TABLE 8.

Select nodule traits and their correlation with the percent seed nitrogen (N)

	S1 & S2		S1, S2, & S3
Trait	%N	P value	%N	P value
Taproot nodulation
V1	.42	.17 ns†	−.11	.67 ns
V3	.52	.08 *	.16	.53 ns
V5	.82	>.001 ***	.50	.04 *
Taproot nodule count
V1	.63	.40 ns	.28	.26 ns
V3	.60	.03 *	.30	.23 ns
V5	.82	.04 *	.44	.07

Note. Pearson coefficient and associated p value are presented. Data comes from six soybean genotypes grown in 10 to 12 replications in each of the three environments. S1 and S2 were two distinct environments in 2018, and S3 was grown in 2019.

^*Significant at the .05 probability level.

^***Significant at the .001 probability level.