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Table 7 Farmers’ preferred characteristics of groundnut varieties in percentage

From: Groundnut production constraints and farmers’ trait preferences: a pre-breeding study in Togo

Region

Village

Large pod size

Yield

High oil content

Drought

Red color

Disease resistance

Good taste

Early maturity

High no. seed/pod*

Kara

Kpoloubal

5

55

10

20

10

Binadjoub

5

90

5

Nampoch

10

50

20

20

 

Mean (%)

6.66

65

3.33

13.33

3.33

1.66

6.66

Savanes

Yacle

30

60

10

Dore

75

25

Namo

25

65

10

 

Mean (%)

18.33

66.66

15

 

Centrale

Sonde

35

50

10

5

Attibodo

70

5

10

15

Wassarabou

65

25

10

 

Mean (%)

11.66

61.67

10

6.67

10

Grand mean

12.22

64.44

6.11

4.44

1.11

3.33

2.22

2.22

3.33

  1. *High no. seed/pod, high number of pods per plant