Table 1.

Effects of Striga hermonthica on rice total above-ground parts and panicle DW in the second open-air pot experiment in 2012.

Variety	Total above-ground parts DW per pot (g)		Panicle DW per pot (g)
	Striga-infested	Striga-free	Striga-infested	Striga-free
Umgar	39.8 ± 7.1	45.4 ± 5.0 NS	10.5 ± 1.2	8.8 ± 1.2 NS
NERICA5	18.8 ± 3.6	23.8 ± 4.8 NS	3.9 ± 1.1	4.6 ± 1.5 NS
NERICA13	23.0 ± 4.7	32.9 ± 7.5 NS	3.7 ± 1.5	3.5 ± 1.5 NS
NERICA4	10.3 ± 3.2	39.6 ± 9.3*	1.6 ± 0.7	6.4 ± 1.0**
NERICA18	15.1 ± 4.3	51.1 ± 3.9**	3.3 ± 0.8	7.5 ± 1.4*
Nipponbare	17.8 ± 4.5	31.5 ± 2.7*	2.9 ± 1.0	6.5 ± 1.2*

Data are mean ± standard error of six replications. ^∗ and ^∗∗ indicate significant differences at p < 0.01 and 0.05, respectively, by Student t-test within a variety. NS indicates not significant (p > 0.10) within a variety.