Table 3.
Genetic correlations between growth variables
| Correlation between | Shoot N and |
Shoot N from N2 and |
Shoot N from NO3− and |
Nodule dry matter and |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shoot dry matter | shoot N from N2 | shoot N from NO3− | nodule dry matter† | root dry matter† | root length† | tap root length† | shoot dry matter† | root dry matter† | |
| Before BSF stage | 0·47 n.s. | 0·96* | −0·20 n.s. | 0·22 n.s. | −0·03 n.s. | −0·42 n.s. | 0·73 n.s. | −0·68 n.s. | −0·47 n.s. |
| After BSF stage | 0·99* | 0·91* | 0·74 n.s. | −0·89* | 0·61 n.s. | 0·10 n.s. | 0·71 n.s. | −0·80 n.s. | −0·65 n.s. |
*Significant at the 0·05 level; n.s., non-significant.
†As mean-weighed values throughout the defined period (before or after the BSF stage).