Table 2.

Spearman correlation coefficients for the collected traits for progeny lines and parents

	Biotic Stress					Tuber						Leaf/shoot
	DR	PIR	LAI	HRL	AIV	VT	TGF	YP13	YP14	TBS	NoT	H	SLS	GR	LT	NLL	FT
DR	1	0.083	– 0.18	– 0.099*	0.07*	0.11	0.29	0.037*	0.021*	– 0.067*	– 0.024*	0.26*	– 0.21*	0.26**	– 0.23*	– 0.28*	– 0.081*
PIR		1	– 0.12	0.16	0.28	– 0.15	– 0.019	0.091	0.094	– 0.41	– 0.076	0.14	– 0.098	0.12	0.05	0.038	– 0.036
LAI			1	– 0.29	0.18	0.11	– 0.071	0.025*	0.077*	0.18	0.034	– 0.048	– 0.32	– 0.022	0.1	– 0.041	– 0.12
HRL				1	– 0.25**	– 0.13	– 0.14	– 0.29**	– 0.53**	0.1*	0.11	– 0.41**	0.64**	– 0.4**	0.11	0.52**	0.4**
AIV					1	– 0.2	– 0.06	0.37**	0.52**	– 0.32*	– 0.081	0.32**	– 0.5**	0.36**	– 0.11	– 0.27**	– 0.31**
VT						1	– 0.041	0.059	0.046	– 0.22	0.31	– 0.0026	0.058	0.071	– 0.13	– 0.02	0.21
TGF							1	– 0.0059	– 0.06	– 0.04	– 0.39	0.25	0.16	0.27	– 0.096*	– 0.13	– 0.016
YP13								1	0.65**	0.013*	0.08	0.38**	– 0.47**	0.38**	– 0.21	– 0.41	– 0.53
YP14									1	– 0.017*	0.11	0.58**	– 0.68**	0.55**	0.008*	– 0.49	– 0.62
TBS										1	0.26	– 0.22*	0.22*	– 0.21*	– 0.037*	0.32*	0.15*
NoT											1	– 0.24	0.043	– 0.22	0.045	0.0018	– 0.055
H												1	– 0.7**	0.97*	– 0.15*	– 0.68**	– 0.5**
SLS													1	– 0.68**	0.011*	0.69**	0.63**
GR														1	– 0.23*	– 0.66**	−0.44**
LT															1	0.043*	– 0.012
NLL																1	0.64**
FT																	1

Significant correlations are indicated by ** p < 0.001 and *p < 0.05; highly significant correlations are indicated in bold and Italic. DR Dikeya resistance, PIR P. infestans resistance, LAI Lesions after Alternaria infection, HRL HR-like lesion, AIV Alternaria infection volume, TGF Tuber greening, field, NoT Number of tubers, TBS Tuber blight score, YP14 Yield/plant 2014, VT Visible tubers/plant, YP13 Yield/plant 2013, SLS Senescence late season, GR Growth rate, H Height, NLL Necrotic leaves, late-season, LT Leaf texture, FT Flowering time