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Table 3.

Genotypic (G) and Phenotypic (P) correlation matrix for yield traits of transgenic cotton.

Traits	r	Average Monopodial branches	Average Sympodial branches	Average no. of bolls per plant	Average boll weight	Average yield/plant	Sample weight	Lint weight	G.O.T. %
Average height	G	−0.24981	0.617031^*	0.292504	0.411842^*	0.559334^*	−0.94807^*	−0.9215^*	0.832426^*
Average Monopodial branches	G		0.891566^*	0.289238	0.161237	0.461808^*	0.331046^*	0.339501	−0.16455
Average Sympodial branches	G			0.448371^*	0.239605	0.684499^*	−0.01446	0.000485	0.057627
Average no. of bolls per plant	G				−0.25991	0.511455^*	−0.38614	−0.45438^*	−0.17541
Average boll weight	G					0.623542^*	−0.21579	−0.1214	0.733398^*
Average yield/plant	G						−0.46003^*	−0.41887	0.553421^*
Sample weight	G							0.993722^*	−0.70226^*
Lint weight	G								−0.62032^*
Average height	P	0.43902^*	0.70431^*	0.233217	0.21122	0.350392^*	−0.00123	−0.02243	0.56634^*
Average Monopodial branches	P		0.49123^*	0.234128	0.10127	0.461624^*	0.64217^*	0.01941	−0.00345
Average Sympodial branches	P			0.523071^*	0.20305	0.947314^*	−0.00126	0.04015	0.003232
Average no. of bolls per plant	P				−0.20181	0.413451^*	−0.01344	−0.01471	−0.11239
Average boll weight	P					0.461872^*	−0.29123	−0.01483	0.52628^*
Average yield/plant	P						−0.01281	−0.56322^*	0.542621^*
Sample weight	P							0.783241^*	−0.00122
Lint weight	P								−0.04213

r, correlation; G, genotypic; P, phenotypic; G.O.T, ginning out turn.

Correlation between different morphological characteristics e.g., what ration of improvement in one character showed impact on other agronomic characteristics.