. 2026 Feb 19;14:e20822. doi: 10.7717/peerj.20822

Table 2. Correlations among anatomical traits, growth traits and physiological traits in fifteen sugarcane genotypes under early drought stress at 110 days after planting (DAP).

	Tiller Height	Tiller number	LT	CT	VBC	SCD	P n	g s	E	WUE	SCMR
Field Capacity (FC)
Tiller number	0.199
LT	−0.323	−0.826^**
CT	0.155	0.605^*	−0.618^*
VBC	−0.054	−0.673^**	0.794^**	−0.355
SCD	−0.181	−0.279	0.217	−0.076	−0.013
P n	−0.292	−0.047	−0.033	0.292	−0.331	0.166
g s	−0.288	−0.255	0.226	0.057	−0.192	0.141	0.847^**
E	−0.300	−0.260	0.290	0.078	−0.073	0.118	0.827^**	0.966^**
WUE	0.145	0.351	−0.504	0.234	−0.256	0.048	−0.142	−0.587^*	−0.671^**
SCMR	−0.096	−0.166	−0.019	0.315	−0.034	0.446	0.178	0.170	0.083	0.104
RWC	0.320	0.181	−0.437	0.264	−0.445	0.378	0.060	0.075	−0.014	0.102	0.355
Drought Stress (DS)
Tiller number	0.224
LT	−0.459	−0.728^**
CT	0.029	0.710^**	−0.549^*
VBC	−0.116	−0.471	0.688^**	−0.441
SCD	0.012	−0.085	−0.096	0.056	−0.253
P n	0.037	−0.179	0.083	−0.167	−0.065	−0.047
g s	−0.227	−0.286	0.115	−0.056	−0.152	0.519^*	0.326
E	−0.216	−0.273	0.100	−0.041	−0.171	0.531^*	0.305	0.998^**
WUE	0.331	0.226	−0.329	0.049	−0.032	−0.631^*	−0.025	−0.770^**	−0.775^**
SCMR	−0.283	−0.007	0.060	−0.077	−0.225	0.584^*	0.462	0.506	0.480	−0.487
RWC	0.256	0.358	−0.680^**	0.351	−0.798^**	0.510	0.023	0.252	0.257	−0.181	0.293

Notes.

Significant difference at P < 0.05.

^**

Significant difference at P < 0.01.