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Continuous characters related to plant morphology and seed production were measured in eight populations of Setaria leiantha. Phenotypic variation for 12 traits was analyzed by multivariate methods. A canonical variate analysis provided a preliminary criteria for distinguishing the populations. The first three canonical components account for 93% of the total variance. Seed weight per ear was the most important character to discriminate among populations. The preliminari groups formed will serve as centers of diversity for future collections.
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Cáceres, M.E., Biasutti, C.A., Balzarini, M. et al. Multivariate analysis of morphological characters in Setaria leiantha Hackel. Euphytica 80, 13–17 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039293
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039293