Table 3: The principle components, their contribution to the total phenotypic variation.

Phenotypic variable

Principal components

PC1

C2

PC3

PC4

PC5

PC6

Number of leaves

0.461

0.162

0.035

0.000

0.005

0.000

Length of vine (cm)

0.648

0.036

0.003

0.000

0.001

0.012

Leaf length (cm)

0.413

0.049

0.060

0.019

0.113

0.000

Leaf width (cm)

0.621

0.030

0.024

0.044

0.072

0.008

Petiole length (cm)

0.522

0.010

0.020

0.033

0.006

0.119

Leaf colour

0.084

0.544

0.180

0.012

0.014

0.006

Stem end shape

0.036

0.027

0.000

0.265

0.177

0.245

Blossom end shape

0.066

0.112

0.104

0.200

0.141

0.006

Fruit Shape

0.011

0.010

0.116

0.486

0.000

0.026

Fruit Colour

0.076

0.016

0.037

0.032

0.296

0.022

Fruit ribbing

0.093

0.001

0.184

0.132

0.173

0.116

100 seed weight (g)

0.492

0.093

0.000

0.057

0.045

0.028

Seed width (cm)

0.139

0.065

0.153

0.005

0.140

0.267

Seed length (cm)

0.121

0.428

0.057

0.011

0.031

0.020

Seed colour

0.042

0.019

0.362

0.148

0.000

0.088

Seed hull

0.256

0.326

0.271

0.003

0.000

0.044

Eigen value

4.082

1.928

1.606

1.447

1.215

1.007

Variability (%)

25.515

12.052

10.040

9.042

7.596

6.293

Cumulative %

25.515

37.567

47.607

56.649

64.245

70.538

The values in bold correspond for each variable to the factor for which the squared cosine is the largest