Research Article

Genotypic Variability and Correlation Studies in Pod and Seed Characteristics of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre in Orissa, India

Table 5

Phenotypic (rp) and genotypic (rg) correlation coefficients between different pod and seed characters of P. pinnata.

CharactersPod breadthPod thickness100-pod weightSeed lengthSeed breadthSeed thickness100-seed weight

Pod lengthrp0.329*−0.0980.176−0.210.193−0.0550.047
rg0.563** −0.0710.210−0.0510.237−0.0660.031
Pod breadthrp−0.0910.192−0.1640.218−0.1260.107
rg−0.2230.274*−0.2530.397**−0.1520.181
Pod thicknessrp0.301*0.1570.1240.855**−0.085
rg0.372**0.2240.2101.055 −0.089
100-pod weightrp0.1430.433**0.348*0.561**
rg0.297*0.792**0.308*0.632**
Seed lengthrp  0.383**0.033−0.019
rg0.1210.241−0.095
Seed breadthrp  −0.0260.244
rg0.2690.209
Seed thicknessrp−0.091
rg−0.052

*, ** significant at 5% and 1% levels, respectively.