Table 2.
Pearson correlation coefficients between various traits in the RIL population
| HC | L* | a* | b* | SY | SW | VSC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tSSP | − 0.93*** | 0.0074 | 0.32*** | 0.21*** | 0.33*** | 0.15*** | 0.13** |
| HC | 0.039 | − 0.38*** | − 0.23*** | − 0.35*** | − 0.21*** | − 0.087 | |
| L* | − 0.038 | 0.20*** | 0.16* | 0.11* | 0.007 | ||
| a* | 0.49*** | 0.11 | − 0.031 | 0.15*** | |||
| b* | 0.20** | 0.041 | − 0.10* | ||||
| SY | 0.38*** | − 0.033 | |||||
| SW | 0.15*** |
tSSP transformed stone seed proportion, HC hydration capacity, SY seed yield, VSC visual score of cooked seed appearance, SW 100-seed weight
*, **, and *** represent the statistical significance at 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 probability level. Correlations were calculated based on the data from Morden and Carman (first harvest data) in 2016