Table 3.

Phenotypic correlation coefficients among 12 traits determined either for 119 F₁-hybrids (above diagonal) or for inbred lines (below diagonal; consisting of 35 male lines, 73 female lines and 11 checks)

Parents/F1-hybrids	GY	PC	WGC	SDS	EX	REX	R	EN	WA	MT	BR	BV
GY		− 0.45***	− 0.45***	− 0.36***	− 0.42***	− 0.20*	− 0.10	− 0.34***	− 0.21*	0.03	0.08	− 0.38***
PC	− 0.51***		0.76***	0.69***	0.49***	0.41***	0.28**	0.58***	0.59***	− 0.37***	− 0.40***	0.72***
WGC	− 0.43***	0.86***		0.54***	0.48***	0.18*	0.03	0.41***	0.56***	− 0.24**	− 0.27**	0.59***
SDS	− 0.34***	0.61***	0.54***		0.63***	0.63***	0.44***	0.81***	0.66***	− 0.50***	− 0.50***	0.89***
EX	− 0.09	0.40***	0.46***	0.51***		0.22*	− 0.08	0.59***	0.40***	− 0.15	− 0.20*	0.66***
REX	− 0.21*	0.27**	0.13	0.68***	0.24**		0.94***	0.88***	0.21*	− 0.26**	− 0.31***	0.70***
R	− 0.18*	0.16	− 0.03	0.51***	− 0.10	0.92***		0.70***	0.10	− 0.22*	− 0.25**	0.51***
EN	− 0.22*	0.41***	0.35***	0.80***	0.60***	0.88***	0.67***		0.38***	− 0.32***	− 0.37***	0.87***
WA	− 0.23*	0.50***	0.64***	0.48***	0.18*	0.06	0.00	0.18*		− 0.62***	− 0.57***	0.57***
MT	0.10	− 0.20*	− 0.30***	− 0.38***	− 0.24**	− 0.09	− 0.01	− 0.20*	− 0.67***		0.92***	− 0.48***
BR	0.15	− 0.22*	− 0.35***	− 0.43***	− 0.31***	− 0.10	0.01	− 0.25**	− 0.69***	0.91***		− 0.51***
BV	− 0.28**	0.59***	0.59***	0.89***	0.62***	0.70***	0.49***	0.83***	0.44***	− 0.37***	− 0.45***

For abbreviations of the traits, see Table 1

*, **, ***Significantly different from zero at the 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 level of probability, respectively