Table 3.

Correlation matrix between various plant characteristics at flowering (BBCH65) and the silage DM yield (BBCH85_H_DMY), based on the pearson-method with pairwise-deletion.

BBCH65	DS	LAI	SLA	LL	LOV	LA	Lf	BBCH85_H_DMY
LN	0.57***	0.68***	-0.19	0.77***	0.66***	-0.21	0.79***	0.78***
DS		0.71***	-0.67***	0.45***	0.43***	-0.05	0.53***	0.40**
LAI			-0.06	0.68***	0.69***	-0.29*	0.77***	0.69***
SLA				-0.13	-0.03	-0.26*	-0.16	-0.09
LL					0.60***	-0.20	0.84***	0.65***
LOV						-0.67***	0.88***	0.59***
LA							-0.31*	-0.15
Lf								0.72***

DS, dry substance; LN, number of leaves; LOV, leaf orientation value; LA, leaf angle; LAI, leaf area index; SLA, specific leaf area; Lf, length from leaf collar to the flagging point. Significant difference at ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, and *p < 0.05.