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. 2013 Jul 10;14(9):861–869. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12058

Figure 1.

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(A) Global distribution of the economically most destructive Striga species and two major host plants, cowpea and sorghum, according to Mohamed and Musselman (2008) and Musselman (1980). The relative production of sorghum and cowpea in West Africa, East Africa and South‐East Asia is based on values published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, http://www.fao.org/corp/statistics/en) for 2011. (B) Striga asiatica (Sa) seed next to an Arabidopsis thaliana (At) seed. (C) Two‐week‐old S. asiatica (Sa) haustorium (arrow) on rice (Oryza sativa, Os). (D) Striga hermonthica‐infested sorghum field in Kismu (Kenya, December 2012). (B, C) Scale bars represent 200 μm.