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Table 2 Food sources of Zonocerus variegatus among the annual and perennial crops in the humid forest of Southern Cameroon.

From: Farmers' perception on the importance of variegated grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus (L.)) in the agricultural production systems of the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon

All

Crops

AECD-Blocks

General feeder (Polyphagous)

Oligophagous

Monophagous

No crop attacked

Absent in the village

Annual crops

Yaounde

60

40

0

0

0

 

Mbalmayo

70

30

0

0

0

 

Ebolowa

70

30

0

0

0

 

   Mean

67

33

0

0

0

Young Perennial Crop

Yaounde

20

20

10

50

0

 

Mbalmayo

20

20

10

50

0

 

Ebolowa

30

50

0

20

0

 

   Mean

23

30

7

40

0

Female

Annual crops

Yaounde

60

40

0

0

0

 

Mbalmayo

60

40

0

0

0

 

Ebolowa

60

40

0

0

0

 

   Mean

60

40

0

0

0

Young Perennial Crop

Yaounde

20

0

0

80

0

 

Mbalmayo

40

0

0

60

0

 

Ebolowa

40

40

0

20

0

 

   Mean

33

13

0

53

0

Male

Annual crops

Yaounde

60

40

0

0

0

 

Mbalmayo

80

20

0

0

0

 

Ebolowa

80

20

0

0

0

 

   Mean

73

27

0

0

0

Young Perennial Crop

Yaounde

20

40

20

20

0

 

Mbalmayo

0

40

20

40

0

 

Ebolowa

20

60

0

40

0

 

   Mean

13

47

13

33

0

  1. The values are averages of the scores for 10 groups of farmers (5 male and 5 female groups) interviewed per block; AECD-Blocks = Agro-Ecological, Cultural and Demographic Blocks