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. 2016 Jul 6;6(9):2799–2808. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.032888

Table 3. Genetic correlations between secondary traits and grain yield.

Environment DTHD correction Secondary Traits
CT-GF CT-VEG GNDVI-GF GNDVI-VEG RNDVI-GF RNDVI-VEG
Optimal Uncorrected −0.65 −0.5 0.27 0.38 0.33 0.33
Corrected −0.63 −0.49 0.24 0.44 0.33 0.35
Drought Uncorrected −0.59 −0.53 −0.29 −0.41 −0.12 −0.43
Corrected −0.59 −0.51 −0.06 −0.23 0.03 −0.42
Severe drought Uncorrected −0.41 0.01 −0.54 −0.62 −0.4 −0.77
Corrected −0.4 0.03 −0.46 −0.46 −0.33 −0.73
Late heat Uncorrected −0.73 −0.66 0.44 −0.14 0.34 0.47
Corrected −0.73 −0.65 0.54 −0.13 0.39 0.51
Early heat Uncorrected −0.7 −0.71 0.71 0.61 0.73 0.67
Corrected −0.7 −0.72 0.68 0.58 0.71 0.67

Values ≥ |0.09| are significant at the 0.05 level of significance. DTHD, Days to heading; CT, Canopy temperature; GNDVI, Normalized difference vegetation index based on the difference between near-infrared and green light reflectance; GY, Grain yield; RDNVI, Normalized difference vegetation index based on the difference between near-infrared and red reflectance; GF, Grain filling; VEG, Vegetative.