TABLE 5.

Pearson’s correlation matrix among yield indices under drought stress.

Parameters	STI	DTE	MP	MRP	SSI	YL%	GMP	HMP
STI	1	0.924**	0.973**	0.676**	−0.757**	−0.924**	0.910**	0.986**
DTE		1	0.830**	0.367*	−0.853**	−1.000**	0.994**	0.954**
MP			1	0.822**	−0.630**	−0.830**	0.807**	0.936**
MRP				1	–0.168	−0.367*	0.331*	0.583**
SSI					1	0.853**	−0.904**	−0.847**
YL%						1	−0.994**	−0.954**
GMP							1	0.956**
HMP								1

STI, stress tolerance index; YSI, yield susceptibility index; DTE, drought tolerance efficiency; MP, mean productivity; MRP, mean relative performance; SSI, stress susceptibility index; YL%, yield loss percentage; GMP, geometric mean productivity; HMP, harmonic mean productivity.

*, ** significant at 5 and 1% level of significance, respectively.