Table 6.

Assessment of phenotypic correlation (above diagonal) and genotypic correlation (bellow diagonal) among 12 characters of V. subterranea genotypes.

Variable	D50F	DTM	PH	NB	BFW	TNP	FPW	DPW	DSW	HSW	HI	Yld
D50F	1	0.388**	− 0.241*	− 0.215*	0.029 ns	− 0.475**	− 0.506**	− 0.544**	− 0.551**	− 0.432**	− 0.125 ns	− 0.544**
DTM	0.214*	1	− 0.094 ns	0.274**	− 0.079 ns	0.151 ns	0.313**	0.395**	0.434**	0.499**	0.168 ns	0.395**
PH	− 0.038 ns	− 0.034 ns	1	0.815**	0.332**	0.183 ns	0.127 ns	− 0.048 ns	0.058 ns	0.268*	− 0.320**	− 0.048 ns
NB	0.393**	− 0.036 ns	0.299*	1	0.414**	0.264*	0.236*	0.168 ns	0.085 ns	0.206 ns	− 0.355**	0.168 ns
BFW	0.060 ns	− 0.076 ns	0.269*	0.172 ns	1	0.080 ns	− 0.037 ns	− 0.162 ns	− 0.214*	− 0.252*	− 0.972**	− 0.162 ns
TNP	− 0.201*	0.041 ns	0.156 ns	0.341**	0.091 ns	1	0.825**	0.790**	0.735**	0.696**	0.058 ns	0.790**
FPW	− 0.387**	0.223*	0.086 ns	0.075 ns	− 0.030 ns	0.701**	1	0.834**	0.870**	0.766**	0.183 ns	0.834**
DPW	− 0.360**	0.366**	0.042 ns	0.095 ns	− 0.141 ns	0.636**	0.789**	1	0.986**	0.894**	0.364**	1.000**
DSW	− 0.315*	0.313*	0.116 ns	0.176 ns	− 0.169 ns	0.567**	0.756**	0.856**	1	0.944**	0.408**	0.986**
HSW	− 0.283*	0.404**	0.126 ns	0.096 ns	− 0.212*	0.511**	0.657**	0.754**	0.799**	1	0.412**	0.894**
HI	− 0.075 ns	0.137 ns	− 0.235*	− 0.049 ns	− 0.958**	0.069 ns	0.187 ns	0.360**	0.363**	0.363**	1	0.364**
Yld	− 0.350**	0.356**	0.042 ns	0.095 ns	− 0.141 ns	0.626**	0.789**	1.000**	0.856**	0.754**	0.360**	1

* = Significant (p ≤ 0.05),** = Highly significant (p ≤ 0.05), ns = non significant (p > 0.05), D50%F = days to 50% flowering, DTM = days to maturiity, PH = plant height (cm), NB = Number of branches , BFW = biomass fresh weight (g), TNP = total number of pods, FWP = fresh pods weight (g), DPW = dry pods weight (g), DSW = dry seeds weight (g), HSW = hundred seed weight (g), HI = harvest index, and YLD = yield kg/ha.