Table 2.
Phenotypic and genotypic correlation of days to heading and plant height with spot blotch scores in the two RIL populations over three years along with heritability estimates for spot blotch.
| Population | Years | Heading | Height | Heritability for SB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pcor | Gcor | Pcor | Gcor | |||
| WC | 2013 | −0.271 *** | −0.306 *** | −0.561 *** | −0.678 *** | 0.76 |
| 2014 | −0.282 *** | −0.340 *** | −0.471 *** | −0.586 *** | 0.77 | |
| 2015 | −0.206 ** | −0.375 *** | −0.207 ** | −0.461 *** | 0.30 | |
| Mean | −0.291 *** | −0.514 *** | −0.503 *** | −0.875 *** | 0.32 | |
| KC | 2013 | −0.182 ** | −0.234 *** | NA | NA | 0.75 |
| 2014 | −0.066 | −0.074 | −0.214 ** | −0.307 *** | 0.91 | |
| 2015 | −0.093 | −0.095 | −0.422 *** | −0.564 *** | 0.68 | |
| Mean | −0.079 | −0.108 | −0.328 *** | −0.624 *** | 0.31 | |
Pcor—phenotypic correlation coefficient; Gcor—genotypic correlation coefficient. Note: % disease severity in 2013 and AUDPC for 2014, 2015 and their average designated SB score were used in the analysis. ** and *** indicate significance at 1.0% and 0.1% level of probability, respectively.