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. 2019 Apr 25;9:6397. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42673-1

Table 2.

Location and treatment specific Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between plant developmental traits and flowering time (upper part) and grain yield (lower part), respectively.

Location Dundee Halle Al-Karak Dubai Adelaide
Treatmenta +N fert. −N fert. +N fert. −N fert. +Irriga. −Irriga. −Salt +Salt −Drought +Drought
Control Stress Control Stress Control Stress Control Stress Control Stress
Traitb Flowering Flowering Flowering Flowering Flowering
  YLD 0.59 0.66 0.32 0.20 0.30 0.72 −0.51 0.44 0.57 0.51
  EAR 0.38 −0.05 −0.22 0.54 −0.13 0.44 0.52 0.57 0.25 0.09
  GNE 0.67 0.67 0.71 0.64 0.37 −0.21 0.57 0.58 0.07 0.60
  TGW −0.07 −0.10 −0.08 −0.09 0.56 0.68 0.32 0.42 0.37 0.17
  HI 0.67 0.47 0.47 0.56
Trait b Grain yield Grain yield Grain yield Grain yield Grain yield
  HEA 0.59 0.66 0.32 0.20 0.30 0.72 0.51 −0.44 0.57 0.51
  SEL 0.05 0.24 0.40 0.40 0.55 0.52 0.16 0.29
  RIP 0.10 0.15 −0.16 −0.01 0.13 0.60 0.36 0.34 0.29 0.45
  HEI 0.56 0.33 −0.05 −0.01 0.00 0.22 0.25 0.71 0.69 0.63
  EAR 0.17 0.21 0.09 0.12 0.54 0.47 0.52 0.32 0.42 0.35
  GNE 0.59 0.62 0.62 0.58 0.53 0.47 0.72 0.34 0.46 0.68
  TGW −0.12 −0.08 0.23 0.19 0.16 0.53 0.24 −0.07 −0.01 −0.09
  HI 0.87 0.59 0.75 0.83

Bold values indicate significant correlations at P < 0.05.

a+ = with & − = without; N fert. = nitrogen fertilizer, Irriga. = drip irrigation & Salt = drip irrigation saline water.

bTrait abbreviations are given in Supplementary Table S3; — = trait not scored.