Understanding Genetic Diversity of Sorghum Using Quantitative Traits

Table 4

Sorted rotated factor loadings of quantitative traits.

Variable	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
Stem girth	0.908	−0.057	−0.048
Leaf breadth	0.858	−0.371	0.089
Leaf length	0.602	−0.291	−0.431
Number of leaves per plant	0.565	−0.384	0.005
Yield	0.217	−0.955	−0.019
Panicle weight	0.202	−0.939	0.038
Hundred-seed weight	0.364	−0.636	0.459
Panicle length	−0.009	0.002	−0.885
Panicle width	0.253	0.058	−0.796
Plant height	−0.227	0.129	−0.786
Days to maturity	0.029	−0.04	0.128
Days to 50% flowering	0.045	−0.178	−0.052
Dry matter production	0.035	−0.209	−0.11
Number of primary branches per panicle	0.476	−0.122	0.071
Variance	2.81	2.685	2.479
% variance	20.1	19.2	17.7
Cumulative % variance	20.1	39.3	57.0