Orobanche Aegyptiaca (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Egyptian Broomrape (Orobanche aegyptiaca Pers.) is a plant from the family Orobanchaceae. Selective control of Egyptian broomrape is extremely difficult because the close association between host crop and parasite limits the use of most mechanical and herbicidal approaches. Egyptian broomrape together with Sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) is known in Eurasia as a specific parasite of sunflower, which differs from the nodding broomrape (O. cernua Loefl) in host specificity and morphological characteristics. Egyptian broomrape seriously parasitizes sunflowers (Helianthus annuus L.). Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family, is a family of flowering plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species.