Parasitic plants, through a range of infestation strategies, can attack crop plants and thereby require management. Because such problems often occur in resource-poor farming systems, companion cropping to manage parasitic plants is an appropriate approach. Many examples of companion cropping for this purpose have been reported, but the use of cattle forage legumes in the genus Desmodium as intercrops has been shown to be particularly successful in controlling the parasitic witchweeds (Striga spp.) that afflict approximately one quarter of sub-Saharan African cereal production. Through the use of this example, the development of effective companion crops is described, together with developments toward widespread adoption and understanding the underlying mechanisms, both for sustainability and ensuring food security, and also for exploitation beyond the cropping systems described here.

中文翻译：

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伴侣种植以管理寄生植物。

寄生植物可以通过一系列侵染策略攻击农作物，因此需要进行管理。由于此类问题经常发生在资源贫乏的农业系统中，因此管理寄生植物的伴作是一种合适的方法。已经报道了为此目的进行伴生的许多例子，但已证明使用山金车属中的牛饲料豆科植物作为间作在控制寄生性金缕梅（Striga spp.）方面特别成功。撒哈拉非洲谷物生产。通过使用这个例子，描述了有效伴生作物的开发，以及广泛采用和理解潜在机制的发展，包括可持续性和确保粮食安全，