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Table 4 Percentage (±i) respondent relative to use of plant-based/indigenous stem borer control in Fako Division of the South Western Cameroon

From: Farmers knowledge and perception on maize stem borers and their indigenous control methods in south western region of Cameroon

All

Overall

Control of stem borers

 

Maumu (n = 35)

Lower Bokova (n = 40)

Ekona (n = 44)

Bonduma (n = 32)

 

Plant-based products

Yes

31.4 ± 7.4a

0

36.4 ± 7.7a

3.1 ± 2.8b

18.5 ± 6.2

No

68.6 ± 7.4b

100

63.6 ± 7.7b

96.9 ± 2.8a

81.5 ± 6.2

P-values

0.0280

0

0.0704

<0.0001

<0.0001

Other indigenous methods

Yes

40 ± 7.8b

22.5 ± 6.7b

72.7 ± 7.1a

43.8 ± 7.9b

45.3 ± 7.9

No

60 ± 7.8a

77.5 ± 6.7a

27.3 ± 7.1b

56.3 ± 7.9a

54.7 ± 7.9

P-values

0.2367

0.0005

0.0026

0.4795

0.2901

Females

Plant-based products

Yes

37.0 ± 7.7a

0

38.1 ± 7.8a

0

23.6 ± 6.8

 

No

62.9 ± 7.70a

100

61.9 ± 7.8a

100

73.4 ± 7.1

 

P-values

0.1779

NA

NA

NA

<0.0001

Other indigenous methods

Yes

44.4 ± 7.9b

20.8 ± 6.5b

76.2 ± 6.8a

41.2 ± 7.9b

50.9 ± 7.9

 

No

55.6 ± 7.9a

79.2 ± 6.5a

23.8 ± 6.8b

58.8 ± 7.9a

49.1 ± 7.9

 

P-values

0.5637

0.0043

0.0007

0.4669

0.8488

Males

Plant-based products

Yes

12.5 ± 5.3

0

0

6.7 ± 3.9

4.9 ± 3.4

 

No

87.5 ± 5.3a

100

100

93.3 ± 3.9a

95.1 ± 3.4

 

P-values

0.0339

NA

NA

0.0008

<0.0001

Other indigenous methods

Yes

25 ± 6.9b

25 ± 6.9b

0

46.7 ± 7.9a

31.7 ± 7.4

 

No

75 ± 6.9a

75 ± 6.9a

100

53.3 ± 7.9b

68.3 ± 7.4

 

P-values

0.1573

0.0455

NA

0.7963

0.0191

  1. Zones not sharing a common letter in a row are significantly different at P = 0.05. ‘p-value’ is the significance level of Kruskal-Wallis (NA no significance, P >0.05)