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176 Les productions bananières / Bananas and food security – Session 1
Table 6. Correlation coefficients between the first three principal components (PC1,
PC2 and PC3) and the original variables.
A. Region 1 (South West)
PC1 PC2 PC3
Bunch size 0.398 0.054 0.860
Maturation 0.276 0.666 -0.240
Pest resistance 0.518 0.420 -0.191
Drought resistance -0.429 0.470 0.410
Soil tolerance -0.560 0.395 0.003
% of variation 35% 27% 18%
B. Region 2 (Central South)
PC1 PC2 PC3
Bunch size -0.202 0.885 0.258
maturation 0.245 -0.295 0.875
Longevity 0.516 0.215 -0.009
Pest resistance -0.408 0.080 0.408
Drought tolerant 0.474 0.258 -0.019
Soil tolerance 0.492 0.104 0.037
% of variation 51% 16% 15%
C. Region 3 (Central North)
PC1 PC2 PC3
Bunch size -0.329 0.940 0.095
Drought tolerance 0.658 0.299 -0.691
Soil tolerance 0.677 0.165 0.717
% of variation 52% 31% 17%
D. Region 4 (Central)
PC1 PC1 PC1
Bunch size -0.236 -0.215 0.875
Availability 0.429 0.363 0.151
Maturation 0.126 0.645 0.045
Pest resistance -0.327 0.425 0.196
Longevity 0.527 -0.052 0.403
Toppling -0.293 0.471 0.087
Drought tolerance 0.523 0.031 0.025
% of variation 38% 26% 14%