Table 1 Characteristics of the Duupa landraces used in this study

From: High outcrossing rates in fields with mixed sorghum landraces: how are landraces maintained?

Landraces' name

Races

Density a

Frequency b

Panicle shape c

Panicle length

Plant size

Total number of alleles d

baa dangkaliya

guinea caudatum

3

66

5

4.64±0.62

30.60±2.42

13

kubaze kolla

guinea

40

100

5

4.60±0.43

35.70±9.04

19

see gooriya

durra bicolor

0.5

48

3

3.86±0.41

31.30±3.31

18

yatta

durra caudatum

0.6

38

3

3.50±0.36

17.50±1.34

23

za'toota

durra

0.7

59

6

3.73±0.57

21.06±1.10

28

  1. Means are given±s.d. in centimetre for panicle length and in metre for plant size.
  2. aDensity=percentage of panicles encountered per landrace, in transects in 19 fields (taking into account only fields in which the landrace was present).
  3. bFrequency=percentage of fields in which a given landrace was cultivated (of 19 fields) according to Barnaud et al. (2007).
  4. cPanicle shape is encoded as 3—very loose drooping primary branches, 5—loose drooping primary branches, 6—semi-loose erect primary branches, following IBPGR/ICRISAT (1993).
  5. dTotal number of alleles for each landrace and at the six loci analysed.
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