Table 2

Food sources of Zonocerus variegatus among the annual and perennial crops in the humid forest of Southern Cameroon.

All

Crops
AECD-Blocks
General feeder (Polyphagous)
Oligophagous
Monophagous
No crop attacked
Absent in the village

Annual crops
Yaounde
60
40
0
0
0

Mbalmayo
70
30
0
0
0

Ebolowa
70
30
0
0
0

     Mean
67
33
0
0
0

Young Perennial Crop
Yaounde
20
20
10
50
0

Mbalmayo
20
20
10
50
0

Ebolowa
30
50
0
20
0

     Mean
23
30
7
40
0

Female

Annual crops
Yaounde
60
40
0
0
0

Mbalmayo
60
40
0
0
0

Ebolowa
60
40
0
0
0

     Mean
60
40
0
0
0

Young Perennial Crop
Yaounde
20
0
0
80
0

Mbalmayo
40
0
0
60
0

Ebolowa
40
40
0
20
0

     Mean
33
13
0
53
0

Male

Annual crops
Yaounde
60
40
0
0
0

Mbalmayo
80
20
0
0
0

Ebolowa
80
20
0
0
0

     Mean
73
27
0
0
0

Young Perennial Crop
Yaounde
20
40
20
20
0

Mbalmayo
0
40
20
40
0

Ebolowa
20
60
0
40
0

     Mean
13
47
13
33
0

The values are averages of the scores for 10 groups of farmers (5 male and 5 female groups) interviewed per block; AECD-Blocks = Agro-Ecological, Cultural and Demographic Blocks

Kekeunou et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2006 2:17   doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-17