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The genus Striga is composed of about 50 species, all obligate parasites of tropical cereals and legumes. The genetic structure of S. asiatica of Benin and S. gesnerioides (SG) were analyzed using AFLP. In the former, the mean within population genetic distances ranged from 0.02…

Striga hermonthica (Scrophulariaceae: Rhinanthoideae) is aparasitic weed on sorghum and millet in Africa. It has not been possible, so far, to breed varieties of these crops immune to striga. Variation in many floral and vegetative features and in seed coat ornamentation indicat…