Table 3.
Loading values for vegetative and adaptive traits as assigned by canonical discriminant analysis.
| Vegetative trait loadings1 | LD1 | LD2 | Adaptive trait loadings2 | LD1 | LD2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average leaflet number | 0.056 | -0.231 | Height | 0.857 | -1.692 |
| Number of nodes | 0.090 | 0.335 | Diameter | -0.994 | -1.380 |
| Lenticel density | -0.099 | 0.014 | Average leaf length | -0.257 | 0.799 |
| Rachis pubescence | 0.006 | 0.020 | Average crown area | 0.455 | -0.103 |
| Initial shoot (IS) color intermediate | 0.097 | -1.037 | Leaf number | 1.073 | -0.276 |
| IS color red | -2.309 | -4.228 | Est. total leaf area | -0.764 | -0.309 |
| IS pubescence no | -0.651 | -1.372 | Leaf area stem-1 | 0.481 | -0.501 |
| IS pubescence intermediate | 0.009 | -1.139 | Average leaf area | 0.231 | -0.622 |
| IS yes | 1.702 | -1.783 | 1SPAD | 0.130 | -0.379 |
| Leaf shape broad elliptic | 0.846 | -0.717 | Specific Leaf Area (SLA) | 1.026 | -1.288 |
| Leaf margin dentate | 0.352 | -0.013 | SLA correlated A | -0.357 | 1.431 |
| Leaf color green | 0.796 | -0.102 | Photosynthetic assimilation (A) | 0.615 | -0.017 |
| Leaf color dark green | 1.226 | -0.244 | Transpiration (E) | -0.381 | -1.036 |
| Leaf texture intermediate | -2.886 | 1.905 | Water Use Efficiency (A/E) | -0.241 | -0.471 |
| Leaf texture scabrous | -2.734 | 2.907 | Root Volume | 1.117 | -0.589 |
| 3Rachis color green | 0.356 | -0.387 | Foliar:Rachis biomass | 0.295 | -0.387 |
| 3Rachis color yellow | -0.500 | 0.086 | Total Biomass | -1.027 | 2.878 |
| 3Rachis color red | -0.627 | 0.209 | Sqrt(Shoot:Root + 1) | -1.450 | 1.248 |
| 3Rachis with viscid hairs | -0.002 | -0.056 | |||
| 3Lenticels striated and round | 0.185 | -1.519 | |||
| 3Lenticels round | 0.546 | -3.534 | |||
| 3Leafcar notched | 1.979 | 1.121 | |||
| 3Stem glabrous | 0.094 | 0.740 | |||
| Proportion of trace | 0.647 | 0.353 | 0.770 | 0.230 |
1SPAD meter reading of chlorophyll fluorescence. Initial shoot was abbreviated IS.