Table 7 Results of preference ranking for five MPs against blackleg (Scores in the table shows ranks given to medicinal plant based on their efficacy; thus 5 = most effective, 1 = least preferred)
Medicinal plant species For blackleg | Respondents (R1-R10) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Total | Rank | |
Cyphostemma adenocaule | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 1st |
Verbascum sinaiticum | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 4th |
Prunus africana | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 2nd |
Rumex abyssinicus | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5th |
Stephania abyssinica | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 3rd |