?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F822%2F&rft.title=Techniques+for+Screening+Sorghums+for+Resistance+to+Striga&rft.creator=Rao%2C+M+J+V&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.description=Striga+is+a+root+parasite+of+cereals+and+legumes+which+causes+serious+losses+to+host+crops.+Breeding+genotypes+of+host+crops+wi+th+resistance+to+this+parasite+is+recognized+as+the+most+economic+way+to+combat+Striga.+However%2C+the+breeding+progress+has+been+slowed+by+the+absence+of+valid+screening+techniques.+In+this+bulletin+all+laboratory+and+field+methodologies+currently+used+for+screening+Striga+resistance+are+described+in+detail.+New+screening+techniques+such+as+the+three-stage+methodology+and+the+checkerboard+layout+techniques+are+discussed+at+length.+Several+suggestions+are+offered+to+assist+the+development+and+management+of+Striga-sick+fields.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=1985&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F822%2F1%2FRA_00081.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rao%2C+M+J+V++(1985)+Techniques+for+Screening+Sorghums+for+Resistance+to+Striga.++Manual.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++