Claim · #6496310
Striga spp. · pest pressure · Cereals (Poaceae)
pest pressure · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Species of Striga infect more than two thirds of the 73 million ha of cereals and legumes”
- Source
- Plant Disease: A Threat to Global Food Security
- Authors
- Strange R.N., Scott P.R.
- Year
- 2005
- Publication
- Annual Review of Phytopathology
- Page
- 95
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Striga (witchweed) infestation of African cereals/legumes affecting ~two-thirds of 73 Mha and ~100 M people in ~25 countries is widely cited (Ejeta, Parker et al.); root-parasitism and high yield loss confirmed.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Striga spp. are obligate root hemiparasites of cereals (maize, sorghum, millet, upland rice) causing major yield loss in sub-Saharan Africa; figures and root affected_part are textbook-consistent.”
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