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. 2022 Mar 24;17(3):e0264967. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264967

Table 3. Spearman correlation matrix for studied variables and yield attributes of rice plants raised from ZnONPs primed seeds.

Variables NOT/P NOP/P 1000 Wt PYR SYR SP SS PL NSPP
PH cm 0.9501*** 0.9648*** 0.9338*** 0.9709*** 0.9546*** 0.9131*** 0.9746*** 0.8553*** 0.9709***
PFW g 0.8833*** 0.9112*** 0.9074*** 0.9424*** 0.9306*** 0.8525*** 0.9368*** 0.8919*** 0.9360***
PDW g 0.7767*** 0.8328*** 0.8431*** 0.8575*** 0.8309*** 0.8289*** 0.8487*** 0.8861*** 0.8478***
MDA -0.8927*** -0.8980*** -0.8646*** -0.9214*** -0.9282*** -0.8054*** -0.9148*** -0.7532*** -0.9100***
H2O2 -0.9168*** -0.9050*** -0.8452*** -0.8916*** -0.8800*** -0.8818*** -0.9007*** -0.7614*** -0.9005***
SOD -0.3638*** -0.5174*** -0.5514*** -0.5201*** -0.5195*** -0.4399*** -0.4940*** -0.6083*** -0.5221***
POD -0.3467*** -0.5168*** -0.5472*** -0.5241*** -0.5336*** -0.4209*** -0.5032*** -0.6356*** -0.5222***
CAT -0.3647*** -0.5102*** -0.5607*** -0.5177*** -0.5327*** -0.4448*** -0.4983*** -0.6111*** -0.5184***
Proline -0.3422*** -0.4694*** -0.5136*** -0.5161*** -0.5157*** -0.3457*** -0.5064*** -0.5241*** -0.4842***
T.Chlo 0.9310*** 0.9717*** 0.9480*** 0.9833*** 0.9717*** 0.8794*** 0.9788*** 0.8590*** 0.9709***
NOT/P 1 0.9234*** 0.9005*** 0.9462*** 0.9364*** 0.9082*** 0.9461*** 0.8277*** 0.9452***
NOP/P 0.9234*** 1 0.9507*** 0.9778*** 0.9714*** 0.9173*** 0.9788*** 0.8648*** 0.9819***
1000 Wt 0.9005*** 0.9507*** 1 0.9611*** 0.9499*** 0.8878*** 0.9552*** 0.8790*** 0.9507***
PYR 0.9462*** 0.9778*** 0.9611*** 1 0.9828*** 0.9134*** 0.9907*** 0.8965*** 0.9926***
SYR 0.9364*** 0.9714*** 0.9499*** 0.9828*** 1 0.9003*** 0.9801*** 0.8829*** 0.9851***
SP 0.9082*** 0.9173*** 0.8878*** 0.9134*** 0.9003*** 1 0.9177*** 0.8620*** 0.9245***
SS 0.9461*** 0.9788*** 0.9552*** 0.9907*** 0.9801*** 0.9177*** 1 0.8830*** 0.9842***
PL 0.8277*** 0.8648*** 0.8790*** 0.8965*** 0.8829*** 0.8620*** 0.8830*** 1 0.8977***
NSPP 0.9452*** 0.9819*** 0.9507*** 0.9926*** 0.9851*** 0.9245*** 0.9842*** 0.8977*** 1

Values with *** are different from 0 with a significance level alpha = 0.05.

NOT/P Number of Tiller per Plant, NOP/P Number of panicles per plant, PL Panicle length, NSPP Number of Spikelet per Panicle, H2O2 Hydrogen peroxide, MDA Malandialdehyde, SYR Straw Yield of Rice, PYR Paddy Yield of Rice, SS Seed Starch, SP Seed Protein, PRO Proliine, CAT Catalase, 1000 Wt. 1000 Paddy Weights, PH Plant Height, PFW Plant Fresh Weight, PDW Plant Dry Weight, SOD Superoxide Dismutase, POD Peroxidase.