Table 3 Phenotypic classes of plant descriptors; leaf and fruit; and number of genotypes of S1 inbred guava families per cluster formed by the Ward-MLM strategy.
From: Categories of variables in analysis of genetic diversity in S1 progenies of Psidium guajava
Descriptors | Classification | Clusters | Total (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
I (33) | II (28) | |||
Tree: branch height | Erect | 2 | 2 | 6.5 |
Pending | 31 | 26 | 93.5 | |
Young bud: stem color | Green | 12 | 12 | 39.3 |
Green yellow | 14 | 12 | 42.6 | |
Dark red | 7 | 4 | 18.1 | |
Young leaf: anthocyanin | Absent | 5 | 5 | 16.4 |
Present | 28 | 23 | 83.6 | |
Young leaf: intensity of the anthocyanin staining | Weak | 21 | 11 | 52.5 |
Medium | 12 | 17 | 47.5 | |
Fully developed leaf: shape | Ovate | 2 | 3 | 8.2 |
Obovate | 20 | 15 | 57.4 | |
Obovolanceolate | 2 | 2 | 6.6 | |
Oblong | 9 | 8 | 27.8 | |
Fully developed leaf: curvature in the cross section | Medium | 13 | 8 | 34.4 |
Strong | 20 | 20 | 65.6 | |
Fully developed leaf: curvature of the central vein | Absent | 24 | 12 | 59.0 |
Present | 9 | 16 | 41.0 | |
Fully developed leaf: green color | Green yellow | 9 | 5 | 23.0 |
Gray green | 15 | 14 | 47.5 | |
Green | 8 | 8 | 26.2 | |
Dark green | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | |
Fully developed leaf: base shape | Obtuse | 4 | 3 | 11.5 |
Rounded | 20 | 19 | 63.9 | |
Heart-shaped | 9 | 6 | 24.6 | |
Fully developed leaf: tip shape | Apiculate | – | 1 | 1.6 |
Obtuse | 5 | 4 | 14.8 | |
Rounded | 28 | 23 | 83.6 | |
Fruit: final stalk shape | Broadly rounded | 8 | 3 | 18.1 |
Rounded | 10 | 6 | 26.2 | |
Truncated | 15 | 18 | 54.1 | |
Neck-shaped | – | 1 | 1.6 | |
Fruit: skin color | Pale green yellow | 10 | 4 | 23.0 |
Pale yellow | 18 | 18 | 59.0 | |
Dark yellow | 5 | 4 | 14.7 | |
Orange | – | 2 | 3.3 | |
Fruit: surface texture | Soft | 29 | 28 | 93.4 |
Rough | 4 | – | 6.6 | |
Fruit: calyx cavity diameter in relation to that of the fruit | Small | 3 | 9 | 19.7 |
Medium | 24 | 15 | 63.9 | |
Big | 6 | 4 | 16.4 | |
Fruit: flesh color | Cream | 2 | 8 | 16.4 |
Pale pink | 11 | 3 | 23.0 | |
Pink | 8 | 5 | 21.3 | |
Dark pink | 11 | 12 | 37.7 | |
Orange pink | 1 | – | 1.6 | |
Fruit: external flesh thickness in relation to the core diameter | Very thin | 2 | – | 3.3 |
Thin | 4 | – | 6.6 | |
Medium | 23 | 19 | 68.8 | |
Thick | 4 | 9 | 21.3 | |
