The role of biological control in managing parasitic weeds

Agriculture & Biology

• parasitic plants 100%
• biological control 68%
• Orobanche 42%
• Striga 41%
• Alectra 37%
• weed hosts 30%
• Cuscuta 29%
• weeds 16%
• West Asia 14%
• mineral water 14%
• photosynthates 12%
• vascular tissues 11%
• organisms 11%
• buried seeds 11%
• nutrient requirements 10%
• crops 10%
• Mediterranean region 10%
• weed control 9%
• biological control agents 9%
• arthropods 9%
• control methods 9%
• straw 8%
• Angiospermae 8%
• climate change 8%
• herbicides 8%
• legumes 8%
• host plants 8%
• geographical distribution 7%
• vegetables 7%
• ecosystems 7%
• developmental stages 7%
• India 6%
• parasites 6%
• China 6%
• biomass 6%
• fungi 5%
• bacteria 5%
• soil 5%