Table 5.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients among various parameters from 9 rice varieties exposed to control and high dose of UV-B (28 kJ m⁻²d⁻¹)

Control	MDA*PRL	MDA*PRT	MDA*SGR	MDA*ASC	MDA*GLU
Aathira	0.111	− 0.765*	0.301	− 0.690	0.999**
Mangalamahsuri	− 0.135	− 0.834**	− 0.791*	− 0.104	0.920**
Kanchana	0.839**	− 0.410	0.580	− 0.801*	− 0.811*
Jyothi	− 0.653	0.879**	− 0.641	0.796*	0.882**
Annapoorna	− 0.521	− 0.638	− 0.782*	0.766*	0.200
Neeraja	− 0.002	0.268	− 0.372	0.022	− 0.245
Swetha	− 0.767*	− 0.825**	0.125	0.586	0.891**
Aiswarya	− 0.872**	− 0.601	0.834**	− 0.728*	0.258
Swarnaprabha	0.912**	0.652	0.501	0.448	− 0.978**

28 kJ m−2d−1	MDA*PRL	MDA*PRT	MDA*SGR	MDA*ASC	MDA*GLU
Aathira	− 0.725*	− 0.430	0.966**	0.980**	0.038
Mangalamahsuri	0.798*	0.990**	− 0.973**	− 0.827**	0.519*
Kanchana	− 0.403	− 0.098	− 0.862**	− 0.415	0.249
Jyothi	0.202	0.822**	− 0.254	0.771*	1.000**
Annapoorna	0.892**	0.531*	− 0.747*	− 0.128	0.987**
Neeraja	0.087	0.915**	0.735*	0.724*	− 0.934**
Swetha	0.626*	0.708*	0.850**	− 0.299	0.470
Aiswarya	0.134	− 0.573*	0.276	0.939**	− 0.039
Swarnaprabha	0.636*	0.092	− 0.297	− 0.736*	0.577*

MDA malondialdehyde, PRL proline, PRT protein, SGR sugar, ASC ascorbate, GLU glutathione

*Correlation was significant at the p ≤ 0.05. **Correlation was significant at the p ≤ 0.01