Table 6.
Control measures used by farmers in the management of diseases, weeds, and pests affecting watermelon and pumpkin crops in the study areas
| Control measure | Regions | Total | % | df | χ2 | P | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acholi | Central | East Central | Elgon | Lango | South Western | Teso | West Nile | Western | ||||||
| Weeds | ||||||||||||||
| None | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.90 | 32 | 39.65 | 0.0078* |
| Weeding | 4 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 79 | 74.2 | |||
| Herbicides | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.7 | |||
| Weeding and herbicides | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 17.1 | |||
| Pests | ||||||||||||||
| None | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 13.2 | 4 | 46.6 | < 0.001* |
| Ash | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 63.2 | |||
| Pesticide | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7.5 | |||
| Pheromones | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16.0 | |||
| Disease | ||||||||||||||
| None | 5 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 83 | 79.0 | 8 | 10.96 | < 0.001 |
| Chemical sprays | 1 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 21.0 | |||
| Method of chemical application | ||||||||||||||
| Mixing of herbicides and pesticide | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 19.1 | 8 | 14.67 | 0.0696 |
| No mixing of pesticides and herbicides | 5 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 85 | 80.9 | |||
df degree of freedom
χ2 chi-square value for the measure of association
P probability value
*denotes significant differences