Table 2. Correlation coefficients and significance levels of qualitative EPG and honeydew drop characters among 12 rice accessions.
| Pathway | N4-a | N4-b | N5 | N6 | N7 | Average Honeydew drops in 12 hours | Total Honeydew drops in 12 hours | |
| Non Penetration | 0.768**(0.003) | −0.700**(0.011) | −0.907**(<.001) | 0.607**(0.036) | 0.007 ns(0.984) | 0.427 ns(0.166) | −0.735**(0.006) | −0.719** (0.008) |
| Pathway | −0.693**(0.012) | −0.947**(<.001) | 0.450 ns(0.142) | 0.107 ns(0.740) | 0.662**(0.019) | −0.875**(<.001) | −0.857**(<.001) | |
| N4-a | 0.663**(0.019) | −0.474 ns(0.119) | −0.307 ns(0.332) | −0.654**(0.021) | 0.835**(<.001) | 0.833**(<.001) | ||
| N4-b | −0.625**(0.029) | −0.037 ns 0.903) | −0.629**(0.028) | 0.837**(<.001) | 0.815**(<.001) | |||
| N5 | −0.149 ns (0.645) | 0.726** (0.008) | −0.545* (0.067) | −0.519*(0.084) | ||||
| N6 | 0.131 ns(0.684) | −0.096 ns(0.767) | −0.09 ns(0.781) | |||||
| N7 | −0.774**(0.003) | −0.771**(0.003) | ||||||
| Average Honeydew drops | 0.996** (<.001) |
** = Significant at 1% probability level.
* = Significant at 5% probability level; ns = Non-significant.