Table 3.

Number of correlated transcripts for the collected traits at thresholds Pearson (r = ≤ − 0.5 or ≥ 0.5), Spearman (r = ≤ − 0.5 or ≥ 0.5) and DUO (≥0.65), as well the overlap between the correlation metrics

	Traits	Abbr.	DUO	Pearson	Spearman	Duo∩ Pearson	Duo∩ Spearman	Pearson∩ Spearman	Pearson∩ Spearman∩ Duo
Biotic Stress	Dikeya resistance	DR	33	8	8	1	0	3	0
	P. infestans resistance	PIR	52	16	23	1	2	16	1
	Tuber blight score	TBS	0	19	23	0	0	4	0
	Lesions after Alternaria infection	LAI	0	224	244	0	0	142	0
	Alternaria infection volume	AIV	5	18	18	0	0	4	0
	HR-like lesion	HRL	4	56	65	0	1	38	0
Tuber	Tuber greening, field	TGF	0	20	2	0	0	1	0
	Number of tubers	NoT	0	464	790	0	0	384	0
	Yield/plant 2014	YP14	0	9	21	0	0	7	0
	Yield/plant 2013	YP13	25	57	11	0	0	4	0
	Visible tubers/plant	VT	0	41	7	0	0	0	0
Leaf/shoot/flower	Senescence late season	SLS	75	62	43	6	5	29	4
	Growth rate	GR	0	7	10	0	0	6	0
	Height	H	5	8	14	0	0	6	0
	Necrotic leaves, late-season	NLL	48	39	37	5	6	24	5
	Leaf texture	LT	26	11	14	4	4	9	3
	Flowering time	FT	0	26	33	0	0	23	0