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

Table 1 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, based on plant type

Plant type	No. of banana plants	PD (%)	ACD (%)	XI (%)	XO (%)	XT (%)
Tissue culture	79	23.0 ± 3.6^A	8.5 ± 1.5^B	18.3 ± 3.1^A	19.9 ± 2.6^A	19.1 ± 2.7^A
Sucker	50	24.2 ± 4.7^A	19.6 ± 4.6^A	27.7 ± 5.6^A	21.9 ± 4.7^A	24.8 ± 5.0^A

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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