TABLE 7.

Correlation coefficients between molecular marker heterozygosity and phenotypic performance

	Performance per se		Heterosis
Trait	TC(B)	TC(H)	TC(B) Hmp	TC(H) Hmp	DIFF
SE	0.05, NS	−0.15, NS	−0.01, NS	−0.11, NS	−0.10, NS
SW	0.33**	0.31**	0.37**	0.28**	0.44**
PS	−0.05, NS	−0.16, NS	−0.05, NS	−0.26**	−0.20*
ASI	−0.08, NS	0.01, NS	−0.03, NS	−0.04, NS	−0.07, NS
PH	0.17*	0.49**	0.47**	0.52**	0.64**
KM	0.24**	0.04, NS	a	a	0.31**
GY	0.61**	0.54**	0.68**	0.58**	0.76**
KW	0.19*	0.37**	0.31**	0.46**	0.57**
NK	0.58**	0.48**	0.61**	0.52**	0.72**

Correlation between heterozygosity level and the performance per se of each TC [TC(B) and TC(H)], the effect of heterosis in each TC [TC(B) H_mp and TC(H) H_mp], and the effect of heterosis over TCs (DIFF). *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01. NS, not significant.

^aKM was not investigated in parental inbreds and RILs.