TABLE 8.
Mean CMD incidence, CMD symptom severity, type of infection and whitefly abundance across fields where different cultivars were cultivated
| Cassava cultivar | Number of fields | Mean CMD incidence | Mean symptom severity | Cutting infection (%) | Whitefly infection (%) | Mean whitefly abundance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agric | 47 | 8.51 | 2.09 | 51.41 | 16.77 | 207 |
| Ajasa | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Akpu | 151 | 13.65 | 2.17 | 55.18 | 16.47 | 114 |
| Baki itche (black stem) | 17 | 7.47 | 2.10 | 36.35 | 4.83 | 27 |
| Banada | 4 | 33.25 | 2.073 | 86.723 | 13.28 | 152 |
| Cotonou | 1 | 0 | 65 | |||
| Danwari | 11 | 17.55 | 2.246 | 78.79 | 12.12 | 59 |
| Feri itche (white stem) | 5 | 13.8 | 2.143 | 28.58 | 31.42 | 14 |
| Odongbo | 16 | 21.88 | 2.24 | 49.16 | 25.84 | 21 |
| Okoyawo | 98 | 8.54 | 2.11 | 36.10 | 13.90 | 87 |
| Pinky | 3 | 28 | 2.12 | 76.40 | 23.6 | 0 |
| TME419 | 2 | 0 | 27 |
Note: All values are averaged across all fields cultivating each cassava cultivar. Cutting infection and whitefly infection implies the average proportion of plants, across all fields cultivating each cultivar, with infections that originated from the propagation of an infected cutting or from the whitelfy vector.