Evaluation of Fonio (Digitaria exilis) Varieties for Improved Agronomic Traits in the Guinea and Sudan Savannah Agroecological Zones of Ghana

Table 8

Principal components analysis of agro-morphological traits of Fonio.

PC	Eigenvalue	Total (%) variance	PHM	NRP	RL	TNP	PNP	NLP	LA	DPHM	GY (kg/ha)	1000 GW (g)	BLSC	SKC
PC1	11.7	65	0.259	−0.09	−0.27	0.245	0.235	0.265	0.139	0.275	0.261	−0.18	−0.21	−0.03
PC2	3.6	20	0.161	0.412	0.036	0.049	0.077	0.12	0.402	−0.04	−0.15	0.367	−0.12	0.359
PC3	1.35	7.5	−0.03	−0.3	0.084	0.21	0.239	−0.09	−0.15	−0.07	0.042	−0.05	−0.22	0.518
PC4	1.17	6.5	−0.09	0.06	−0.14	0.373	0.406	0.084	0.025	0.014	0.075	−0	0.549	−0.09

PNP = panicle number per plant; BLSC = basal leaf sheath color, PHM = plant height at maturity; NLP = number of leaves per plant; LA = leaf area; GY = grain yield; 1000 GW = thousand grain weight; SKC = spikelet color; RL = root lodging; DPHM = days to physiological maturity; TNP = tiller number per plant; NRP = number of racemes per plant.