Table 5.
Eigenvalues of the principal component axes from the multiple regression analysis of the on morphophysiological and biochemical characteristics
| Traits | Component | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Plant length | −0.055 | 0.904 | 0.188 |
| Number of lateral branches | 0.865 | 0.019 | 0.129 |
| Umbrellas per plant | 0.885 | 0.092 | −0.010 |
| Umbels per umbrellas | 0.419 | −0.215 | 0.453 |
| Number of fruits in the umbrella | 0.241 | 0.219 | 0.369 |
| Number of internode | 0.313 | 0.528 | 0.446 |
| Internode length | −0.019 | 0.882 | 0.130 |
| Leaf length | 0.444 | 0.673 | 0.308 |
| Leaf width | 0.129 | 0.879 | −0.021 |
| Shoot dry weight | 0.889 | 0.246 | 0.071 |
| Fruits dry weight | 0.646 | 0.137 | 0.519 |
| Essential oil content | −0.497 | 0.170 | 0.673 |
| Essential oil yield | 0.101 | 0.216 | 0.901 |
| Eigenvalues | 6.31 | 3.62 | 2.16 |
| % of variance | 48.42 | 27.86 | 11.79 |
| Cumulative variance % | 48.42 | 76.24 | 88.07 |