Table 9 Variance explained by the three principal components for eleven traits
Traits | Latent vectors (loadings) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
PC1 | PC2 | PC3 | |
Biomass | 0.255 | 0.358 | 0.425 |
Days to heading | −0.335 | 0.069 | 0.131 |
Days to maturity | − 0.327 | 0.229 | − 0.280 |
Grain yield | 0.328 | 0.275 | 0.049 |
Kernel protein content | 0.314 | − 0.363 | − 0.312 |
Kernel mouture content | 0.370 | − 0.270 | 0.029 |
Kernel starch content | − 0.279 | 0.435 | 0.108 |
Plant height | 0.325 | 0.371 | 0.143 |
Spike length | 0.200 | 0.286 | − 0.527 |
Seed per Spike | 0.242 | 0.353 | − 0.429 |
Thousand kerner weight | 0.300 | − 0.039 | 0.360 |
Eigen value | 4.753 | 1.731 | 1.199 |
Individual percent variation explained | 43 | 16 | 11 |
Cumulative percent variation explained | 43 | 58.94 | 70 |