Evaluation of Genotype Diversity in Oat Germplasm and Definition of Ideotypes Adapted to the Mediterranean Environment
Table 3
Correlation coefficients between the 13 characters of the 109 oat genotypes.
Character†
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
(1) HT (days from 1 April)
—
(2) MT (days from 1 April)
0.06
(3) FP (days)
−0.84**
0.49**
(4) FOS (% d.w.)
−0.02
−0.05
−0.01
(5) PH (cm)
0.13
0.19*
−0.01
0.12
(6) SY (g m−2)
−0.30**
−0.57**
−0.05
−0.10
−0.27**
(7) HI (%)
−0.21*
−0.29**
0.02
−0.11
−0.26**
0.61**
(8) ST (kg hL−1)
−0.01
−0.01
0.01
−0.03
0.22*
−0.05
−0.19
(9) NP/m2 (no. m−2)
0.07
0.41**
0.17
0.05
−0.01
−0.17
−0.22*
−0.06
(10) NPa/m2 (no. m−2)
−0.11
0.37**
0.30**
−0.09
−0.13
0.04
0.25**
0.10
0.32**
(11) SW/Pa (g )
−0.08
−0.07
0.04
−0.04
−0.12
0.33**
0.54**
−0.16
0.01
0.05
(12) NS/Pa (no.)
0.09
0.02
−0.07
−0.03
−0.15
0.12
0.24*
−0.17
0.12
−0.05
0.84**
(13) TSW (g)
−0.34**
−0.23*
0.17
0.10
0.02
0.38**
0.48**
−0.20*
−0.14
0.12
0.32**
−0.03
†HT: days to heading, MT: days to maturity, FP: filling period, FOS: FOS content, PH: plant height, SY: seed yield, HI: harvest index, ST: seed test, NP/m2: number of plants per m2, NPa/m2: number of panicles per m2, SW/Pa: seed weight per panicle, NS/Pa: number of seeds per panicle, TSW: thousand seed weight.
*, **significant at and .
