Germplasm Bred for Resistance to Striga hermonthica Exhibited High Resistance Levels to Striga asiatica Compared to Commercial Checks

Table 4

Means of maize traits recorded during a greenhouse experiment at the University of Zimbabwe.

Genotype	Height	Stem biomass	Leaf biomass	Cob biomass	Root biomass	Total biomass	Root to shoot biomass
Ax28	142.60	39.81	19.04	20.72	20.71	105.47	0.23
Bx31	135.80	22.45	18.62	19.34	20.03	58.14	0.67
Ax31	149.10	33.26	41.42	28.71	17.64	125.35	0.24
R201	144.60	11.31	13.05	3.27	12.67	50.70	0.52
SC 513	144.70	8.11	4.20	3.62	24.00	45.72	0.85
SC 537	144.00	38.07	17.11	29.18	24.74	112.86	0.49
SC 637	114.30	15.62	13.51	5.66	25.74	75.73	1.01
Ax27	141.30	20.60	22.97	29.69	17.27	87.88	0.66
TH114911	101.80	32.19	12.89	30.14	18.81	83.90	0.44
TH128799	141.50	37.13	18.03	27.12	23.55	107.89	0.41
TH14910	175.70	36.88	24.32	31.83	16.86	87.79	0.36
TH14949	150.30	20.88	13.80	20.24	29.77	86.48	0.80
Ax7	143.10	46.49	19.58	18.37	21.80	119.72	0.30
Ax32	126.60	17.70	14.39	24.56	16.82	59.49	0.55
Mean	139.67	27.18	18.07	20.89	20.74	86.22	0.54
value	0.017	<0.001	0.203	0.45	0.131	<0.001	<0.001
5% least significant difference	19.3	8.3	NS	NS	NS	27.1	0.2

NS: not significant at 5% probability level.