness+of+the+magnitude+and+importance+of+the+problem.+These+Proceedings+bring+together+the+results+of+discussions+held+at+Ouagadougou%2C+Upper+Volta%2C+in+October+1981%2C+where+the+latest+research+findings+and+proposals+for+further+research+were+presented.+They+highlight+the+important+advances+made+in+knowledge+of+the+pest+species%2C+methods+of+control%2C+and+techniques+for+breeding+for+resistance+to+these+noxious+weeds.+It+is+hoped+that+this+publication+will+prompt+increased+effort+to+be+focused+on+methods+of+combat+ing+Striga+and+reducing+the+serious+losses+it+causes+to+cereal+production%2C+and+on+strengthening+links+between+scientists+working+in+numerous+programs+to+produce+solutions+to+outstanding+research+roblems.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1983&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F784%2F1%2FRA_00047.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ramaiah%2C+K+V+and+Rao%2C+M+J+V+and+Kumble%2C+V++(1983)+Proceedings+of+the+Second+International+Workshop+on+Striga.++Other.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++