Diversity in Phenotypic Traits and Mineral Elements of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) Genotypes

Table 5

The five principal component axes and their characters.

Character	PCA1	PCA 2	PCA3	PCA4	PCA5
Plant height	0.24	0.29	0.10	−0.20	0.00
Number of leaves	0.17	0.24	0.25	−0.15	0.05
Days to flowering	−0.03	0.42	−0.04	−0.06	0.03
Petiole length	0.30	0.14	0.05	−0.21	−0.21
Internode length	0.29	0.12	0.08	−0.16	−0.06
Plant height at flowering	0.28	0.17	0.04	−0.05	0.01
Number of locules	0.00	0.26	−0.07	0.04	−0.41
Peduncle length	0.25	0.09	−0.20	0.31	0.26
Days to maturity	−0.03	0.41	−0.04	−0.08	0.03
Fruit length	0.19	0.13	−0.30	0.44	0.17
Fruit diameter	0.24	0.15	−0.06	0.13	−0.26
Number of seeds	0.28	−0.03	0.14	−0.02	−0.15
Number of pods	0.32	−0.08	0.19	0.26	0.12
Pod weight	0.31	−0.06	0.17	0.31	0.02
Fibre	−0.22	0.08	0.25	−0.01	−0.31
Potassium	−0.22	0.21	0.33	0.07	0.27
Phosphorus	−0.12	0.24	−0.38	−0.07	0.17
Sodium	0.01	0.04	0.43	−0.20	0.49
Calcium	−0.18	0.18	0.27	0.39	−0.04
Magnesium	−0.21	0.16	0.25	0.41	−0.14
Iron	−0.17	0.24	−0.01	0.09	−0.21
Zinc	−0.12	0.32	−0.22	−0.05	0.28

Values in bold indicate traits with significant contribution to the total variation.