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BANANA-GROWING HOUSEHOLDS AND BANANA CULTIVARS 57
Table 5.10 Average number of banana cultivars per
household, by genomic group, Tanzania
Elevation
Genomic group
Low
High
All
Endemic 6.5 6.6 6.5
Nonendemic
Exotic 4.0 2.6 3.7
Hybrids 0.4 0.02*** 0.3
All cultivars 10.8 9.2 10.4
Note: *** indicates statistical significance at the 1 percent level in the
difference of means or distributions across elevations within countries.
Table 5.11 Average rating of endemic and hybrid bananas, by attribute,
Uganda and Tanzania
Uganda
Tanzania
Trait Endemic Hybrid Endemic Hybrid
Cooking quality 2.9** 2.0** 2.6** 2.1**
Suitability for beer 1.1** 1.6** 1.3** 1.7**
Bunch size (yield) 2.2** 2.9** 2.0** 2.3**
Resistance to black Sigatoka 2.0 2.4 2.3** 2.7**
Resistance to Fusarium wilt 2.5 2.7 3.0** 2.8**
Resistance to weevils 1.5** 2.4** 1.7** 2.6**
Notes: ** indicates statistical significance at the 5 percent level. In Uganda, 23 households grow
both hybrid and endemic banana cultivars in their groves. In Tanzania, 50 households grow both
groups of cultivars simultaneously. Rating system: 1 = bad, 2 = neither good nor bad; 3 = very good.
good), 2 (neither good nor bad), and 1 (bad).
Average ratings of hybrid and endemic cultivars
are compared for the households in
the sample growing both types of cultivars
in Table 5.11.