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Table 10 Navy bean cultivars grown in the study areas

From: Farmers’ perceptions of navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production constraints, preferred traits and farming systems and their implications on bean breeding: a case study from South East Lowveld region of Zimbabwe

 

Village

 

Gender

Cultivar

Gudyanga

Maunganidze

Nenhowe

Tonhorai

Total

OveraIl rank

P value

Females

Zimbabwe White Bean

54%

(1)

58%

(1)

15%

(1)

54%

(1)

49%

1

0.032*

Teabus

8%

(2)

3%

(2)

10%

(2)

15%

(2)

9%

2

0.003*

Caledon

3%

(3)

0%

(3)

0%

(3)

0%

(3)

1%

3

0.638

Males

Zimbabwe White Bean

31%

(1)

32%

(1)

55%

(1)

28%

(1)

34%

1

0.015*

Teabus

3%

(2)

6%

(2)

15%

(2)

3%

(2)

5%

2

0.021*

Caledon

3%

(3)

0%

(3)

5%

(3)

0%

(3)

1%

3

0.042*

  1. The numbers in parenthesis () indicate the cultivar rank in terms of the number of respondents cultivating the cultivar
  2. The % indicates the percentage of respondents who are growing the respective cultivar
  3. *Denotes that the villages differed significantly at P ≤ 0.05