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Table 9 Farmers’ trait preference of a navy bean cultivar by sex for improvement during breeding

From: Farmers’ perceptions of navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production constraints, preferred traits and farming systems and their implications on bean breeding: a case study from South East Lowveld region of Zimbabwe

 

Village

 

Gudyanga (%)

Maunganidze (%)

Nenhowe (%)

Tonhorai (%)

Cultivar characteristic

Ma

Fb

Mnc

M

F

Mn

M

F

Mn

M

F

Mn

Mean (%)

Overall rank

P value

Heat stress tolerance

76 (1)

68 (6)

72 (2)

68 (8)

67 (9)

68 (9)

71 (1)

70 (1)

71 (1)

75 (1)

75 (2)

75 (2)

72

1

0.125

Drought stress tolerance

70 (3)

73 (1)

72 (2)

71 (1)

75 (1)

73 (1)

71 (1)

70 (1)

71 (1)

74 (3)

69 (8)

72 (3)

72

1

0.083

Disease tolerance

70 (3)

72 (3)

71 (4)

71 (1)

75 (1)

73 (1)

71 (1)

70 (1)

71 (1)

72 (4)

72 (4)

72 (3)

72

1

0.059

Insect pest tolerance

68 (5)

68 (6)

68 (6)

69 (6)

66 (10)

68 (9)

71 (1)

70 (1)

71 (1)

75 (1)

76 (1)

76 (1)

71

4

0.985

Canning quality

30 (16)

27 (17)

29 (16)

31 (16)

30 (16)

31 (16)

33 (16)

20 (17)

27 (17)

21 (16)

11 (17)

16 (17)

26

17

0.011*

Short cooking time

68 (5)

67 (8)

68 (6)

68 (8)

63 (11)

66 (11)

69 (7)

66 (7)

68 (7)

62 (11)

73 (3)

68 (10)

68

8

0.116

Grain yield

68 (5)

72 (3)

70 (5)

71 (1)

75 (1)

73 (1)

71 (1)

66 (7)

69 (6)

72 (4)

68 (9)

70 (5)

71

4

0.469

Maturity period

72 (2)

73 (1)

73 (1)

71 (1)

75 (1)

73 (1)

64 (11)

70 (1)

67 (9)

68 (7)

71 (6)

70 (5)

71

4

0.221

Nutritional value iron, zinc

22 (17)

34 (16)

28 (17)

29 (17)

19 (17)

24 (17)

21 (17)

59 (11)

40 (16)

21 (16)

19 (16)

20 (16)

28

16

0.012*

Growth habit

44 (15)

40 (15)

42 (15)

39 (15)

35 (15)

37 (15)

44 (15)

43 (13)

44 (15)

35 (15)

46 (15)

41 (15)

41

15

0.019*

Plant height

54 (12)

49 (12)

52 (12)

53 (12)

50 (12)

52 (12)

50 (12)

43 (13)

47 (12)

58 (12)

52 (12)

55 (12)

52

12

0.560

Resistance to pod shattering

68 (5)

65 (10)

67 (8)

68 (8)

71 (7)

70 (6)

67 (10)

63 (10)

65 (10)

66 (9)

72 (4)

69 (8)

68

8

0.200

Pod size

68 (5)

64 (11)

66 (9)

69 (6)

69 (8)

69 (8)

69 (7)

70 (1)

70 (5)

68 (7)

71 (6)

70 (5)

69

7

0.854

Grain size

62 (10)

69 (5)

66 (9)

71 (1)

75 (1)

73 (1)

69 (7)

66 (7)

68 (7)

66 (9)

65 (11)

66 (11)

68

8

0.714

Grain taste

46 (13)

46 (14)

46 (14)

44 (13)

42 (13)

43 (13)

46 (13)

47 (13)

47 (12)

48 (14)

47 (13)

48 (14)

46

14

0.025*

Storability

62 (10)

67 (8)

65 (11)

65 (11)

75 (1)

70 (6)

71 (1)

59 (11)

65 (10)

70 (6)

68 (9)

69 (8)

67

11

0.504

Ease of shelling

46 (13)

47 (13)

47 (13)

44 (13)

41 (14)

43 (13)

46 (13)

47 (13)

47 (12)

50 (13)

47 (13)

49 (13)

47

13

0.521

  1. The numbers in parentheses () indicate the rank of the respective trait
  2. *Denotes that the villages differed significantly at P ≤0.05
  3. aM male
  4. bF female
  5. cMn average