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Table 4. Correlation coefficient between transpiration efficiency related traits and yield.

	FLA	SD	A	gs	E	WUEi	CID	BYPP	GYPP	HI
FLA		-0.543^**	0.467^**	-0.154	-0.625^**	0.637^**	-0.684^*	0.624^**	0.604^**	0.002
SD	-0.543^**		-0.578^*	-0.128	0.782^**	-0.650^**	0.775^*	-0.639^**	-0.539^**	-0.028
A	0.467^**	-0.578^*		0.217^*	-0.705^**	0.618^**	-0.600^**	0.556^**	0.348^*	0.369^*
gs	-0.154	-0.128	0.217^*		0.306^*	-0.260^*	0.038	0.316^*	0.246^*	0.325^*
E	-0.625^**	0.782^**	-0.505^*	0.306^*		-0.688^**	0.760^**	-0.557^**	-0.602^**	0.139
WUEi	0.637^**	-0.650^**	0.618^**	-0.260^*	-0.688^**		-0.699^**	0.481^**	0.620^**	0.003
CID	-0.684^*	0.775^*	-0.600^**	0.038	0.760^**	-0.699^**		-0.600^*	-0.608^*	0.201^*
BYPP	0.624^**	-0.639^**	0.556^**	0.316^*	-0.557^**	0.481^**	-0.600^*		0.324^*	-0.107
GYPP	0.604^**	-0.539^**	0.348^*	0.246^*	-0.602^**	0.620^**	-0.608^*	0.324^*		0.375^**
HI	0.002	-0.028	0.369^*	0.325^*	0.139	0.003	0.201	-0.107	0.375^**

Asterisks represent significant differences.

* P< 0.05;

** P< 0.01. SD: stomatal density (No. mm^-2); FLA: flag leaf area (cm²); A: photosynthetic rate (μmol. m^-2 s^-1); gs: stomatal conductance (mmol. m^-2 s^-1); E: transpiration rate (mmol. m^-2 s^-1); WUEi: instant water use efficiency (μmol. mmol^-1); CID: carbon isotopic discrimination (‰); BYPP: biomass yield per plant (g); GYPP: grain yield per plant (g); HI: harvest index.