Table 3.

Correlation (r) of least-square means of conventional destructive phenotyping traits measured under waterlogged conditions (n = 22).

Plant trait	Plant vigor	Plant height before treatment	Plant height after treatment	Shoot biomass	Visual evaluation of symptoms	Green leaf biomass	Dead leaf biomass	WTC
Plant vigor by visual scoring (1–5)	-	0.38 ns	0.41∗	0.58∗∗	0.63∗∗	0.60∗∗	0.42∗	0.38 ns
Plant height before treatment (cm)	0.38 ns	-	0.84∗∗∗	0.57∗∗	0.18 ns	0.50∗	0.52∗∗	0.19 ns
Plant height after treatment (cm)	0.41∗	0.84∗∗∗	-	0.80∗∗∗	0.50∗	0.78∗∗	0.63∗∗	0.50∗
Shoot biomass (g.plant-1)	0.58∗∗	0.57∗∗	0.80∗∗∗	-	0.69∗∗∗	0.92∗∗∗	0.86∗∗∗	0.58∗∗
Visual evaluation of symptoms (1–5)	0.63∗∗	0.18 ns	0.50∗	0.69∗∗∗	-	0.75∗∗∗	0.43∗	0.64∗∗
Green leaf biomass (g.plant-1)	0.60∗∗	0.50∗	0.78∗∗	0.92∗∗∗	0.75∗∗∗	-	0.59∗∗	0.66∗
Dead leaf biomass (g.plant-1)	0.42	0.52∗∗	0.63∗∗	0.86∗∗∗	0.43∗	0.59∗∗	-	0.33 ns
Waterlogging tolerance coefficient (%)	0.38 ns	0.19 ns	0.50∗	0.58∗∗	0.64∗∗	0.66∗	0.33 ns	-

Pearson’s correlation coefficients are indicated with their statistical significance as follows: ns, non-significant (P > 0.05); ^∗P ≤ 0.05; ^∗∗P ≤ 0.01; ^∗∗∗P ≤ 0.001.