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Table 2 On-farm seed management practices reported by households (HHs) in Mangae, Morogoro

From: Modern maize varieties going local in the semi-arid zone in Tanzania

Practice

Trait

Share of HHs

Seed selection

 

72%

 

Plant drought tolerant

31%

 

Plant resistant to lodging

13%

 

Plant true to type

10%

 

Plant flowering time

3%

 

Cob well filled

44%

 

Cob of large size

22%

Spacing between plots with different varieties

 

43%

Staggered planting of different varieties

 

29%

  1. The last column refers to the share of households conducting the practice and selecting seeds on the basis of the listed traits.