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CIMMYT Collaborative Efforts unveilS Herbicide-Coated Maize Seed Technology to Curb Problematic Striga

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  1. CIMMYT, P.O. Box 25171, Nairobi, Kenya

    Fred K. Kanampiu & Dennis Friesen

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel

    Jonathan Gressel

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Kanampiu, F.K., Friesen, D. & Gressel, J. CIMMYT Collaborative Efforts unveilS Herbicide-Coated Maize Seed Technology to Curb Problematic Striga . Integrated Pest Management Reviews 7, 63–64 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025725828337

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