Saving sorghum from sooty stripe in West Africa
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CTA. 1993. Saving sorghum from sooty stripe in West Africa. Spore 44. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Sooty stripe is a serious disease of sorghum. Caused by a fungus called Ramulispora sorghi, it is particularly severe in areas with 500-1000 mm average annual rainfall. Recent studies indicate that sooty stripe can cause grain losses of nearly 50%....