Table 2 Classification criteria: Percent of farmers who are using various traits for folk taxonomy
Morphological Traits | H (N = 101) | I (N = 99) | L (N = 50) | Total (N = 250) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Seedling vigor (NS) | 94 | 86.8 | 82 | 88.8 |
Leaf number (*, § | 92 | 89.9 | 74 | 87.6 |
Plant colour (NS) | 93 | 89.9 | 92 | 91.6 |
Leaf midrib colour(NS) | 96 | 98 | 98 | 97.2 |
Plant height (NS) | 99 | 96.9 | 100 | 98.4 |
Nodal tillers (NS) | 96 | 87 | 94 | 92.4 |
Basal tillers (NS) | 98 | 90 | 94 | 94 |
Flower synchrony for tillers (NS) | 92 | 87 | 94 | 90.8 |
Internode length (NS) | 93 | 91 | 88 | 91.2 |
Node number (NS) | 93 | 91 | 80 | 87.2 |
Awns(*, § | 96 | 87.8 | 82 | 90 |
Panicle type (C) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Panicle size (NS) | 100 | 97.9 | 100 | 99.2 |
Glume colour (*, § | 97 | 89 | 100 | 95.2 |
Grain coverage (NS) | 99 | 94.9 | 100 | 97.6 |
Grain size (NS) | 100 | 98.9 | 100 | 99.6 |
Grain/seed price (NS) | 97 | 97.9 | 96 | 97.2 |
Seed colour (c) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Grain plumpness (fill) (NS) | 99 | 98 | 94 | 97.6 |
Threshability (c) | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Seed shattering (*, § | 84 | 91 | 70 | 84 |
Leaf greenness (less senescence) (NS) | 95 | 93 | 84 | 92 |
Stalk sweetness (c) | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Maturity (*, § | 99 | 95 | 100 | 98 |
Plant height (c) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Biotic and abiotic stress related traits | ||||
Reaction to weevil (NS) | 30.6 | 39 | 50 | 38 |
Stalk borer resistance (NS) | 31.7 | 31.3 | 48 | 34.8 |
Shootfly resistance (*, § | 24 | 17.2 | 36 | 23.6 |
Aphid (Kishkish) (NS) | 10.9 | 13 | 18 | 13.2 |
Leaf disease resistance(*, § | 25.7 | 14 | 32 | 22.4 |
Resistance to storage fungi (NS) | 15.8 | 10 | 44 | 19.2 |
Grain mold (NS) | 15.8 | 10 | 18 | 14 |
Pokkah boeng (Harkan) (*, § | 17.8 | 8 | 30 | 16.4 |
Head midge (*, § | 13.9 | 9 | 32 | 15.6 |
Ergot (NS) | 15.8 | 15.1 | 12 | 14.8 |
Smut resistance (NS) | 21.8 | 17 | 28 | 21.2 |
Lodging resistance (*, § | 84 | 64.6 | 86 | 76.8 |
Drought resistance (*, § | 78 | 87.8 | 96 | 85.6 |
Frost tolerance (NS) | 16.8 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
Low soil fertility tolerance (NS) | 90 | 88.9 | 90 | 89.6 |
Water logging tolerance NS) | 20.8 | 17.2 | 20 | 19.2 |
Use related traits | ||||
Stalk marketability (NS) | 44 | 57.6 | 46 | 49.6 |
Yield (C) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Biomass production (Leaf +stalk) (NS) | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99.6 |
Taste (NS) | 100 | 98.9 | 96 | 98.8 |
Milling quality(NS) | 23.8 | 25.2 | 36 | 26.8 |
Boiled grain (Shumo) (NS) | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99.6 |
Porridge (Lafiso) (NS) | 99 | 98 | 98 | 99.2 |
Quality and storability of 'injera' (C) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Flour-to-water ratio NS) | 100 | 98.9 | 98 | 99.2 |
Fuel wood value (*, § | 96 | 98 | 82 | 94 |
Animal feed value (c) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Construction value (NS) | 79 | 68 | 76 | 74 |