Table 7.
Strategies for the control of disease, pests, and weeds in watermelon and pumpkin production in Uganda
Strategy | Regions | Total | Percentage | df | χ2 | P | ||||||||
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Acholi | Central | East Central | Elgon | Lango | South western | Teso | West Nile | Western | ||||||
Weeding | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 46.67 | 24 | 159.47 | < 0.001* |
Weeding, ash | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 12.38 | |||
Weeding, crop protection chemical sprays | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 29.52 | |||
Weeding, crop rotation | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11.43 |
df degree of freedom
χ2 chi-square value for the measure of association
P probability value
*denotes significant differences