Table 8 Sociolinguistic group-based variation of the top five farmer-desired breeding traits for an improved variety of Synsepalum dulcificum
Traits | Adja | Fon | Sahouè | Akan | Ewe | Ga-adangbe | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cumulated score | Rank | Cumulated score | Rank | Cumulated score | Rank | Cumulated score | Rank | Cumulated score | Rank | Cumulated score | Rank | |
Big fruit size | 28 | 1st | 27 | 1st | 23 | 2nd | 38 | 3rd | 42 | 1st | 43 | 1st |
Early fruiting | 20 | 2nd | 27 | 1st | 26 | 1st | 42 | 2nd | 38 | 2nd | 38 | 3rd |
High fruit yielding | 18 | 3rd | 21 | 3rd | 12 | 3rd | 43 | 1st | 32 | 3rd | 40 | 2nd |
Dwarf tree | 14 | 4th | 6 | 4th | 6 | 4th | 18 | 4th | 20 | 5th | 19 | 4th |
Large tree crown | 7 | 5th | – | 6 | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Fruit freshness | – | 5 | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | 5th | |
High fruit miraculin content | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 5th | 31 | 4th | – | – | |
Overall ranking agreement | Kendall-W = 0.69 | |||||||||||