Table 1.

Correlation among the physiological traits and seed oil content in 2010 at seed developmental stages: the value in the upper triangle is the Person correlation coefficient in canola high oil content line (HOCL) while the lower triangle is that in canola low oil content line (LOCL)

Parameters	Seed oil content	Silique weight	Seed weight	Total chlorophyll	Silique fructose	Seed fructose	Silique glucose	Seed glucose	Silique sucrose	Seed sucrose	Silique starch	Seed starch	Silique cellulose	Seed cellulose
Seed oil content	1	0.30	0.53	-0.86**	-0.96**	-0.48	-0.74**	-0.38	-0.80**	-0.72**	-0.27	-0.88**	0.79**	0.88**
Silique weight	0.33	1	0.94**	-0.65**	-0.16	-0.44	0.36	-0.35	-0.71**	-0.75**	0.60**	-0.51	0.12	0.39
Seed weight	0.56	0.93**	1	-0.79**	-0.42	-0.55	0.10	-0.43	-0.78**	-0.83**	0.53	-0.66**	0.28	0.55
Total chlorophyll	-0.85**	-0.72**	-0.81	1	0.79**	0.42	0.41	0.26	0.96**	0.83**	-0.01	0.96**	-0.76**	-0.88**
Silique fructose	-0.75**	0.20	-0.06	0.40	1	0.38	0.81**	0.26	0.68**	0.57	0.37	0.79**	-0.75**	-0.83**
Seed fructose	-0.55	-0.37	-0.53	0.49	0.58*	1	0.22	0.94**	0.45	0.64**	-0.12	0.41	-0.30	-0.40
Silique glucose	-0.65**	0.43	0.13	0.22	0.89**	0.25	1	0.13	0.30	0.15	0.65**	0.53	-0.65**	-0.55
Seed glucose	-0.42	-0.33	-0.47	0.37	0.47	0.97**	0.13	1	0.31	0.58*	-0.14	0.25	-0.21	-0.32
Silique sucrose	-0.85**	-0.71**	-0.83**	0.97**	0.39	0.56	0.22	0.45	1	0.87**	-0.06	0.94**	-0.72**	-0.86**
Seed sucrose	-0.82**	-0.71**	-0.84**	0.93**	0.36	0.59*	0.16	0.54	0.95**	1	-0.23	0.79**	-0.61**	-0.76**
Silique starch	0.30	0.86**	0.83**	-0.62**	0.02	-0.48	0.23	-0.38	-0.60**	-0.51	1	0.08	-0.47	-0.25
Seed starch	-0.90**	-0.60**	-0.73**	0.95**	0.48	0.52	0.33	0.39	0.97**	0.91**	-0.51	1	-0.84**	-0.90**
Silique cellulose	0.81**	0.17	0.29	-0.74**	-0.62**	-0.44	-0.53	-0.33	-0.72**	-0.70**	0.10	-0.77**	1	0.90**
Seed cellulose	0.79**	0.35	0.42	-0.83**	-0.57	-0.47	-0.45	-0.31	-0.78**	-0.70**	0.34	-0.80**	0.23	1

*, **indicate two parameters are significant correlated at P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively.