Table 4 Principal component analysis, co-heritability and correlation coefficient estimation of maize inbred lines for thirty-eight traits under irrigated condition.

From: Impact of water deficit stress in maize: Phenology and yield components

Traits

NDT

DT

PCA-1 (TV = 29.04%)

PCA-2 (TV = 17.80%)

Co-h2

R2

PCA-1 (TV = 54.4%)

PCA-2 (TV = 44.3%)

Co-h2

R2

DA

0.23

0.15

0.32

0.00

−0.18

−0.15

0.95

−0.11

DS

0.25

0.11

0.99

0.00

−0.17

−0.16

0.93

−0.07

ASI

0.12

−0.22

0.98

−0.34

0.22

0.03

0.98

0.57

DDH

0.25

0.07

0.98

0.00

−0.05

−0.24

0.09

0.12

PH

0.14

0.23

0.99

0.00

0.15

−0.18

0.99

0.19

NL

0.21

0.11

0.99

−0.22

−0.02

−0.24

0.91

0.17

SU

−0.15

−0.13

0.98

0.02

0.22

0.02

0.99

−0.51

SL

−0.05

−0.19

0.99

−0.02

0.22

0.00

0.99

0.02

LA-3

−0.25

0.06

0.97

0.25

0.07

−0.23

0.99

0.35

LA-C

−0.22

0.10

0.96

0.05

−0.07

−0.23

0.99

0.07

INL 3–4

−0.09

0.13

0.98

0.14

0.20

0.10

0.85

0.27

FLL

−0.04

−0.19

0.46

−0.01

−0.22

0.05

0.97

−0.34

FLW

0.01

−0.32

0.94

−0.18

−0.08

−0.23

0.61

0.04

EH

0.17

0.10

0.99

−0.26

0.01

−0.24

0.93

0.35

EL

0.00

0.32

0.98

0.15

0.22

−0.05

0.98

0.86

EW

−0.11

−0.01

0.87

0.03

0.21

−0.09

0.94

0.96

H/C

−0.25

0.07

0.99

0.27

0.22

0.01

0.81

0.66

C/P

−0.07

0.03

0.43

−0.01

0.13

0.20

0.43

0.01

KR

0.09

0.23

0.99

0.06

0.04

−0.24

0.99

0.47

KR/C

0.17

0.15

0.92

−0.04

0.05

0.24

0.95

−0.14

SW

0.06

0.08

0.96

0.02

−0.22

−0.04

0.85

−0.94

KISTI

−0.17

0.22

0.96

0.87

0.18

−0.14

0.97

0.99

YI

−0.16

0.21

0.96

0.99

0.19

−0.13

0.98

1.00

RLWC

−0.02

0.13

0.95

0.06

0.21

0.09

0.97

0.30

SG

0.11

0.25

0.89

0.01

0.22

−0.01

0.97

0.72

LS

0.15

−0.29

0.91

0.02

0.21

−0.09

0.94

−0.35

LR

0.01

−0.15

0.78

0.17

−0.01

0.24

0.99

0.62

LF

−0.18

−0.04

0.00

0.19

0.22

0.02

0.92

−0.43

PS%

−0.07

−0.16

0.97

−0.42

−0.22

−0.06

0.83

0.00

TB

−0.23

−0.03

0.98

0.01

−0.21

0.09

0.89

−0.44

BP

0.05

−0.19

0.98

−0.42

0.13

0.20

0.82

0.00

NBR

0.26

−0.02

0.97

−0.30

0.16

−0.17

0.96

0.96

RFW

0.18

0.04

0.81

−0.07

−0.09

−0.22

0.91

0.04

RDW

0.20

−0.06

0.94

−0.21

0.03

−0.24

0.99

0.44

RL

0.16

−0.09

0.93

0.02

−0.08

0.22

0.93

−0.69

RV

0.18

−0.25

0.96

−0.69

0.22

−0.02

0.94

0.76

RN

0.27

0.01

0.98

−0.19

0.06

−0.23

0.98

0.59

  1. PCA: Principal component analysis; Co-h2: Co-heritability; r2: regression coefficient; TV = total variance explained; DA: Days to 50% tasseling; DS: Days to 50% silking; ASI: Anthesis silk interval; DDH: Days to 75% dry husk; PH: Plant height; NL: Number of leaves per plant; SU: Number of stomata on upper surface of leaf; SL: Number of stomata on lower surface of leaf; LA-3: 3rd leaf angle from top; LA-C: Leaf angle at ear forming node; INL3–4: Internodal length between 3rd and 4th leaf from top; FLL: Flag leaf length; FLW: Flag leaf width; EH: Ear height; EL: Ear length; EW: Ear width; H/C: Number of husk per ear; C/P: Number of ear per plant; K/R: Number of kernels per rows; KR/C: Number of kernel rows per ear; SW: 1000 seed weight; GY/ha: Grain yield per hectare; KiSTI: Modified stress tolerance index; YI: Yield index; RLWC: Relative leaf water content; SG: Stay green; LS: Leaf senescence; LR: Leaf rolling; LF: Leaf firing; PS%: Pollen stainability; TB: Tassel blast and BP: Bareness percentage; NBR: Number of brace root per plant; RFW: Root fresh weight; RDW: Root dry weight; RL: Root length; RV: Root volume; RN: Number of roots >10 cm.