Table 3.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients among quantitatively measured traits in 16 CMS lines of cabbage

Traits	Plant height (cm)	Plant spread (cm)	Gross head weight (kg)	Number of non-wrapper leaves	Head length (cm)	Head width (cm)	Net head weight (kg)	Stalk length (cm)	Core length (cm)	Harvest index (%)
Plant height (cm)	1.00	0.53*	0.51*	0.46	0.06	0.30	0.10	0.38	0.21	− 0.54*
Plant spread (cm)		1.00	0.54*	0.42	0.25	0.28	− 0.04	0.14	0.48	− 0.84**
Gross head weight (kg)			1.00	0.46	0.59*	0.85**	0.76**	0.02	0.38	− 0.29
Number of non-wrapper leaves				1.00	− 0.01	0.31	0.12	− 0.30	0.38	− 0.37
Head length (cm)					1.00	0.70**	0.60*	0.24	0.11	0.02
Head width (cm)						1.00	0.83**	0.01	0.13	0.04
Net head weight (kg)							1.00	0.01	0.22	0.39
Stalk length (cm)								1.00	0.07	− 0.05
Core length (cm)									1.00	− 0.22
Harvest index (%)										1.00

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01