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Table 2.

Pearson correlation values for the characteristics germination percentage (GP), leaf area (LA), stem length (SL), stem mass fraction (SMF), root length (RL), root collar diameter (RCD), leaf dry mass (LDM), stem dry mass (SDM), root dry mass (RDM) and total dry mass (TDM), in three different sources of fertilization of papaya seedlings.

Variable	GP	LA	SL	SMF	RL	RCD	LDM	SDM	RDM	TDM
GP	1	0.4715^*	0.5519^*	0.3045^*	0.0417^ns	0.5312^*	0.3931^*	0.4865^*	0.1233^ns	0.3727^*
LA	0.4715^*	1	0.8531^*	0.2411^*	0.5459^*	0.7502^*	0.8571^*	0.8200^*	0.5069^*	0.8288^*
SL	0.5519^*	0.8531^*	1	0.3696^*	0.3618^*	0.7571^*	0.7338^*	0.7860^*	0.3097^*	0.6910^*
SMF	0.3045^*	0.2411^*	0.3696^*	1	-0.1881^ns	0.4869^*	0.0428^ns	0.4827^*	-0.2890^*	0.0499^ns
RL	0.0417^ns	0.5459^*	0.3618^*	-0.1881^ns	1	0.1150^ns	0.3846^*	0.2149^*	0.3675^*	0.3787^*
RCD	0.5312^*	0.7502^*	0.7571^*	0.4869^*	0.1150^ns	1	0.7100^*	0.8125^*	0.2822^*	0.6757^*
LDM	0.3931^*	0.8571^*	0.7338^*	0.0428^ns	0.3846^*	0.7100^*	1	0.8530^*	0.6705^*	0.9666^*
SDM	0.4865^*	0.8200^*	0.7860^*	0.4827^*	0.2149^*	0.8125^*	0.8530^*	1	0.5443^*	0.8818^*
RDM	0.1233^ns	0.5069^*	0.3097^*	-0.2890^*	0.3675^*	0.2822^*	0.6705^*	0.5443^*	1	0.8136^*
TDM	0.3727^*	0.8288^*	0.6910^*	0.0499^ns	0.3787^*	0.6757^*	0.9666^*	0.8818^*	0.8136^*	1

^*Significant at 5% probability of error, by T-test.