Table 3.

Factor loadings of various morphological traits toward nine principal components of 109 sunflower genotypes.

Traits	PC-1	PC-2	PC-3	PC-4	PC-5	PC-6	PC-7	PC-8	PC-9
DFI	−0.051	0.045	0.468	0.284	0.046	−0.010	0.830	−0.072	0.019
DFC	−0.049	0.097	0.704	0.340	0.269	−0.090	−0.525	0.147	0.000
PH	0.398	0.911	−0.048	−0.048	−0.046	−0.066	0.020	−0.010	0.001
SC	0.028	−0.007	−0.311	0.073	0.876	−0.317	0.088	−0.146	−0.024
HD	0.030	−0.004	−0.181	0.135	0.069	0.011	0.140	0.951	−0.140
L/P	0.027	0.074	−0.058	0.114	0.300	0.939	−0.019	−0.064	−0.041
L/A	0.910	−0.390	0.132	−0.025	0.018	0.010	0.011	−0.005	−0.004
HSW	0.011	−0.001	−0.045	0.023	0.042	0.033	0.005	0.129	0.989
SY/P	0.073	−0.022	−0.362	0.874	−0.246	−0.064	−0.091	−0.164	−0.003

DFI, Days to flower initiation; DFC, days to flower completion; PH, Plant height; SC, Stem curvature; HD, Head diameter; L/P, Number of leaves per plant; LA, Leaf area; HSW, Hundred seed weight; SY/P, Seed yield per plant.