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Table 3 Mean correlation coefficients of ten physiological traits and grain yield of RILs along with parents estimated under drought stress pooled over 2014 and 2015

From: Genetic mapping of physiological traits associated with terminal stage drought tolerance in rice

 

LL

LW

BIOM

RCC

CHLa

CHLb

CHLa+b

CHLa/b

CMS

PRO

YLD

LL

1

.404**

.173*

.111

−.023

−.120

−.055

.107

−.236**

−.047

.173*

LW

.404**

1

.385**

.044

−.085

−.191**

−.129

.192**

−.162*

−.193**

.285**

BIOM

.173*

.385**

1

.178*

.013

−.127

−.030

.187**

−.133

−.106

.610**

RCC

.111

.044

.178*

1

.237**

.152*

.239**

−.077

−.068

.042

.246**

CHLa

−.023

−.085

.013

.237**

1

.510**

.854**

−.104

.279**

.277**

.168*

CHLb

−.120

−.191**

−.127

.152*

.510**

1

.720**

−.624**

.247**

.178*

−.129

CHLa+b

−.055

−.129

−.030

.239**

.854**

.720**

1

−.276**

.302**

.279**

.121*

CHLa/b

.107

.192**

.187**

−.077

−.104

−.624**

−.276**

1

−.150*

−.003

.169*

CMS

−.236**

−.162*

−.133

−.068

.279**

.247**

.302**

−.150*

1

.300**

−.134

PRO

−.047

−.193**

−.106

.042

.277**

.178*

.279**

−.003

.300**

1

.205**

YLD

.173*

.285**

.610**

.246**

.168**

.121*

−.031

.169**

−.134

.205**

1

  1. **Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (2-tailed)
  2. * Correlation is significant at 0.05 level (2-tailed)
  3. Note: LL leaf length (cm), LW leaf width (cm), BIOM biomass (g), RCC relative chlorophyll content, CHLa chlorophyll a (mg/g fresh weight), CHLb chlorophyll b (mg/g fresh weight), CHLa+b chlorophyll a+b (mg/g fresh weight), CHLa/b chlorophyll a/b ratio, CMS cell membrane stability (%), PRO proline content (μm/g), YLD grain yield (g)