Assessment of Diversity among Important Brinjal (Solanum melongena) Cultivars Using Morphological Markers

Table 5

Loading score, eigenvalue, percentage variance, and accumulative variance for 9 quantitative and 20 qualitative traits among 22 eggplant accessions.

	PC1	PC 2	PC 3	PC 4	PC 5	PC 6	PC 7	PC 8	PC 9	PC 10	PC 11	PC 12	PC 13	PC 14	PC 15	PC 16	PC 17	PC 18	PC 19	PC 20	PC 21
Plant height	0.155	0.98173	−0.07032	−0.00477	0.017615	−0.04175	−0.04057	0.009888	−0.0216	0.028001	−0.03036	0.015748	0.01487	−0.00315	−0.00273	−0.00181	−0.00788	−0.00298	0.001008	0.006683	−0.00886
Plant branching	0.01383	0.0057849	−0.10066	−0.06062	−0.04623	0.10209	0.099342	0.3229	0.094487	0.13713	0.16702	0.33789	−0.18304	−0.23077	−0.10146	0.028235	−0.12625	−0.40893	0.074271	−0.1725	0.13709
Stem thickness	0.006531	0.020888	0.023635	0.016143	0.051781	0.10646	0.097057	−0.00595	0.25088	0.31793	0.22943	−0.00687	0.097869	−0.22529	−0.03305	0.23391	−0.18739	0.26258	−0.14749	0.032286	0.062521
Stem spine	−0.00179	−0.015175	−0.03649	0.044421	−0.02602	0.003248	−0.03148	−0.11198	−0.03532	0.015122	−0.08877	0.23678	0.067369	−0.012328	−0.03909	0.18569	0.061774	−0.11977	0.15729	0.64243	−0.13991
Stem color	−0.00551	0.012255	−0.00128	0.007607	0.060179	0.056235	0.08448	0.29486	−0.2842	−0.24641	−0.2154	−0.08356	−0.09187	0.22518	0.020389	−0.14249	0.17067	−0.01814	−0.10148	0.017846	0.49005
Stem hairness	0.007502	0.0015029	−0.0177	0.037283	0.29305	0.051448	0.36606	−0.0493	−0.02244	0.29181	−0.16673	−0.23717	0.049281	0.10869	−0.00772	0.072564	−0.01479	−0.02606	−0.05741	−0.0816	−0.02615
Leaf blade color	−0.00068	0.0085899	0.009559	0.040683	−0.05674	0.03223	0.17486	−0.11356	0.013249	0.005701	−0.0281	0.090871	0.06333	−0.05068	0.57787	0.21967	−0.30277	−0.09664	0.26926	−0.15564	0.31645
Leaf lobe	0.00426	−0.038645	−0.032314	0.020568	0.21063	−0.00576	−0.20437	0.096753	0.21005	0.14123	−0.40166	0.021374	0.50611	−0.32885	0.14307	−0.31895	0.1632	−0.22632	−0.04862	0.016051	0.077101
Leaf length	0.01221	0.077923	0.57491	0.26184	−0.17915	0.38746	0.044655	−0.141641	−0.00807	−0.14667	0.090616	−0.34188	−0.06146	−0.34564	0.07499	−0.17668	0.085746	−0.02924	0.13255	0.063858	−0.01221
Leaf width	0.001112	0.024514	0.5491	0.20285	−0.00061	0.15936	−0.117561	0.078078	0.13076	0.26575	−0.17494	0.43357	0.061592	0.44285	−0.11759	0.1098	0.070505	0.00328	−0.10007	−0.16749	0.041351
Leaf spine	−0.00238	−0.228084	−0.02133	−0.01002	−0.04945	0.084123	0.004982	−0.04961	−0.12169	0.030528	−0.16657	0.26622	−0.03319	−0.06111	−0.11071	0.099297	−0.07283	0.068788	0.007556	0.42783	0.19561
Petiole color	−0.00336	0.0057486	0.031241	0.080202	0.001843	0.00649	0.04379	0.18851	0.054689	−0.11422	−0.25695	−0.10095	0.03877	0.33801	0.17713	−0.1207	−0.19661	0.14042	0.097217	0.252251	−0.13097
Petiole length	0.032717	0.0045837	0.22358	0.21569	0.66615	−0.17765	0.10917	−0.12964	−0.16593	−0.28442	0.29924	0.25695	−0.01187	−0.10379	−0.17054	−0.11694	−0.1087	−0.05881	−0.09759	0.015341	0.041662
Leaf hairness	0.007502	0.0015029	−0.0177	0.037283	0.29305	0.051448	0.36606	−0.0493	−0.02244	0.29181	−0.16673	−0.23717	0.049281	0.10869	−0.00772	0.072564	−0.01479	−0.02606	−0.05714	−0.00816	−0.02615
Flower bud size	0.003503	0.010846	0.008134	0.014206	0.10901	.013106	−0.00926	0.45286	0.27689	−0.30047	0.13623	0.000959	0.37579	−0.06284	−0.03056	0.17549	−0.07743	0.18688	−0.07437	−0.05195	−0.17432
Flower bud color	−0.00351	0.0089068	0.044116	0.061204	0.028217	−0.01801	0.090574	0.18989	0.075729	−0.05904	−0.01467	0.031384	0.13479	0.15797	0.15884	−0.11836	−0.1603	0.12038	0.050993	0.29929	−0.01335
Flower bud spine	0.00439	0.012537	0.057557	0.063207	0.036401	0.003689	0.089871	0.15433	−0.12191	−0.07534	0.14423	−0.0065	0.13706	0.044399	0.093765	0.15668	−0.15972	−0.0914	0.3211	0.031246	0.17914
Flower size	0.001069	0.0056793	−0.01271	0.048745	0.17133	−0.06795	0.060502	−0.22811	0.16602	0.09852	0.05393	0.088413	0.046265	0.16777	0.15585	0.2992	0.53934	−0.012536	0.35565	−0.06608	−0.017572
Flower color	0.008012	−0.020404	−0.00089	0.044897	0.030866	−0.10929	−0.02871	−0.1264	−0.16092	0.34064	0.053755	0.20034	0.079536	−0.10658	−0.01311	−0.39198	−0.02955	0.41743	0.32122	−0.04607	0.14509
Fruit color	0.022461	−0.011648	−0.51912	0.56228	0.002092	0.55876	0.011283	−0.1503	0.049952	−0.06775	0.029842	0.1117	0.02553	0.08581	−0.0404	−0.08336	0.033614	0.032033	−0.09133	−0.03642	0.036698
Fruit length	0.008351	−0.036357	−0.06551	0.32249	0.24711	−0.14057	−0.65216	0.17188	−0.00866	0.21148	0.11617	−0.29368	−0.14101	0.070112	0.057964	0.15926	−0.01748	−0.03211	0.19111	0.024094	0.14506
Fruit width	0.028671	0.0046997	−0.0026	−0.16414	−0.11169	0.044751	−0.15927	−0.33539	−0.10398	0.052946	0.44872	−0.05927	0.45368	0.2601	0.12886	−0.02812	0.003799	−0.20384	−0.35694	0.10921	0.24286
Fruit shape	0.002272	−0.002086	−0.07583	−04.16286	−0.00625	0.17419	0.17541	0.24594	−0.0701	0.096611	0.29907	0.055921	0.10956	0.10669	0.02421	−0.30972	0.32326	−0.12618	0.27093	0.037406	−0.06629
Fruit curvature	−0.00329	−9.11E-05	0.022745	0.033297	0.051808	−0.11044	0.024256	−0.04882	0.15527	−0.1962	−0.1761	0.11017	−0.15056	−0.18344	0.29786	0.11852	0.19834	0.056142	−0.30355	0.034715	0.23052
Fruit brightness	0.001192	−0.000971	0.05288	−0.0457	−0.03626	0.065771	0.08796	0.13596	0.001223	0.098336	0.062612	−0.25093	0.073821	−0.08798	−0.40343	0.29292	0.20372	−0.02641	0.068678	0.19233	0.36995
Fruit firmness	−0.00346	−0.00059	−0.08452	−0.0584	−0.05673	−0.00111	−0.01578	−0.16313	−0.0674	−0.2656	−0.14438	0.045706	0.33485	−0.03202	−0.25622	0.16136	0.053153	0.38756	0.24424	−0.26413	0.18744
Av. fruit weight	0.98576	−0.15537	0.00859	−0.00201	−0.03981	−0.0238	0.013119	0.015221	−0.00134	−0.00845	−0.02651	−0.00843	−0.00665	0.002135	0.001237	0.009642	0.002457	0.006223	0.006231	−0.00149	−0.01316
No of locule	0.031566	0.0053395	0.044079	−0.57674	0.39897	0.5448	−0.26712	−0.09607	0.086938	−0.0361	−0.04805	0.03235	−0.21985	0.054093	0.091383	0.005943	−0.05363	0.13323	0.085814	0.038544	0.048815
Seed Weight (100 seed)	−0.00021	0.0025502	−0.00515	0.003371	0.001102	−0.00959	0.011854	−0.01708	0.039551	−0.01035	0.023257	−0.03648	−0.06142	0.059764	0.084533	0.012119	−0.07393	0.12525	−0.02153	0.095487	−0.010297
Seed abundance	0.009342	0.017685	−0.0258	0.014566	−0.0217	−0.18784	0.13502	0.004151	0.55273	0.032934	0.2394	0.012158	−0.22577	0.060072	0.067384	−0.19614	0.25161	0.24901	−0.02954	0.13694	0.30172
Insect attack	0.000479	0.014482	−0.01157	−0.03097	−0.01026	−0.07141	0.004462	−0.26966	0.47492	−0.18216	−0.14643	−0.12328	0.005003	0.19281	−0.34815	−0.20461	−0.34477	−0.31884	0.24053	0.013736	0.14611
Eigenvalue	1155.07	81.7029	13.958	6.47008	3.81658	3.28145	1.94754	1.18424	1.1161	0.930796	0.742969	0.613688	0.156757	0.373451	0.260828	0.230084	0.167371	0.099952	0.078799	0.046873	0.030798
Variance	90.758	6.4197	1.0967	0.50838	0.29988	0.25784	0.15303	0.09305	0.087696	0.073136	0.062307	0.04822	0.040603	0.029343	0.020494	0.018079	0.013151	0.007854	0.006192	0.003683	0.00242
Accum variance	90.78	97.1747	98.2714	98.77978	99.07966	99.3375	99.49053	99.358	99.67128	99.74441	99.80672	99.85494	99.22489	99.92489	99.44538	99.66346	99.97661	99.88446	99.99066	99.99434	99.99769