Table 5.
Correlation coefficients between different trait combinations based on 100 lentil genotypes under no stress conditions.
| PBP | SBP | TBP | FPP | UPP | TPP | BY | GY | HI | HSW | CP | Zn | Fe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.45** | 0.17 | −0.12 | 0.35** | −0.06 | 0.20* | −0.03 |
| PBP | 0.40** | 0.26** | −0.05 | 0.17 | −0.02 | 0.27** | 0.06 | −0.11 | 0.01 | −0.17 | −0.08 | −0.06 | |
| SBP | 0.76** | 0.24* | −0.12 | 0.23* | 0.50** | 0.17 | −0.17 | 0.03 | −0.03 | 0.12 | −0.09 | ||
| TBP | 0.21* | −0.10 | 0.20* | 0.44** | 0.14 | −0.18 | 0.05 | −0.00 | 0.10 | −0.08 | |||
| FPP | −0.16 | 0.99** | 0.40** | 0.70** | 0.40** | 0.52** | 0.02 | −0.02 | −0.01 | ||||
| UPP | −0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.02 | −0.07 | −0.04 | 0.10 | 0.14 | |||||
| TPP | 0.42** | 0.71** | 0.40** | 0.51** | 0.02 | −0.00 | 0.01 | ||||||
| BY | 0.37** | −0.30** | 0.33** | 0.01 | 0.05 | −0.20* | |||||||
| GY | 0.73** | 0.76** | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.09 | ||||||||
| HI | 0.52** | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.23* | |||||||||
| HSW | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.11 | ||||||||||
| CP | −0.26* | 0.03 | |||||||||||
| Zn | 0.28** |
PBP, primary branches per plant; SBP, secondary branches per plant; TBP, tertiary branches per plant; PH, plant height; FPP, filled pods per plant; UPP, unfilled pods per plant; TPP, total pods per plant; BY, biological yield; GY, grain yield; HI, harvest index; HSW, hundred-seed weight; CP, Crude protein content; Zn, zinc content; Fe, iron content; HI, harvest index.
*
Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.
**
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.