Aa. Abbasher et al., MICROORGANISMS OF STRIGA-HERMONTHICA IN NORTHERN GHANA WITH POTENTIALAS BIOCONTROL AGENTS, Biocontrol science and technology, 5(2), 1995, pp. 157-161
A survey of microorganisms of Striga hermonthica Del. Benth., a root p
arasite of graminaceous crops, was conducted in northern Ghana in 1992
. Thirteen fungal species were isolated from infected S. hermonthica p
lants. Fusarium spp. were the most prevalent, and were isolated from m
ore than 90% of the S. hermonthica samples collected Other fungi isola
ted were Alternaria alternata, Bipolaris specifera, Cladosporium oxysp
orum, Curvularia falax, Macrophomina phaseolina, Nodulisporium gregari
um, Phoma sorghina and Sclerotium rolfsii.