Table 5 Cluster mean values for twelve morpho-phytochemical characters of 30 pepper genotypes
Trait | Cluster | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
I | II | III | IV | |
Days to flowering | 84.25 (I) | 84.67 (I) | 86.38 (H) | 83.00 (L) |
Plant height (cm) | 40.14 (L) | 55.07 (H) | 41.75 (I) | 50.11 (I) |
Primary branches per plant | 3.33 (L) | 5.37 (H) | 3.33 (L) | 3.49 (I) |
Secondary branches per plant | 5.28 (L) | 9.19 (H) | 6.33 (I) | 6.31 (I) |
Tertiary branches per plant | 11.11 (L) | 20.78 (H) | 12.67 (I) | 15.44 (I) |
Chlorophyll content (SPAD) | 40.63 (I) | 39.95 (L) | 50.92 (H) | 40.66 (I) |
Fruit length (cm) | 5.26 (I) | 4.97 (I) | 3.55 (L) | 5.99 (H) |
Fruit diameter (mm) | 8.67 (H) | 5.49 (I) | 5.2 (L) | 5.84 (I) |
Fresh fruit weight (g) | 11.75 (H) | 6.57 (I) | 3.57 (L) | 7.63 (I) |
Dry fruit weight (g) | 0.92 (H) | 0.49 (I) | 0.35 (L) | 0.59 (I) |
1000- seed weight (g) | 1.7 (I) | 2.37 (H) | 1.64 (L) | 3.69 (I) |
Vitamin-C content (mg/ 100 g) | 4.91 (L) | 8.28 (I) | 23.61 (H) | 8.02 (I) |