Table 2.
Pearson correlation coefficients between SDS and growth parameters.
| SDS | SIS | SFW | SDW | RDW | SL | RL | RSFW | RSDW | RRDW | RSL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIS | −0.87 *** | 1 | |||||||||
| SFW | 0.80 *** | −0.62 *** | 1 | ||||||||
| SDW | 0.76 *** | −0.59 *** | 0.98 *** | 1 | |||||||
| RDW | 0.65 *** | −0.54 *** | 0.90 *** | 0.91 *** | 1 | ||||||
| SL | 0.60 *** | −0.44 ** | 0.81 *** | 0.86 *** | 0.77 *** | 1 | |||||
| RL | 0.40 ** | −0.46 ** | 0.47 *** | 0.48 *** | 0.54 *** | 0.50 ** | 1 | ||||
| RSFW | 0.39 ** | −0.44 ** | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.17 | −0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | |||
| RSDW | 0.17 | −0.23 | 0.05 | −0.02 | 0 | −0.29 * | −0.05 | 0.92 *** | 1 | ||
| RRDW | 0.12 | −0.15 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.12 | −0.23 | 0 | 0.83 *** | 0.85 *** | 1 | |
| RSL | 0.21 | −0.24 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.05 | −0.12 | 0.59 *** | 0.66 *** | 0.51 *** | 1 |
| RRL | 0.06 | −0.07 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.03 | −0.14 | 0.29 | 0.6 *** | 0.63 *** | 0.70 *** | 0.39 ** |
All the growth parameters were investigated under salinity stress; ‘*’, ‘**’, and ‘***’ refer to significant correlations (p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001).