Table 4.

Pearson correlation for 12 variables, evaluated in the germination season in two rice cultivars, BRS Querência (above diagonal) and Brilhante (below diagonal), in response to the conditioning of the seeds in carrot extract and the low temperature in germination.

	Extract	GSI	FGC	G	SL	RL	SDM	RDM	STI	SSI	HM	SVI
Extract	1	0.70**	0.65**	0.67**	0.74**	0.60*	0.58*	0.45ns	0.70**	− 0.71**	0.70**	0.68**
GSI	0.77**	1	0.79**	0.96**	0.75**	0.54*	0.83**	0.49ns	0.99**	− 1.00**	1.00**	0.96**
FGC	0.73**	0.98**	1	0.70**	0.42ns	0.17ns	0.60*	0.54*	0.78**	− 0.78**	0.79**	0.69**
G	0.71**	0.97**	0.95**	1	0.77**	0.61*	0.84**	0.44ns	0.96**	− 0.96**	0.97**	1.00**
SL	0.76**	0.58*	0.63**	0.53*	1	0.76**	0.75**	0.51*	0.74**	− 0.76**	0.76**	0.79**
RL	0.72**	0.66**	0.62**	0.63**	0.46ns	1	0.66**	0.52*	0.52*	− 0.55*	0.54*	0.64**
SDM	0.81**	0.89**	0.91**	0.88**	0.81**	0.61*	1	0.71**	0.82**	− 0.84**	0.83**	0.85**
RDM	0.83**	0.93**	0.91**	0.89**	0.73**	0.61*	0.93**	1	0.46ns	− 0.49ns	0.48ns	0.44ns
STI	0.76**	1.00**	0.98**	0.97**	0.58*	0.66**	0.89**	0.92**	1	− 0.99**	0.99**	0.96**
SSI	− 0.77**	− 1.00**	− 0.98**	− 0.97**	− 0.60*	− 0.65**	− 0.89**	− 0.93**	− 1.00**	1	− 1.00**	− 0.96**
HM	0.76**	1.00**	0.98**	0.97**	0.58*	0.65**	0.89**	0.93**	1.00**	− 1.00**	1	0.96**
SVI	0.79**	0.97**	0.96**	0.99**	0.64**	0.70**	0.93**	0.92**	0.97**	− 0.97**	0.98**	1

** Significant at 1% probability of error; * significant at 5% probability of error; ^ns not significant.