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Morphological Characterization of Cherry Rootstock Candidates Selected from Central and East Black Sea Regions in Turkey

Table 3

Eigenvalues and proportions of variance described by the 13 principal components that correspond to eigenvalues greater than 1.
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Eigenvalues8,133,813,362,751,931,661,551,421,341,251,141,061,01
Explained proportion of variation (%)19,359,088,006,544,603,963,683,373,192,982,712,522,41
Cumulative proportion of variation (%)19,3528,4336,4342,9747,5651,5255,2058,5761,7664,7467,4669,9872,38
CharactersEigen vectors
Leaf blade: shape −0,690,330,100,100,17−0,010,100,000,040,130,09−0,10−0,11
Leaf blade: angle of apex −0,360,550,14−0,22−0,06−0,02−0,070,07−0,10−0,140,090,320,15
Leaf blade: length of tip0,47−0,50−0,050,09−0,080,050,040,14−0,130,030,05−0,32−0,11
Leaf blade: shape of base−0,280,550,13−0,150,26−0,280,03−0,210,090,050,140,000,15
Leaf blade: color of upper side0,24−0,16−0,340,130,15−0,30−0,230,390,19−0,19−0,02−0,210,24
Leaf blade: glossiness of upper side−0,23−0,120,22−0,010,120,220,47−0,41−0,120,04−0,08−0,010,20
Leaf blade: pubescence of lower side at apex0,360,19−0,21−0,040,03−0,060,160,240,050,370,340,040,33
Young shoot intensity of anth. coloration of young leaf 0,49−0,010,440,22−0,060,04−0,22−0,26−0,18−0,110,35−0,05−0,09
Leaf blade: incisions of margin0,48−0,10−0,160,090,100,150,13−0,260,280,40−0,12−0,24−0,10
Leaf blade: depth of incisions of margin0,42−0,12−0,13−0,100,51−0,25−0,10−0,040,19−0,01−0,09−0,010,23
Leaf: presence of stipules−0,05−0,210,87−0,21−0,06−0,03−0,020,210,050,12−0,130,050,10
Petiole: presence of pubescence of upper side−0,03−0,190,87−0,25−0,050,00−0,010,190,060,15−0,140,070,10
Petiole: intensity of pubescence of upper side0,16−0,340,79−0,260,100,00−0,040,100,120,13−0,140,030,06
Petiole: depth of Groove0,54−0,23−0,06−0,080,41−0,09−0,040,040,03−0,18−0,080,210,14
Leaf: presence of nectaries0,090,180,27−0,190,020,040,560,220,04−0,320,18−0,37−0,09
Leaf: predominant number of nectaries0,530,300,13−0,020,10−0,150,330,06−0,08−0,19−0,05−0,310,17
Leaf: position of nectaries0,260,43−0,06−0,20−0,310,090,010,37−0,37−0,010,240,070,16
Nectary: color0,67−0,120,03−0,120,05−0,06−0,040,13−0,08−0,070,02−0,26−0,10
Nectary: shape0,150,200,08−0,080,06−0,170,300,100,42−0,440,090,24−0,25
Leaf blade: length0,910,10−0,030,080,06−0,03−0,02−0,09−0,04−0,08−0,140,14−0,02
Leaf blade: width0,680,450,010,150,15−0,080,04−0,030,03−0,04−0,160,16−0,11
Leaf blade: ratio length/width0,71−0,42−0,09−0,07−0,100,09−0,08−0,09−0,11−0,10−0,040,050,12
Petiole: length0,730,540,080,000,04−0,07−0,01−0,140,000,10−0,090,02−0,07
Leaf: ratio length of leaf blade/length of petiole0,07−0,76−0,120,120,010,10−0,030,11−0,05−0,240,000,110,08
Petiole: thickness0,840,13−0,010,080,080,02−0,01−0,06−0,020,05−0,110,10−0,03
Stipule: length0,50−0,190,29−0,080,03−0,04−0,070,000,330,010,400,01−0,20
Plant: vigor0,430,12−0,040,020,100,510,18−0,110,06−0,100,160,080,21
Plant: habit−0,150,15−0,09−0,040,270,59−0,010,150,320,07−0,03−0,04−0,10
Plant: branching−0,160,07−0,05−0,020,370,64−0,050,340,02−0,010,020,05−0,05
Pubescence of shoot−0,11−0,080,05−0,100,61−0,030,14−0,10−0,40−0,020,010,040,05
Anthocyanin coloration of apex0,53−0,070,380,19−0,070,18−0,25−0,23−0,13−0,170,330,01−0,05
One-year-old shoot: pos. of veg. bud in relation to shoot0,21−0,43−0,140,140,09−0,120,32−0,05−0,080,330,350,100,12
One-year-old shoot: size of vegetative bud0,080,250,040,28−0,500,08−0,06−0,030,34−0,01−0,09−0,180,42
One-year-old shoot: shape of apex of vegetative bud0,01−0,280,050,25−0,24−0,260,52−0,010,030,07−0,060,17−0,10
One-year-old shoot: size of vegetative bud support0,17−0,32−0,160,31−0,10−0,040,200,250,190,150,140,38−0,08
One-year-old shoot: length−0,090,080,430,680,210,04−0,04−0,040,06−0,070,08−0,010,22
One-year-old shoot: thickness−0,100,270,240,750,05−0,04−0,18−0,010,210,040,08−0,05−0,02
One-year-old shoot: length of internode 0,700,27−0,090,07−0,090,190,050,20−0,070,18−0,140,100,03
One-year-old shoot: number of lenticels0,120,11−0,04−0,550,21−0,20−0,250,030,080,310,27−0,09−0,15
One-year-old shoot: branching −0,66−0,240,040,390,32−0,09−0,060,10−0,03−0,060,10−0,040,05
First branch height0,560,320,180,270,01−0,020,020,22−0,210,16−0,190,00−0,18
Branch angle−0,200,140,170,610,20−0,140,040,30−0,310,13−0,07−0,04−0,16