Open AccessBiological Characteristics and Control of Orobanche Crenata Forsk., a Review
Author(s) -
Alessia Restuccia,
M. Marchese,
Giovanni Mauromicale,
Giuseppe Restuccia
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
italian journal of agronomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2039-6805
pISSN - 1125-4718
DOI - 10.4081/ija.2009.1.53
Subject(s) - biology , sativum , germination , orobanche , vicia faba , parasitic plant , noxious weed , botany , seed dormancy , agronomy , orobanchaceae , parasitism , pisum , dormancy , host (biology) , weed , ecology
Orobanche crenata is a holoparasitic phanerogam which is particularly noxious to legumes, such as faba bean (Vicia faba L.), pea (Pisum sativum L.), chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.), etc., and commonly considered one of the major causes which has contributed to re-rizing the area designed to their cultivation. After a few brief references on the origin and diffusion of O. crenata, in this work summarises the results of research into biological aspects and control of this species. The information obtained especially concerns seed production, seed viability, seed longevity and dormancy, seed conditioning and germination, parasitism phases, the effects of parasite attacks on host plants and the means of control