Table 9.

First order and second-order component relationships.

Components	Traits	D50F	DTM	PH	NB	BFW
Total number of pods (TNP)	D50F	− 0.4423	− 0.0947	0.0166	− 0.1739	− 0.0266
	DTM	0.0336	0.1571	− 0.0054	− 0.0057	− 0.0120
	PH	0.0009	0.0008	− 0.0227	− 0.0068	− 0.0061
	NB	0.2041	− 0.0188	0.1550	0.5191	0.0893
	BFW	0.0028	− 0.0035	0.0124	0.0079	0.0460
	TNP	− 0.2000	0.0408	0.1559	0.340**	0.0905
Fresh pods weight (FPW)	D50F	− 0.5937	− 0.1272	0.0223	− 0.2334	− 0.0357
	DTM	0.0772	0.3605	− 0.0123	− 0.0130	− 0.0275
	PH	0.0006	0.0006	− 0.0171	− 0.0051	− 0.0046
	NB	0.1296	− 0.0119	0.0984	0.3296	0.0567
	BFW	− 0.0011	0.0014	− 0.0050	− 0.0032	− 0.0187
	FPW	− 0.3874	0.223*	0.0863	0.0749	− 0.0298
Dry pods weight (DPW)	D50F	− 0.5992	− 0.1284	0.0225	− 0.2356	− 0.0361
	DTM	0.1043	0.4872	− 0.0166	− 0.0176	− 0.0372
	PH	0.0017	0.0015	− 0.0454	− 0.0135	− 0.0122
	NB	0.1502	− 0.0138	0.1141	0.3821	0.0657
	BFW	− 0.0073	0.0093	− 0.0327	− 0.0209	− 0.1215
	DPW	− 0.3503	0.3558	0.0420	0.0945	− 0.1412
Dry seeds weight (DSW)	D50F	− 0.5690	− 0.1219	0.0214	− 0.2237	− 0.0343
	DTM	0.0938	0.4378	− 0.0149	− 0.0158	− 0.0334
	PH	− 0.0011	− 0.0010	0.0281	0.0084	0.0076
	NB	0.1723	− 0.0159	0.1309	0.4384	0.0754
	BFW	− 0.0111	0.0141	− 0.0495	− 0.0317	− 0.1841
	DSW	− 0.3150	0.3131	0.1159	0.1756	− 0.1688
Hundred seeds weight (HSW)	D50F	− 0.5025	− 0.1076	0.0189	− 0.1975	− 0.0303
	DTM	0.1090	0.5088	− 0.0174	− 0.0184	− 0.0389
	PH	− 0.0033	− 0.0030	0.0869	0.0259	0.0234
	NB	0.1274	− 0.0117	0.0968	0.3242	0.0558
	BFW	− 0.0133	0.0169	− 0.0596	− 0.0381	− 0.2216
	HSW	− 0.2827	0.4034	0.1256	0.0960	− 0.2116
Harvest index (HI)	D50F	− 0.1036	− 0.0222	0.0039	− 0.0407	− 0.0062
	DTM	0.0193	0.0902	− 0.0031	− 0.0033	− 0.0069
	PH	0.0010	0.0009	− 0.0267	− 0.0080	− 0.0072
	NB	0.0667	− 0.0061	0.0507	0.1698	0.0292
	BFW	− 0.0582	0.0739	− 0.2602	− 0.1663	− 0.9671
	HI	− 0.0748	0.1367	− 0.2353	− 0.0485	− 0.9582

D50%F = days to 50% flowering, DTM = days to maturiity, PH = plant height (cm), NB = number of branches, BFW = biomass fresh weight (g).