| Characters |
PC 1 |
PC 2 |
PC 3 |
PC 4 |
| Stem girth |
0.320244 |
0.218051 |
0.027805 |
-0.496615 |
| Plant height |
0.365684 |
0.254400 |
0.368768 |
0.270685 |
| Number of primary branches |
0.393347 |
-0.409839 |
-0.094420 |
0.040422 |
| Number of nodes on the stem |
0.400710 |
-0.426543 |
-0002449 |
0.062014 |
| Length of longest primary |
0.347277 |
0.267598 |
-0.0210344 |
-0.310869 |
| Canopy diameter |
0.494893 |
0.100075 |
0.041793 |
-0.085156 |
| Internode length of the stem |
0.085595 |
0.546520 |
0.348756 |
0.285654 |
| % CBD infestation |
0.003899 |
-0.290628 |
0.525117 |
-0.391957 |
| % CLR infestation |
0.187800 |
-0.237740 |
0.198156 |
0.529851 |
| Average yield |
0.200743 |
0.128586 |
-0.609656 |
0.234012 |
| Eigenvalues |
3.251856 |
2.091618 |
1.738643 |
1.180991 |
| %Total variance |
32.52 |
20.92 |
17.39 |
11.81 |
| %Cumulative variance |
32.52 |
53.43 |
70.82 |
82.63 |
|
| Note: PC1, PC2, PC3, and PC4 are the first four principal components with eigenvalues greater than unity. |
| Table 2: Eigenvalues, total variance, cumulative variance, and eigenvectors for the 10 characters. |