Descriptive statistics including the minimum, maximum, mean, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation were analyzed using Web Agri Stat Package-2 (WASP-2) developed by ICAR Complex Goa, India. Qualitative data was exposed to non-parametric Spearman correlations, whereas quantitative data was submitted to parametric Pearson correlations. Principal component Analysis (PCA) and K-mean cluster plots were used to analyze data. Data sets may be divided into K clusters, which are represented by their centroids, using the K-means clustering technique (31 (link)).
A dendrogram was created by using both qualitative and quantitative traits. Based on Ward's approach and Euclidean distance, respectively, aggregative hierarchical clustering (AHC) and genetic dissimilarity component analysis were performed.
The R statistical software (version 4.2.0; The R Foundation) was used to analyze the reported data for correlation, PCA, K-mean cluster plots, and dendrogram of 33 attributes from the 28 guava germplasm.
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