Table 2.

Genetic correlations among the measured phenological traits for LDV-, LD- and SDV- grown plants

	TRA–ANT	TRA–TS	TS–ANT	FLA–ANT	PEN–ANT	LNANT	LNTS	LNafterTS	AvgPHY
Long days, vernalized plants
TRA–TS	0.78***
TS–ANT	0.05	–0.50***
FLA–ANT	0.08	–0.28**	0.70***
PEN–ANT	0.20*	–0.20*	0.65***	0.88***
LNANT	0.60***	0.69***	–0.26**	–0.33***	–0.36***
LNTS	0.58***	0.77***	–0.45***	–0.38***	–0.30**	0.72***
LNafterTS	0.09	–0.02	0.15	0.04	–0.12	0.45***	–0.17
AvgPHY	0.24*	0.06	0.32**	0.44***	0.54***	–0.44***	–0.12	–0.47***
PHY28	0.30**	0.22*	0.14	0.35***	0.44***	–0.32***	0.00	–0.47***	0.91***
Long days, nonvernalized plants
TRA–TS	0.89***
TS–ANT	0.53***	0.10
FLA–ANT	0.42***	0.07	0.81***
PEN–ANT	0.43***	0.11	0.77***	0.86***
LNANT	0.81***	0.91***	0.10	–0.01	0.02
LNTS	0.67***	0.79***	–0.01	0.00	0.04	0.81***
LNafterTS	0.63***	0.64***	0.21*	–0.02	–0.02	0.74***	0.26**
AvgPHY	0.68***	0.63***	0.30**	0.17	0.23*	0.44***	0.32***	0.43***
PHY28	0.17	0.11	0.16	0.21*	0.21*	–0.01	–0.03	0.04	0.47***
Short days, vernalized plants
TRA–TS	–0.09
TS–ANT	0.68***	–0.78***
FLA–ANT	0.33**	–0.18	0.33***
PEN–ANT	0.48***	–0.32***	0.54***	0.82***
LNANT	0.20	–0.07	0.19	–0.05	–0.08
LNTS	–0.15	0.65***	–0.53***	–0.07	–0.13	0.16
LNafterTS	0.27**	–0.55***	0.55***	0.02	0.03	0.66***	–0.63***
AvgPHY	0.58***	–0.34***	0.62***	0.24*	0.50***	–0.40***	–0.23**	–0.14
PHY28	0.31**	0.00	0.17	–0.04	0.12	–0.37***	–0.21*	–0.12	0.55***

ANT: anthesis; AvgPHY: phyllochron relative to all the leaves; BOOT: booting; FLA: flag leaf; LN: leaf number; PEN: penultimate leaf; PHY28: phyllochron relative to the leaves 2–8; TRA: transplanting; TS: terminal spikelet.

*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.