Table 8.

The direct (diagonal) and indirect effects of 11 characteristics on pod yield in 30 V. subterranea genotypes.

Trait	D50F	DTM	PH	NB	BFW	TNP	FPW	DPW	DSW	HSW	HI
D50F	0.0209	0.0045	− 0.0008	0.0082	0.0013	− 0.0042	− 0.0081	− 0.0075	− 0.0066	− 0.0059	− 0.0016
DTM	− 0.0046	− 0.0216	0.0007	0.0008	0.0017	− 0.0009	− 0.0048	− 0.0079	− 0.0068	− 0.0087	− 0.0030
PH	− 0.0001	− 0.0001	0.0029	0.0009	0.0008	0.0005	0.0003	0.0001	0.0003	0.0004	− 0.0007
NB	− 0.0009	0.0001	− 0.0007	− 0.0024	− 0.0004	− 0.0008	− 0.0002	− 0.0002	− 0.0004	− 0.0002	0.0001
BFW	0.0019	− 0.0025	0.0087	0.0055	0.0322	0.0029	− 0.0010	− 0.0045	− 0.0054	− 0.0068	− 0.0308
TNP	0.0061	− 0.0012	− 0.0048	− 0.0104	− 0.0028	− 0.0306	− 0.0215	− 0.0195	− 0.0174	− 0.0156	− 0.0021
FPW	− 0.0177	0.0102	0.0039	0.0034	− 0.0014	0.0320	0.0456	0.0360	0.0345	0.0300	0.0085
DPW	− 0.3603	0.3658	0.0420	0.0945	− 0.1413	0.6358	0.7890	1.0000	0.8657	0.7540	0.3601
DSW	0.0168	− 0.0167	− 0.0062	− 0.0094	0.0090	− 0.0302	− 0.0403	− 0.0456	− 0.0533	− 0.0426	− 0.0194
HSW	− 0.0101	0.0144	0.0045	0.0034	− 0.0075	0.0182	0.0234	0.0269	0.0285	0.0357	0.0129
HI	− 0.0026	0.0048	− 0.0083	− 0.0017	− 0.0336	0.0024	0.0066	0.0126	0.0127	0.0127	0.0351
Genotypic correlation with Yld	− 0.35**	0.35**	0.042 ns	0.09 ns	− 0.14 ns	0.62**	0.78**	0.99**	0.85**	0.75**	0.36**

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.