Table 3: Principal Component Analysis and the Eigen Vectors of Seven Quantitative traits for 321 Lowland Rice Genotypes tested at Pawe, North western Ethiopia.
|
Quantitative traits |
Eigen Vectors/Loadings |
||
|
PC1 |
PC2 |
PC3 |
|
|
DH |
-0.51/-0.82 |
0.12/0.16 |
-0.39/-0.41 |
|
DM |
-0.47/-0.76 |
0.09/0.12 |
-0.45/-0.47 |
|
PH |
0.46/0.74 |
0.26/0.35 |
-0.31/-0.32 |
|
PL |
0.25/0.41 |
0.50/0.67 |
-0.37/-0.38 |
|
NFG |
-0.13/-0.21 |
0.65/0.88 |
0.08/0.08 |
|
NUFG |
-0.07/-0.11 |
0.49/0.66 |
0.58/0.60 |
|
TSW |
0.48/0.77 |
-0.05/-0.07 |
-0.27/-0.29 |
|
Eigenvalue |
2.61 |
1.83 |
1.09 |
|
Variability (%) |
37.25 |
26.11 |
15.54 |
|
Cumulative Variability % |
37.25 |
63.36 |
78.90 |
Where: DH: Days to Heading; DM: Days to Maturity; PH: Plant Height; PL: Panicle Length; NFG: Number of Filled Grains; NUFG: Number of Unfilled Grains; TSW: 1000 Seed Weight; PC: Principal Component; %: Percentage