Prevalence and Socioeconomic Impact of Striga (Striga hermonthica) in Sorghum Producing Areas of East and West Hararghe Zones, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 3

Striga hermonthica infestation per meter square in six districts of the east and west Hararghe Zone 2019 cropping seasons.

Villages (sites)	N	(%)	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Std. deviation	Std. error	Variance
Dire gudina	50	72	34	75	58.26	10.285	1.455	105.788
Ijakechu	50	45	24	64	45.32	12.517	1.770	156.671
Jiru gemechu	50	25	14	59	36.32	10.822	1.530	117.120
Umerkulle	50	40	10	65	42.38	12.382	1.751	153.302
Bal’ina arba	50	74	30	70	55.30	9.298	1.315	86.459
Edobaso	50	85	34	89	76.08	9.918	1.403	98.361
Bishan babile	50	66	27	70	54.06	11.516	1.629	132.629
Tofik	50	35	10	59	38.04	10.347	1.463	107.060
Kile-besidimo	50	92	80	99	90.26	4.416	.625	19.502
Homacho riana	50	78	30	70	50.54	11.108	1.571	123.396
Homacho eba	50	38	8	55	29.76	12.205	1.726	148.962
Homacho dayo	50	23	7	56	28.80	12.602	1.782	158.816
Kufakas	50	82	27	68	52.16	10.839	1.533	117.484
Qufa	50	65	9	60	33.36	13.425	1.899	180.235
Bareda	50	29	11	62	30.44	10.434	1.476	108.864
Oda anesso	50	48	10	53	34.46	13.721	1.940	188.253
Kotora	50	80	30	65	51.00	8.526	1.206	72.694
Haro adii	50	27	8	58	27.92	12.975	1.835	168.361
Valid N (listwise)	50

N : total number of fields observed and  : prevalence%.