Table 2 Direct (on the main diagonal) and indirect (on the upper and lower diagonals) effects of the independent variables on the mass of commercial fruits in 10 populations of Fragaria × ananassa Dusch.

From: Multivariate analysis methods improve the selection of strawberry genotypes with low cold requirement

 

NCF

AMCF

Ratio

TP

AA

ANT

NCF

0.87785

0.08590

 − 0.00086

 − 0.00027

 − 0.00011

 − 0.00156

AMCF

0.29847

0.25266

 − 0.00044

 − 0.00009

 − 0.00031

 − 0.00028

Ratio

0.46526

0.06822

 − 0.00016

 − 0.00045

 − 0.00059

 − 0.00080

TP

 − 0.02633

 − 0.00253

0.00008

 − 0.00091

 − 0.00006

 − 0.00023

AA

0.29847

0.02526

 − 0.00031

0.00018

 − 0.00314

 − 0.00047

ANT

0.28969

0.01516

 − 0.0028

0.00045

 − 0.00031

 − 0.00471

R2 = 0.98

Residual effect = 0,14,752

  1. NCF number of commercial fruits (fruits plant−1), AMCF average mass of commercial fruits (g fruit−1), Ratio, soluble solids (Brix°)/titratable acidity (g citric acid 100 g−1 pulp); TP total pectin (g total pectin 100 g−1 pulp), AA ascorbic acid (mg ascorbic acid 100 g−1 pulp), and ANT anthocyanins (mg cyanidin-3-glucoside 100 g−1 pulp).