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Demand-Driven Technologies for Sustainable Maize ... - IITA

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276Table 1. Percentage of crop and fallow fields infested by Striga species in Sudan, northern Guinea and southern Guinea savannas from 935 fieldssampled in Nigeria, 2004.Ecological ZoneType of fi eldSorghum 1 <strong>Maize</strong> 1 Rice 2 Millet 3 Cowpea 4 Fallow 3 Mean% Compound fi elds infested (n = 459)Sudan savanna 100.0 96.0 - 100.0 71.0 45.0 82.4Northern Guinea savanna 96.0 87.0 61.0 - 95.0 48.0 77.4Southern Guinea savanna 93.0 56.0 58.0 - 78.0 37.0 64.4Mean 96.3 79.6 59.5 100.0 81.3 43.3 74.7% Bush fi elds infested (n = 476)Sudan savanna 97.0 96.0 9.0 67.0 53.0 27.0 53.7Northern Guinea savanna 100.0 67.0 56.0 - 100.0 30.0 70.6Southern Guinea savanna 80.0 58.0 21.0 - 100.0 17.0 54.8Mean 92.3 73.6 28.6 67.0 84.3 24.7 61.8Overall mean 94.3 76.6 44.1 83.5 82.8 35.5 68.3Associated Striga species were 1= Striga hermonthica, 2 = Striga aspera, 3 = Striga densifl ora, 4 = Striga gesnerioides

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