Table 9.

Correlation matrix between the rate of germination, earliness, yield components, and biological efficiency.

	Germination Index
Germination index	1.000	1st flush “seeding”
1st flush “seeding”	0.838***	1.000	Total “seeding”
	(0.001)
Total “seeding”	0.929***	0.968***	1.000	Total quantity of mushrooms
	(0.000)	(0.000)
Total quantity of mushrooms	0.858***	0.638*	0.779**	1.000	UW
	(0.001)	(0.035)	(0.005)
UW	0.773**	0.681*	0.753**	0.782**	1.000	BE
	(0.005)	(0.021)	(0.007)	(0.004)
BE	0.810**	0.524	0.677*	0.956***	0.863***	1.000
	(0.002)	(0.098)	(0.022)	(0.000)	(0.001)

UW, unit weight of uncut mushrooms (g); BE, biological efficiency (kg/100 kg of dry substrate).

Results in parentheses indicate statistical significance. No significant (p > 0.05) (non *); significant at 95% (0.01 < p ≤ 0.05) (*); significant at 99% (0.001 < p ≤ 0.01) (**); 99.9% significant (p ≤ 0.001) (***).