Table 4.

Pearson correlation coefficient among defense response in the inoculated seedlings seven months after planting

Characters	BLN	BD	RL	FRW	GDI	PRX	LIGNIN	SA
SH	0.65	0.67	0.61	0.94 **	0.67	-0.43	-0.77	-0.71
BLN		0.74	0.63	0.68	0.40	-0.34	-0.88 *	-0.91 *
BD			0.94 **	0.82 *	0.24	-0.10	-0.74	-0.51
RL				0.83 *	0.00	-0.27	-0.76	-0.33
FRW					0.42	-0.45	-0.86 *	-0.58
GDI						0.15	-0.31	-0.67
PRX							0.50	0.35
LIGNIN								0.74

SH seedling height, BLN bifid leaf number, BD bole diameter, RL root length, FRW fresh root weight, GDI Ganoderma disease index, LIGNIN root lignin content, PRX root peroxidase activity, and SA root salicylic acid content. The * or ** shows a significant (p ≤ 0.05) or a highly significant (p ≤ 0.01) of the Pearson’s correlation coefficient, respectively