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Table 5 Relative contribution of 19 characters of cotton genotypes to the total divergence

From: Evaluation of genetic diversity in short duration cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Character

Vector-I

Vector-II

Days to emergence

0.223 5

−0.039 1

Germination percentage

0.151 3

−0.091 3

No. of plant at harvest

−0.170 8

− 0.132 8

Plant height /cm

−0.293 6

0.308 0

Days to squaring

−0.292 7

−0.233 0

Days to flowering

−0.292 0

−0.210 0

Days to boll opening

0.093 6

0.102 2

Node number of bearing first sympodial branch (NFB)

−0.070 0

0.180 5

Number of monopodial branch

−0.219 4

−0.115 6

Number of sympodial branch

−0.280 0

0.167 2

Number of secondary fruiting branch

−0.250 3

−0.103 6

Number of flowers per plant

−0.383 0

0.301 0

Number of bolls per plant

−0.281 8

0.432 4

Percent boll retention

−0.007 9

0.346 0

Single boll weight

0.213 1

0.021 4

Seed cotton yield

−0.282 2

−0.303 6

Percent first pick

−0.271 1

−0.293 0

Earliness index

0.114 0

0.286 7

GOT

0.019 4

−0.162 0