Journal of
Plant Breeding and Crop Science

  • Abbreviation: J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9758
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPBCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 447

Full Length Research Paper

Response of selected sorghum (sorghum bicolor (l.) moench) genotypes to striga hermonthica (del.) benth in western Kenya

Dauglas Claoudious Ochiel
  • Dauglas Claoudious Ochiel
  • Department of Applied Plant Sciences, School of Agriculture and Food Security, Maseno University, Kenya.
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Mathews M. Dida
  • Mathews M. Dida
  • Department of Applied Plant Sciences, School of Agriculture and Food Security, Maseno University, Kenya.
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Evans Ouma
  • Evans Ouma
  • Department of Applied Plant Sciences, School of Agriculture and Food Security, Maseno University, Kenya.
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P. Ayiecho Olweny
  • P. Ayiecho Olweny
  • Department of Agronomy and Environment Sciences, School of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Rongo University, Kenya.
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Samuel Gudu
  • Samuel Gudu
  • Department of Agronomy and Environment Sciences, School of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Rongo University, Kenya.
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  •  Received: 02 November 2020
  •  Accepted: 06 June 2021
  •  Published: 31 August 2021

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