Research Article

Genetics of Stay-Green Trait and Its Association with Leaf Spot Tolerance and Pod Yield in Groundnut

Table 6

Correlation between pod yield, SCMR, LA, ELS AUDPC, and LLS AUDPC.

SCMR PISCMR MPFSCMR PMPod yieldLLS AUDPCELS AUDPCLA PI

LAUG−0.72−0.74−0.84−0.680.630.820.63
SCMR PI0.920.730.70−0.48−0.8−0.79
SCMR MPF0.780.68−0.63−0.86−0.86
SCMR PM0.58−0.59−0.75−0.59
Pod yield−0.41−0.62−0.68
LLS AUDPC0.850.54
ELS AUDPC0.79

, , and indicate significance at 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 levels of probability, respectively. SCMR: leaf chlorophyll content; LLS: late leaf spot; ELS: early leaf spot; AUDPC: area under disease progress curve; LAUG: stay-green trait; PI: pod initiation, MPF: midpod filling; PM: physiological maturity.