This open access book is a compilation of protocols developed through a Coordinated Research
Project of the Joint FAO IAEA Center of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
specifically focused on mutation breeding for resistance to Striga. The book consists of three
sections (i) a general introduction on Striga biology and impact and mutagenesis in cereal
crops (ii) protocol chapters focusing on field screenhouse and laboratory screening and
diagnostic for resistance to Striga asiatica and S. hermonthica in sorghum upland rice and
maize and (iii) efficiency enhancing technologies such as rapid crop cycling doubled haploid
production and genomics for mutation discovery and marker development. These chapters were
written by well recognized experts in Striga biology and physiology and cereal breeders. The
book is intended to serve as a unique reference and guide for plant breeders and geneticists
engaged in breeding for resistance to Striga in cereals.
