Genetic Variability Analysis and Association of Traits in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Landraces Collected from Ethiopia at Jimma

Table 5

Phenotypic (above diagonal) and genotypic (below diagonal) correlation coefficients of 100 common bean genotypes were tested at Jimma (2020/021).

Character	DTF	DTM	PH	NPP	NSP	PL	PW	HI	HSW	YLD
DTF	1	0.269	0.091	0.106	0.204	0.016	0.028	−0.18	0.362	0.102
DTM	0.311	1	0.317	0.096	0.029	−0.018	−0.129	−0.134	−0.147	−0.135
PH	0.184	0.557	1	−0.117	−0.051	−0.006	−0.03	−0.169	−0.007	0.132
NPP	0.074	0.153	−0.247	1	0.637	0.004	0.194	−0.02	−0.28	−0.001
NSP	0.269	0.032	−0.072	0.629	1	0.038	0.28	0.093	−0.27	−0.009
PL	0.013	−0009	0.018	0.008 ^NS	0.071	1	0.008	−0.003	−0.324	0.153
PW	0.004	−0.187	0.038	0.389	0.425	0.015	1	0.092	0.324	−0.101
HI	−0.223	−0.146	-0.258	−0.049	0.131	−0.008	0.097	1	0.088	0.083
HSW	−0.688	-0.177	0.018	−0.617	−0.51	0.045	−0.37	0.117	1	0.294
YLD	0.124	−0.213	−0.292	−0.396	−0.145	0.282	−0.159	0.157	0.492	1

 = highly significant,  = significant, Ns = non-significant, DTF = date to flowering, DTM = date to maturity, PH = plant height, NNP = number of pods per plant, NSD = number of seeds per pod, PL = pod length, PW = pod width, HI = harvest index, HSW = hundred seed weight, and GYD = grain yield.