New Cultivars Derived from Crosses between Commercial Cultivar and a Wild Population of Papaya Rescued at Its Center of Origin
Table 3
Groups formed by cluster analysis from seven morphological traits in the progeny F1 (a) and progeny F2 (b) resulting from the intraspecific L7 M22.
(a) Progeny F1
Group
PH
HFF
SD
PL
NFLN
NFN
NFP
1
201.56
110.37
9.38
69.97
3.06
1.07
19.49
2
174.94
80.30
9.00
65.81
3.77
1.20
24.52
3
210.59
92.27
9.24
79.88
5.42
1.43
40.88
4
198.08
89.29
11.25
76.69
6.92
2.75
62.87
(b) Progeny F2
Group
PH
HFF
SD
PL
NFLN
NFN
NFP
1
193.44
85.80
9.62
64.20
2.00
1.36
19.16
2
240.78
115.11
11.27
76.59
2.46
2.03
20.96
3
203.00
98.00
11.50
89.00
6.00
4.00
68.00
4
288.00
172.50
14.95
103.50
5.65
4.45
79.00
PH: plant height, HFF: height of first fruit, SD: stem diameter, PL: length of petiole, NFLN: number of flowers per node, NFN: number of fruits per node, NFP: number of fruits per plant, and F1 and F2: F1 and F2 progenies.
