Corm damage caused by banana weevils Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) collected from different banana growing regions in Uganda

Table 2 Mean percentage peripheral damage, PD, percentage above the collar damage, ACD, percentage inner cross section damage, XI, percentage outer cross section damage, XO and percentage total cross section damage, XT, caused by banana weevils from different regions

Weevil source	No. of banana plants	PD (%)	ACD (%)	XI (%)	XO (%)	XT (%)
Rakai	16	50.4 ± 0 9.0^A	40.4 ± 6.9^A	42.9 ± 9.7^BA	40.4 ± 7.6^A	41.7 ± 8.4^BA
Kyenjojo	05	50.0 ± 12.2^A	0.0 ± 0.0^C	23.5 ± 7.9^BA	36.2 ± 11.1^BA	29.9 ± 9.0^BAC
Masaka	15	39.0 ± 08.7^AB	10.4 ± 5.1^BC	34.0 ± 9.5^BA	31.4 ± 7.6^BA	32.7 ± 8.0^BAC
Wakiso	12	38.4 ± 10.3^AB	31.9 ± 7.2^AB	51.2 ± 11.6^A	36.4 ± 9.5^BA	43.8 ± 10.1^A
Mukono	07	30.7 ± 06.1^AB	9.3 ± 4.9^BC	37.0 ± 8.4^BA	37.2 ± 8.3^BA	37.7 ± 8.3^BAC
Sironko	12	27.6 ± 10.0^AB	11.3 ± 6.4^BC	11.8 ± 4.8^BA	12.6 ± 3.2^BA	12.2 ± 3.7^BAC
Mbarara	06	23.3 ± 12.8^AB	0.0 ± 0.0^C	18.7 ± 9.8^BA	23.2 ± 8.2^BA	20.9 ± 8.5^BAC
Ntungamo	07	20.7 ± 10.3^AB	0.0 ± 0.0^C	19.0 ± 9.4^BA	18.6 ± 7.8^BA	18.8 ± 8.3^BAC
Mbale	10	13.1 ± 07.5^AB	21.1 ± 9.0^ABC	10.8 ± 10.0^BA	8.8 ± 6.9^BA	9.8 ± 8.4^BAC
Kabale	06	4.8 ± 03.8^AB	0.0 ± 0.0^C	0.0 ± 0.0^B	8.3 ± 0.8^BA	4.2 ± 3.4^BC
Control	33	0.0 ± 0.0^B	0.0 ± 0.0^C	0.0 ± 0.0^B	0.0 ± 0.0^B	0.0 ± 0.0^C

Mean values in each column accompanied by the same letter are not significantly different (p < 0.05). (Student–Newman–Keuls test rankings) and values accompanied by letter (s) which are not similar are significantly different (p > 0.05)

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