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. 2016 May 13;7:634. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00634

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Copyright © 2016 Samejima, Babiker, Mustafa and Sugimoto.

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Growth of Striga hermonthica seedlings inoculated onto rice roots in a rhizotron under 100× magnification. (a) A seedling that failed to attach to the host root at 14 DAI. (b) A seedling that attached to the root but showed no shoot emergence at 21 DAI, or no shoot elongation from (c) 14 DAI to (d) 21 DAI. A seedling that (e) reached the four or more leaf pairs stage before 14 DAI and then (f) died before 21 DAI. A seedling that parasitized successfully with steady healthy shoot growth from (g) 14 DAI to (h) 21 DAI.