Table 6.

Correlations between level of shattering (percentage shattering pods per plant) and the 28 phenotypic traits.

Trait	Association
Qualitative	$R_{adj}^2$	M.S.	F	P
Number of cotyledonary leaves	0.000	106.86	0.24	0.628
Angle of cotyledonary leaves	0.000	99.21	0.21	0.810
Lobature of cotyledonary leaves	0.010	672.75	1.48	0.229
Stem color	0.020	2446.21	5.50	0.020
Growth type	0.000	15.59	0.04	0.950
Flower color	0.140	8396.23	21.45	<10−4
Pod color	0.120	4708.32	11.75	<10−4
Quantitative	R2	R	N	P
Plant height	0.010	0.102	264	0.099
Flowering time	0.000	0.000	266	0.998
Pod setting	0.001	0.034	264	0.058
Pods weight per plant	0.003	0.056	267	0.366
Valve weight per plant	0.029	0.169	264	0.006
Seed weight per plant	0.000	−0.003	265	0.949
Number of pods per plant	0.014	0.117	265	0.055
Number of seeds per plant	0.010	0.100	266	0.103
Mean pod weight	0.001	−0.031	267	0.611
Mean valve weight	0.071	0.267	264	<10−4
100-seed weight	0.045	−0.212	265	0.001
Seeds per pod	0.014	−0.119	265	0.052
Number of seeds per pod	0.006	0.770	266	0.211
Harvest Index at the pod level	0.106	−0.327	265	<10−4
Pod perimeter	0.089	−0.298	259	<10−4
Pod area	0.022	−0.148	259	0.017
Pod maximum width	0.181	−0.425	259	<10−4
Pod maximum height	0.020	−0.143	259	0.021
Pod curved height	0.071	−0.266	259	<10−4
Pod maximum/ curved height	0.120	−0.347	259	<10−4

Bold, significant associations. M.S., Mean Square; F, F ratio; $R_{adj}^2$, adjusted R²; r, Pearson correlation coefficient; P, significance level.