Table 7 Ecological zone-based variation of the top five farmer-desired breeding traits for an improved variety of Synsepalum dulcificum
Traits | Guineo-Congolian zone | Deciduous forest zone | Evergreen forest zone | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cumulated score | Rank | Cumulated score | Rank | Cumulated score | Rank | |
Big fruit size | 78 | 1st | 121 | 1st | 2 | 4th |
Early fruiting | 73 | 2nd | 113 | 2nd | 5 | 1st |
High fruit yielding | 51 | 3rd | 111 | 3rd | 4 | 3rd |
High fruit miraculin content | 26 | – | 63 | 4th | – | – |
Dwarf tree | 26 | 4th | 55 | 5th | 2 | 4th |
Biotic stress resistance | – | – | – | 5 | 1st | |
Large tree crown | 17 | 5th | – | – | – | – |
Overall ranking agreement | Kendall-W = 0.6 | |||||