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Integrative Multi-Trait Analysis of Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) Somaclones in a Tropical Highland Environment Cover

Integrative Multi-Trait Analysis of Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) Somaclones in a Tropical Highland Environment

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|Sep 2026

Figures & Tables

Table 1.

Somaclones used in the experiment

Tabelle 1. Im Experiment verwendete Somaklone

No.CodeGenotypesInitial varietyNote
1G1G48GranolaMutant
2G2G21GranolaMutant
3G3R17RepitaMutant
4G4V35VegaMutant
5G5Nadia-Check
6G6Granola-Check
7G7Medians-Check
Figure 1.

Weather conditions during the study

Abbildung 1. Wetterbedingungen wahrend der Studie

Table 2.

Results of analysis of variance (ANOVA) on all tested characters of the 12 genotypes

Tabelle 2. Ergebnisse der Varianzanalyse (ANOVA) aller getesteten Merkmale der 12 Genotypen

TraitsMeansSign.CV (%)
Leaf length (LL) (cm)21.248 ± 1.11***5.22
Leaf width (LW) (cm)4.369 ± 0.86**19.60
Stem diameter (SD) (mm)7.185 ± 0.64***8.90
Plant height (PH) (cm)265.84 ± 3.69***1.38
Economic amount of tuber (EAT)429.2 ± 7.27***1.69
Economic tuber weight (ETW)2.6701 ± 0.57***21.30
Tuber weight per plot (TWP)268.12 ± 8.00**2.98

** p < 0.01,

*** p < 0.001,

Sign. = Significance level, CV = coefficient of variation

Figure 2.

Visualization of Pearson’s correlation coefficient matrix for quantitative charactersof the potato genotypes

Abbildung 2. Visualisierung der Pearson-Korrelationskoeffizientenmatrix fur die quantitative Merkmale der Kartoffelgenotypen

Table 3.

PCA character values that influence potato genotype diversity

Tabelle 3. PCA-Charakterwerte, die die Genotypendiversitat von Kartoffeln beeinflussen

TraitsPC1PC2
Leaf length0.81−0.49
Leaf width0.91−0.04
Stem diameter0.88−0.20
Plant height0.760.53
Economic amount of tuber0.610.66
Economic tuber weight0.940.16
Tuber weight per plot0.81−0.42
Eigenvalue4.821.23
Variability (%)68.817.5
Cumulative (%)68.886.4

[i] Note: Numbers in bold indicate a discriminant of >0.5 or <−0.5 that contributed to variance

Figure 3.

PCA biplot on all genotypes and measured traits

Abbildung 3. PCA-Biplot aller Genotypen und gemessenen Merkmale

Table 4.

Selection differentials for seven characters tested on potato genotypes

Tabelle 4. Selektionsdifferenziale fur sieben an Kartoffelgenotypen getestete Merkmale

VariablesFA1FA2Senseh2 (%)CommunalityUniqueness
LL−0.950.10Increase94.10.920.08
LW−0.750.52Increase82.90.830.17
SD−0.830.38Increase94.30.830.17
PH−0.280.89Increase76.10.870.13
EAT−0.090.90Increase94.90.820.18
ETW−0.650.71Increase87.70.920.08
TWP−0.910.16Increase87.50.850.15
Cumulative (%)68.886.4

[i] FA = factor analysis; h2 = heritability

Figure 4.

Multiple Genotype–Ideotype Distance Index (MGIDI). A. Somaclones ranking, B. Strengths and weaknesses view

Abbildung 4. Multipler Genotyp-Ideotyp-Distanzindex (MGIDI), A. Somaklon-Rangliste, B. Starken- und Schwachenubersicht

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/boku-2026-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2719-5430 (formerly 0006-5471) | Journal ISSN: 0006-5471
Language: English, German
Page range: 42 - 52
Submitted on: May 7, 2026
Accepted on: Jul 2, 2026
Published on: Sep 21, 2026
Published by: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2026 Muhammad Ridwan Fauzi, Haris Maulana, Hanny Hidayati Nafi'ah, Andrew Yoel, Ika Roostika, Dwinita Wikan Utami, Kusmana, Tri Handayani, Asih Kartasih Karjadi, Alina Akhdiya, Rina C. Hutabarat, published by Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
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