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Biology Articles » Botany » Plant Taxonomy » Infra-specific folk taxonomy in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in Ethiopia: folk nomenclature, classification, and criteria » Table 2

Table 2
- Infra-specific folk taxonomy in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) in Ethiopia: folk nomenclature, classification, and criteria

Classification criteria: Percent of farmers who are using various traits for folk taxonomy

Morphological Traits
 H (N = 101)
 I (N = 99)
 L (N = 50)
 Total (N = 250)
Seedling vigor (NS)
 94
 86.8
 82
 88.8
Leaf number (*, §
 92
 89.9
 74
 87.6
Plant colour (NS)
 93
 89.9
 92
 91.6
Leaf midrib colour(NS)
 96
 98
 98
 97.2
Plant height (NS)
 99
 96.9
 100
 98.4
Nodal tillers (NS)
 96
 87
 94
 92.4
Basal tillers (NS)
 98
 90
 94
 94
Flower synchrony for tillers (NS)
 92
 87
 94
 90.8
Internode length (NS)
 93
 91
 88
 91.2
Node number (NS)
 93
 91
 80
 87.2
Awns(*, §
 96
 87.8
 82
 90
Panicle type (C)
 100
 100
 100
 100
Panicle size (NS)
 100
 97.9
 100
 99.2
Glume colour (*, §
 97
 89
 100
 95.2
Grain coverage (NS)
 99
 94.9
 100
 97.6
Grain size (NS)
 100
 98.9
 100
 99.6
Grain/seed price (NS)
 97
 97.9
 96
 97.2
Seed colour (c)
 100
 100
 100
 100
Grain plumpness (fill) (NS)
 99
 98
 94
 97.6
Threshability (c)
 99
 100
 100
 100
Seed shattering (*, §
 84
 91
 70
 84
Leaf greenness (less senescence) (NS)
 95
 93
 84
 92
Stalk sweetness (c)
 99
 100
 100
 100
Maturity (*, §
 99
 95
 100
 98
Plant height (c)
 100
 100
 100
 100
Biotic and abiotic stress related traits
Reaction to weevil (NS)
 30.6
 39
 50
 38
Stalk borer resistance (NS)
 31.7
 31.3
 48
 34.8
Shootfly resistance (*, §
 24
 17.2
 36
 23.6
Aphid (Kishkish) (NS)
 10.9
 13
 18
 13.2
Leaf disease resistance(*, §
 25.7
 14
 32
 22.4
Resistance to storage fungi (NS)
 15.8
 10
 44
 19.2
Grain mold (NS)
 15.8
 10
 18
 14
Pokkah boeng (Harkan) (*, §
 17.8
 8
 30
 16.4
Head midge (*, §
 13.9
 9
 32
 15.6
Ergot (NS)
 15.8
 15.1
 12
 14.8
Smut resistance (NS)
 21.8
 17
 28
 21.2
Lodging resistance (*, §
 84
 64.6
 86
 76.8
Drought resistance (*, §
 78
 87.8
 96
 85.6
Frost tolerance (NS)
 16.8
 8
 10
 12
Low soil fertility tolerance (NS)
 90
 88.9
 90
 89.6
Water logging tolerance NS)
 20.8
 17.2
 20
 19.2
Use related traits
Stalk marketability (NS)
 44
 57.6
 46
 49.6
Yield (C)
 100
 100
 100
 100
Biomass production (Leaf +stalk) (NS)
 99
 100
 100
 99.6
Taste (NS)
 100
 98.9
 96
 98.8
Milling quality(NS)
 23.8
 25.2
 36
 26.8
Boiled grain (Shumo) (NS)
 99
 100
 100
 99.6
Porridge (Lafiso) (NS)
 99
 98
 98
 99.2
Quality and storability of 'injera' (C)
 100
 100
 100
 100
Flour-to-water ratio NS)
 100
 98.9
 98
 99.2
Fuel wood value (*, §
 96
 98
 82
 94
Animal feed value (c)
 100
 100
 100
 100
Construction value (NS)
 79
 68
 76
 74

Legend: H = Highland, I = Intermediate, L = Lowland; * and §indicates significance of chi-square (X2) and likelihood ratio (G2) respectively at 5%; NS = non significant at 5%;C = Similar value hence no computation of X2 and G2
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