TABLE 3.

Pearson correlations between coleoptile length and eight agronomic traits.

Traits	MR1†	MR2	MR3	BLUP	FD	FLL	FLW	PDL	SH	SL	TN	PH
MR1	1	0.914**	0.889**	0.967**	0.215**	0.145**	0.096*	−0.195**	0.201**	0.227**	0.219**	−0.072
MR2	0.914**	1	0.897**	0.970**	0.171**	0.139**	0.131**	−0.186**	0.215**	0.215**	0.156**	−0.063
MR3	0.889**	0.897**	1	0.962**	0.128**	0.145**	0.116**	−0.148**	0.209**	0.217**	0.137**	−0.012
BLUP	0.967**	0.970**	0.962**	1	0.177**	0.148**	0.119**	−0.182**	0.216**	0.227**	0.177**	−0.051

*Significant at the 0.05 probability level. **Significant at the 0.01 probability level. ^†MR1, means of coleoptile length in repetition 1; MR2, means of coleoptile length in repetition 2; MR3, means of coleoptile length in repetition 3; BLUP, best linear unbiased predictions; FD, flowering date; FLL, flag leaf length; FLW, flag leaf width; PDL, peduncle length; SH, seedling habit; SL, spike length; TN, tiller number; PH; plant height.