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Effect of Striga Trap Crops and Nitrogen Fertilizer Application on Yield and Yield Related Traits of Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] at Fedis District, Eastern Ethiopia

Fikadu Tadesse, Tamado Tana, Jemal Abdulahi, Fuad Abduselam

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Striga causes a serious threat to successful cultivation of sorghum in areas of low and erratic rainfall and poor soil fertility.Therefore, to reduce yield losses and severity of Striga, a field experiment was conducted during the cropping season of 2015 on heavily Striga-infested field in Fedis District, Boko site to determine the effect of trap crops (cowpea, soybean, desmodium, control) and N fertilizer rates (0, 46, 92 and 138 kg N ha -1 ) on management of Striga, yield

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Key concepts: Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, Striga, Yield (engineering), Agronomy, Sweet sorghum, Fertilizer, Biology