Table 7.
Relationship between the studied traits as obtained by Pearson’s correlation analysis
| PLH | PL | TK | FK | HKW | TN | PY | Chl.a | Chl.b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLH | 1 | ||||||||
| PL | −0.514** | 1 | |||||||
| TK | −0.599** | 0.870** | 1 | ||||||
| FK | −0.501** | 0.832** | 0.949** | 1 | |||||
| HKW | 0.923** | −0.519** | −0.602** | −0.473* | 1 | ||||
| TN | 0.145 | 0.412* | 0.345 | 0.421* | 0.110 | 1 | |||
| PY | 0.352 | 0.450* | 0.345 | 0.455* | 0.327 | 0.862** | 1 | ||
| Chl.a | 0.085 | 0.488** | 0.450* | 0.461* | −0.115 | 0.508** | 0.640** | 1 | |
| Chl.b | 0.252 | 0.457* | 0.410* | 0.411* | 0.050 | 0.460* | 0.697** | 0.913** | 1 |
* and ** indicating significant differences at 5 and 1 % level of probability, respectively