Fig. 3

Principal component analysis of fiber quality characteristics for quantitative data for Gossypium spp. accessions (Group 1) and G. barbadense L. var. brasiliensis accessions (Group 2) collected from native Amazonian communities in La Convención, Cusco, Perú. LEN: Staple length. MIC: Micronaire. STR: Fiber strength. ELO: Fiber elongation. SHO: Short fiber index. UNI: Length uniformity index. MAT: Maturity index. In scree plot, 1, 2, 3 …18 represent the accessions A1, A2, A3… A18, respectively