The Dwarf Saltwort (Salicornia bigelovii Torr.): Evaluation of Breeding Populations

Table 4

Significant (𝑃<0.05) correlation coefficients between 12 plant, spike and seed morphometric traits measured on 10 random spike each of 913 plants in nine S. bigelovii populations.

Trait	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
(1) Plant height (cm)	1
(2) Plant dry weight (g)	0.34	1
(3) Height of lowest spike (cm)		0.20	1
(4) Spike length (cm)		0.30		1
(5) Spike weight (mg)	0.20	0.31		0.79	1
(6) Spikes plant^−1	0.48		−0.16			1
(7) Seed weight plant^−1 (g)		−0.14	−0.13	0.19	0.31	0.20	1
(8) Number of seeds (spike segment)^−1			−0.14	−0.23	−0.16		0.56	1
(9) Number of seeds spike^−1				0.32	0.27		0.69	0.79	1
(10) Number of seeds g^−1			−0.23		−0.24		−0.53		−0.22	1
(11) Spike fertility (%)				−0.24	−0.16		0.55	0.95	0.78		1
(12) Harvest index (%)	−0.35	−0.37	−0.18	0.14	0.16		0.88	0.52	0.65	−0.43	0.51