Advances in Agriculture

Research Article

Screening of Pearl Millet F1 Hybrids for Heat Tolerance at Early Seedling Stage

Table 6

Pooled correlation coefficient among various characters in three environments.
CharactersGerminationRate of emergenceSTISSTILeaves/
seedling		Seedling heightFresh weightDry weightMTSPanicle emergence Effective tillers/plantPlant height Ear length Ear weight/plantDry fodder yield/plantGrain yield/plantTotal biological yield/plant
Germination1.0000.357**0.353**0.590**0.2300.373**0.293*0.2600.276*−0.135 −0.478** 0.326*−0.069−0.104−0.190−0.145−0.167
Rate of emergence 1.0000.2330.351**0.605**0.585**0.551**0.524**0.139 −0.593** 0.032 0.517** 0.217 0.388** 0.361** 0.348** 0.377**
STI  1.0000.837**0.2410.1290.0810.0480.890**−0.215−0.211 0.030−0.007−0.043−0.101−0.111−0.084
SSTI   1.0000.2330.2640.1830.1400.745**−0.247 −0.268* 0.184−0.017−0.066−0.129−0.144−0.112
Number of leaves    1.0000.683**0.633**0.604**0.176 −0.474** 0.109 0.576** 0.496** 0.641** 0.607** 0.630** 0.630**
Seedling height     1.0000.703**0.663**0.031 −0.493**−0.115 0.735** 0.360** 0.526** 0.520** 0.515** 0.532**
Fresh weight      1.0000.957**−0.016 0.425**−0.082 0.661** 0.351** 0.581** 0.496** 0.576** 0.533**
Dry weight       1.000−0.033 −0.428**−0.016 0.634** 0.354** 0.620** 0.509** 0.614** 0.554**
MTS        1.000−0.40−0.177−0.0370.015−0.074−0.138−0.131−0.120
Panicle emergence           1.000−0.150 −0.269* 0.022 −0.329* −0.337* −0.280* −0.341*
Effective tillers/plant           1.000−0.012 0.170 0.366** 0.405** 0.323* 0.401**
Plant height             1.000 0.650** 0.603** 0.596** 0.619** 0.610**
Ear length              1.000 0.608** 0.671** 0.648** 0.664**
Ear weight/plant              1.000 0.910** 0.984** 0.957**
Dry fodder yield/plant               1.000 0.907** 0.991**
Grain yield/plant                1.000 0.950**
Total biological yield/plant                 1.000
Significant at = 0.05. Significant at = 0.01.