Table 4 Identifying important biophysical parameters for characterizing and screening wheat genotypes at different days after sowing through Eigen values and factor loading in rotated component matrix under salinity stress condition.

From: Characterizing and screening of wheat genotypes under salinity stress condition using thermography and multivariate techniques

PCs

Eigenvalue

% Variance

Cumulative Variance

LAI

NDVI

Pn

IG

Transpiration

OP

RWC

Total_Chl

MSI

Na

K

    

Stage 1, 25 DAS

     

PC1

3.90

35.46

35.46

0.68

0.70

0.07

0.84

0.95

0.74

0.15

0.31

0.22

0.60

−0.004

PC2

1.87

16.96

52.42

0.25

0.43

−0.82

−0.34

−0.05

0.32

0.22

0.33

0.68

−0.34

−0.02

PC3

1.46

13.26

65.68

−0.10

0.13

0.26

0.19

0.06

0.01

−0.83

0.76

0.18

−0.24

−0.02

PC4

1.12

10.15

75.83

−0.04

0.14

0.30

0.03

0.09

0.02

0.13

0.20

0.21

0.47

−0.95

Stage 2, 52 DAS

PC1

3.57

32.48

32.48

0.75

0.32

−0.02

0.64

0.89

0.87

−0.03

0.74

−0.37

0.33

−0.29

PC2

2.43

22.05

54.53

−0.43

−0.81

0.79

0.48

0.32

−0.08

−0.09

−0.06

−0.10

0.72

−0.31

PC3

1.21

10.99

65.52

0.01

0.02

−0.05

0.18

0.16

0.10

−0.01

−0.23

−0.69

−0.13

0.77

PC4

1.06

9.60

75.11

−0.15

−0.08

−0.07

0.23

0.03

0.02

0.98

−0.09

−0.08

−0.16

−0.10

Stage 3, 69 DAS

PC1

5.17

46.97

46.97

0.38

−0.57

0.13

0.84

0.91

0.74

0.03

0.71

−0.69

0.32

−0.14

PC2

1.41

12.79

59.76

−0.22

−0.58

0.82

0.33

0.32

0.15

−0.37

0.28

−0.09

0.80

−0.59

PC3

1.18

10.69

70.44

0.58

−0.03

0.28

−0.11

0.08

0.47

−0.82

0.48

−0.16

−0.09

−0.09

Stage 4, 90 DAS

PC1

3.926

35.691

35.691

−0.45

0.12

−0.06

−0.06

0.39

0.18

−0.93

−0.67

0.17

0.85

0.88

PC2

2.060

18.726

54.417

0.28

0.42

0.15

0.02

0.79

0.19

−0.01

−0.21

0.75

0.39

0.38

PC3

1.360

12.367

66.784

−0.58

0.01

0.48

0.90

0.19

−0.19

−0.07

0.41

−0.28

0.04

0.08

PC4

1.073

9.758

76.542

−0.10

−0.69

0.75

−0.06

0.13

0.72

−0.10

0.22

−0.03

0.04

0.00

Stage 5, 118 DAS

PC1

4.87

44.27

44.27

−0.38

0.11

0.72

0.74

0.74

0.09

0.86

0.88

−0.12

0.80

−0.41

PC2

1.60

14.50

58.77

0.00

0.77

0.52

0.50

−0.39

0.83

0.17

0.13

−0.12

0.34

−0.33

PC3

1.28

11.63

70.40

0.07

−0.29

0.19

0.20

0.11

0.24

0.05

0.05

0.89

−0.02

−0.59

  1. e.g., bold values indicate the highest os the second factor loading value for a particular parameter at corresponding PC in different stage.