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. 2020 Sep 5;68(2):581–604. doi: 10.1007/s10722-020-01007-1

Table 5.

Pearson's correlation coefficients showing the association of phenotypic traits of 119 groundnut accessions evaluated across two seasons at TARI-Naliendele (above diagonal) and Chambezi (below diagonal)

Traits IPS FPS DTF PH NPP %LLSI85 %LLSI100 %RI85 %RI100 PDY KY HSW SP
IPS 0.54** 0.02  − 0.40** 0.22**  − 0.26**  − 0.32** 0.15**  − 0.07  − 0.12** 0.08  − 0.10*  − 0.14**
FPS 0.96**  − 0.29** 0.13**  − 0.05 0.16** 0.18** 0.07 0.04 0.07 0.01 0.08 0.12**
DTF  − 0.23**  − 0.26**  − 0.54** 0.33**  − 0.49**  − 0.56**  − 0.08  − 0.28**  − 0.28** 0.13**  − 0.11*  − 0.23**
PH  − 0.43**  − 0.41**  − 0.07  − 0.34** 0.66** 0.75**  − 0.06 0.25** 0.32**  − 0.20** 0.20** 0.37**
NPP  − 0.61**  − 0.59**  − 0.01 0.69**  − 0.45**  − 0.44**  − 0.06  − 0.24**  − 0.25** 0.23** 0.01  − 0.23**
%LLSI85 0.50** 0.52**  − 0.28**  − 0.08  − 0.24** 0.76**  − 0.04 0.37** 0.26**  − 0.26** 0.13** 0.25**
%LLSI100 0.24** 0.27**  − 0.24** 0.38** 0.17** 0.46**  − 0.09 0.37** 0.34**  − 0.21** 0.16** 0.33**
%RI85 0.31** 0.34**  − 0.22** 0.15** 0 − .01 0.46** 0.44** 0.36**  − 0.10*  − 0.07  − 0.14**  − 0.11*
%RI100 0.02 0.05  − 0.16** 0.47** 0.34** 0.18** 0.66** 0.42** 0.11*  − 0.20** 0.10* 0.11*
PDY  − 0.20**  − 0.16**  − 0.12** 0.46** 0.51** 0.02 0.27** 0.13** 0.35**  − 0.01  − 0.00 0.90**
KY  − 0.45**  − 0.39** − 0.08 0.56** 0.64**  − 0.15** 0.19** 0.04 0.36** 0.64**  − 0.06  − 0.01
HSW  − 0.09  − 0.04  − 0.08 0.20** 0.23** 0.03 0.17** 0.08 0.21** 0.20** 0.39** 0.31**
SP  − 0.17**  − 0.13**  − 0.11* 0.45** 0.49** 0.03 0.31** 0.19** 0.38** 0.93** 0.65** 0.39**

IPS initial plant stand, FPS final plant stand, PH plant height, DTF days to flowering, NPP number of pods per plant, %LLSI 85 Percentage late leaf spot infection at 85 days after planting, %LLSI 100 percentage late leaf spot infection at 100 days after planting, %RI 85 = percentage rust infection at 85 days after planting, %RI 100 percentage rust score infection at 100 days after planting, PDY pod yield, KY kernel yield, HSW hundred seed weight, SP shelling percent

* and ** represent significant correlations at 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels, respectively