Biochemical Charcterization of Some Taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) Germplasm in Ghana

Table 4

Principal component analysis of the biochemical traits of the 18 taro genotypes.

Characters	PC1	PC2	PC3	PC4	PC5
Ash	−0.01259	0.10252	−0.21361	−0.59813	−0.30401
Carbohydrate	−0.7298	−0.4231	0.29514	0.12024	−0.04112
Ca	−0.00004	−0.02081	−0.03371	−0.22475	0.23701
Cu	0.01006	0.1039	−0.03500	−0.23555	0.05148
Energy	0.03721	0.20458	0.49191	0.03351	0.14858
Fat	0.06055	0.64478	0.44460	0.05456	0.09063
Fibre	−0.00723	0.23408	−0.55669	0.58033	0.00898
Fe	−0.01452	−0.11194	−0.10452	−0.09979	0.79014
K	−0.00429	0.02118	−0.02469	−0.24281	−0.26709
Moisture	0.00946	−0.03618	−0.21210	−0.27807	0.29597
Mg	0.00023	−0.01048	0.00420	−0.13447	0.17412
P	−0.00022	−0.0018	−0.02077	0.04319	−0.0041
Protein	0.67949	−0.52199	0.24163	0.12127	−0.05564
Variation (%)	96.72	2.43	0.38	0.21	0.12