| Variety attribute | Factor loadingsa |
|---|
| Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 |
|---|
| Tolerance to drought | 0.809 | | |
| Tolerance to poor soils | 0.791 | | |
| Tolerance to pests and diseases | 0.701 | | |
| Bunch size | 0.685 | | |
| Early maturity period | 0.614 | | |
| Sucker production | 0.610 | | |
| Taste | | 0.830 | |
| Texture when cooked | | 0.679 | |
| Flavor | | 0.677 | |
| Color of the food when cooked | | 0.652 | |
| Plant height | | | 0.892 |
| Resistance to wind | | | 0.788 |
| Eigenvalues | 5.241 | 1.401 | 1.177 |
| % of variance explained | 43.675 | 11.674 | 9.808 |
- aExtraction method: principal component analysis and rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser normalization. Only attributes with absolute factor loadings > 0.5 are included
- Farmer preferences scored on a scale of 1–5 and then recorded as a binary, where 1 = important attribute, 0 = not important
