Table 3.

Correlations

	GRAIN_Y	EAR_D	KERNLS_E	TGM	GRAIN2.5	HECTOL_W	PROTIN_C	EXTRCT_C	MALTNG_L	FRIABLTY	VISCOSTY	PROTIN_S	ATTENUTN
N	187	186	186	187	187	186	187	156	164	151	156	156	156
Mean	66.3	774.5	19.3	46.3	91.7	68.2	10.6	82.3	9.7	86.4	1.49	45.3	81.7
Min	55.0	672.6	16.7	40.1	80.8	64.1	9.5	78.5	8.0	70.7	1.43	34.8	77.6
Max	78.3	944.0	21.7	52.9	97.1	72.0	12.0	84.6	11.0	97.1	1.61	54.2	83.4
Max–min	23.3	271.4	5.1	12.8	16.3	7.9	2.5	6.1	3.0	26.4	0.18	19.4	5.8
Traits	Correlation coefficients ρ
GRAIN_Y	1
	1
EAR_D	0.59	1
	0.35	1
KERNLS_E	0.16ns	−0.35	1
	0.05ns	−0.46	1
TGM	0.54	−0.05ns	−0.19	1
	0.07ns	−0.54	−0.35	1
GRAIN2.5	0.20	−0.12ns	−0.04ns	0.48	1
	−0.45	−0.42	−0.13ns	0.36	1
HECTOL_W	−0.50	−0.26	−0.13ns	−0.29	0.04ns	1
	−0.26	0.00ns	−0.02ns	−0.08ns	0.23	1
PROTIN_C	−0.88	−0.55	−0.15ns	−0.44	−0.09ns	0.58	1
	−0.56	−0.26	−0.13ns	0.06ns	0.45	0.56	1
EXTRCT_C	0.61	0.38	0.04ns	0.35	0.39	−0.30	−0.62	1
	−0.57	0.02ns	0.27	−0.23	0.16ns	0.09ns	0.02ns	1
MALTNG_L	−0.09ns	0.05ns	0.12ns	−0.29	0.17ns	0.00ns	0.06ns	0.31	1
	−0.47	0.06ns	0.21	−0.48	0.13ns	−0.01ns	0.06ns	0.50	1
FRIABLTY	0.66	0.42	0.06ns	0.37	0.28	−0.50	−0.66	0.71	0.22	1
	−0.34	−0.02ns	0.10ns	−0.16ns	0.10ns	−0.25	−0.15ns	0.38	0.41	1
VISCOSTY	−0.52	−0.35	−0.09ns	−0.24	−0.25	0.34	0.45	−0.72	−0.38	−0.82	1
	0.30	−0.03ns	0.00ns	0.25	−0.03ns	0.11ns	−0.11ns	−0.58	−0.52	−0.81	1
PROTIN_S	0.50	0.33	−0.03ns	0.29	0.29	−0.38	−0.53	0.76	0.38	0.73	−0.70	1
	−0.46	0.01ns	−0.11ns	−0.15ns	0.03ns	−0.15ns	−0.05ns	0.56	0.52	0.57	−0.57	1
ATTENUTN	0.43	0.18ns	0.06ns	0.28	0.34	−0.14ns	−0.40	0.64	0.26	0.63	−0.72	0.60	1
	−0.36	−0.12ns	0.01ns	−0.12ns	0.13ns	0.21	0.19ns	0.37	0.35	0.48	−0.59	0.26	1

Categorization: 0.25 < |ρ| < 0.45 weak, 0.45 ≤ |ρ| < 0.65 moderate, 0.65 ≤ |ρ| < 0.85 strong, 0.85 ≤ |ρ| very strong

N number of varieties, Mean average over variety means, Min smallest variety mean, Max largest variety mean, Upper value phenotypic correlation coefficient ρ _p, Lower value genetic correlation coefficient ρ _g, GRAIN_Y grain yield at 86% dry matter, EAR_D single ear density, KERNLS_E number of kernels per ear, TGM thousand grain mass at 86% dry matter, GRAIN2.5 grain fraction with kernel size >2.5 mm, HECTOL_W hectoliter weight (test weight), PROTIN_C crude grain protein concentration (% of dry matter), EXTRCT_C extract content in dry matter (%), MALTNG_L malting loss, FRIABLTY friability, VISCOSTY viscosity, PROTIN_S protein solution degree (Kolbach value), ATTENUTN final attenuation degree

^nsNot significant different from zero at 1% level