Assessing the Fodder Potentials of Drought-Tolerant Maize (Zea mays L.) Hybrids in West Africa

Table 4

Coefficient of correlations between nutritive and some phenotypic parameters of commercial hybrid maize cultivars evaluated for fodder yield.

Grain yield (t ha^−1)

LSS

NPH

NEH

Leaf (t ha^−1)

Stem (t ha^−1)

DMY (t ha^−1)

DM (%)

Ash (%)

CP (%)

NDF (%)

ADF (%)

ME (MJ/kg)

LSS

−0.649

NPH

0.295

−0.301

NEH

0.492

−0.681

0.815

Leaf (t ha^−1)

−0.400

0.358

−0.383

−0.247

Stem (t ha^−1)

−0.120

0.264

−0.540

−0.365

0.705

DMY (t ha^−1)

−0.060

0.227

−0.450

−0.283

0.763

0.977

DM (%)

−0.063

0.323

−0.110

−0.349

0.111

−0.053

−0.050

Ash (%)

0.208

−0.017

0.259

0.251

−0.134

−0.113

−0.142

0.074

CP (%)

0.146

−0.241

0.001

0.321

0.265

0.474

0.509

−0.696

0.067

NDF (%)

−0.479

0.496

−0.235

−0.518

0.439

0.254

0.278

0.566

−0.600

−0.485

ADF (%)

0.015

0.141

0.360

0.021

−0.308

−0.637

−0.599

0.246

−0.150

−0.614

0.289

ME (MJ/kg)

0.105

−0.433

−0.294

0.127

−0.026

−0.007

−0.103

−0.163

−0.263

−0.050

−0.133

−0.063

IVOMD (%)

0.184

−0.440

−0.119

0.294

−0.011

0.071

−0.022

−0.274

−0.152

0.118

−0.224

−0.069

0.945

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).