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

Table 8

Germination percentages and furthest germination distance means of IITA and local checks recorded under laboratory conditions.

Genotype	Germination percentage	Genotype	Germination distance (mm)
Ax31	12.8	Ax31	1.5
Ax28	18.0	TH114911	5.0
TH14949	21.5	Bx31	6.3
Bx31	22.9	R201	8.0
R201	23.9	TH14949	8.5
Ax32	25.2	Ax27	9.8
Ax27	32.1	Ax28	10.0
Ax7	35.5	Ax32	12.5
TH114911	40.6	Ax7	14.8
SC637	46.0	TH14910	17.5
TH14910	51.4	TH128799	22.0
SC513	54.6	SC637	24.8
SC537	56.0	SC513	30.3
TH128799	57.2	SC537	31.0
Mean	35.6		14.4
value	<0.001		<0.001
Least significant difference at 5%	11.3		4.2