Table 2.

Correlation analysis between fiber quality and yield component traits in the RIL population.

Traita	Environmentb	FL	FS	FM	LP	BW
FS	13AY	0.271**
	13QZ	0.510**
	13LQ	0.139*
	14AY	0.600**
	14KEL	0.642**
	14LQ	0.513**
	15ALE	0.660**
	15AY	0.466**
	16AY	0.534**
FM	13AY	–0.209**	–0.587**
	13QZ	–0.226**	–0.576**
	13LQ	–0.051	–0.348**
	14AY	–0.417**	–0.486**
	14KEL	–0.449**	–0.378**
	14LQ	–0.413**	–0.463**
	15ALE	–0.539**	–0.353**
	15AY	–0.383**	–0.425**
	16AY	–0.369**	–0.566**
LP	13AY	–0.285**	–0.204**	0.366**
	13QZ	–0.225**	–0.271**	0.454**
	13LQ	–0.169*	–0.088	0.430**
	14AY	–0.259**	–0.179**	0.220**
	14KEL	–0.424**	–0.421**	0.351**
	14LQ	–0.311**	–0.278**	0.360**
	15ALE	–0.373**	–0.226**	0.352**
	15AY	–0.149*	–0.088	0.044
	16AY	–0.189**	–0.202**	0.336**
BW	13AY	0.178**	–0.294**	0.352**	–0.197**
	13QZ	0.006	–0.343**	0.543**	0.123
	13LQ	0.127	–0.373**	0.544**	0.052
	14AY	0.122	0.085	0.240**	–0.137*
	14KEL	0.064	0.276**	–0.089	–0.352**
	14LQ	0.060	–0.046	0.300**	–0.061
	15ALE	0.237**	0.225**	–0.078	–0.146*
	15AY	0.134*	–0.037	0.320**	–0.259**
	16AY	–0.050	–0.199**	0.379**	–0.142*
SI	13AY	0.284**	0.275**	–0.299**	–0.619**	0.324**
	13QZ	0.245**	0.250**	–0.159*	–0.467**	0.294**
	13LQ	0.187**	0.202**	–0.267**	–0.541**	0.094
	14AY	–	–	–	–	–
	14KEL	0.307**	0.453**	–0.102	–0.597**	0.565**
	14LQ	–	–	–	–	–
	15ALE	0.402**	0.418**	–0.179**	–0.470**	0.670**
	15AY	0.299**	0.363**	–0.182**	–0.309**	0.332**
	16AY	0.158*	0.336**	–0.192**	–0.256**	0.107

^aFL, fiber length; FS, fibers strength; FM, fiber micronaire; BW, weight; LP, lint percent; SI, seed index. ^b13AY, Anyang in 2013; 13LQ, Linqing in 2013; 13QZ, Quzhou in 2013; 14AY, Anyang in 2014; 14KEL, Kerle in 2014; 14LQ, Linqing in 2014; 15AY, Anyang in 2015; 15ALE, Alaer in 2015; 16AY, Anyang in 2016. ^∗Indicate significance at the 0.05 level. ^∗∗Indicate significance at the 0.01 level.