“Witch’s weed”: Nagoya Univ, “Striga” developed a remedy – 1 hectare disinfection · 40 yen
“Striga” parasitizes the roots of cereals such as corn, absorbs nutrients and moisture, and kills cereals.
Distributed widely in cultivated land in Africa.
Damage is over 1 trillion yen annually, it is called “witch’s weed”.
Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Associate Professor of Nagoya University and others have newly developed drugs containing compounds with properties similar to this substance.
We succeeded in killing “Striga” by placing the medicine before planting the grain.
Compound synthesis is easy.
The cost of removing 1 hectare is only 40 yen.
Science · IT: Yomiuri Shimbun (YOMIURI ONLINE)