Striga Content / Striga Content for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Davis en Researchers Identify Microbes That Help Plants Thwart Parasite /news/researchers-identify-microbes-help-plants-thwart-parasite <p><span><span><span><span><span>Bacteria that could help one of Africa’s staple crops resist a major pest have been identified by researchers at the University of California, Davis. Their findings, published March 26 in <a href="https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(24)00299-7">Cell Reports</a>, could improve yields of sorghum, a mainstay of food and drink in West and East African countries.</span></span></span></span></span></p> March 26, 2024 - 10:53am Andy Fell /news/researchers-identify-microbes-help-plants-thwart-parasite