Village | Average (%) | ||||||
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Stress | Strategy | Gudyanga (%) | Maunganidze (%) | Nenhowe (%) | Tonhorai (%) | P value | |
Moisture | Soil mulching | 29 (2) | 16 (2) | 6 (7) | 14 (2) | 18 (1) | 0.040* |
Reducing acreage | 11 (3) | 5 (6) | 17 (3) | 14 (2) | 11 (3) | 0.051 | |
Use of ridges | 9 (5) | 14 (3) | 22 (2) | 9 (5) | 12 (2) | 0.049* | |
Cultivating to retain more moisture in soil | 6 (5) | 14 (3) | 11 (4) | 14 (2) | 11 (3) | 0.053 | |
Adjusting planting dates | 0 (7) | 8 (5) | 0 (7) | 3 (6) | 3 (6) | 0.053 | |
No control strategy | 40 (1) | 38 (1) | 33 (1) | 43 (1) | 39 (NC)a | 0.052 | |
Watering of plants at night | 6 (6) | 5 (6) | 11 (4) | 3 (6) | 6 (5) | 0.053 | |
Heat | Adjusting planting dates | 18 (4) | 22 (2) | 56 (1) | 38 (1) | 29 (2) | 0.006* |
Irrigating at night | 24 (2) | 49 (1) | 25 (2) | 21 (3) | 32 (1) | 0.027* | |
No control strategy | 24 (2) | 16 (3) | 6 (4) | 25 (2) | 19 (NC) | 0.042* | |
Mulching | 33 (1) | 14 (4) | 13 (3) | 17 (4) | 20 (3) | 0.041* |