Genetic Variability and Selection Criteria in Rice Mutant Lines as Revealed by Quantitative Traits

Table 5

Correlation coefficient among 16 quantitative traits for 45 rice accessions.

	FLR	NT	DF	DM	NP	PL	TNG	GW	TGW	SL	SLWR	YTHA
PH				0.0958					0.06722			0.06656
FLR			0.06756		0.06049
NT							0.11484
DF
DM											0.11109	0.12724
NP									0.05901			0.05928
PL												0.1172
TNG										0.09622
GW									0.21795		0.11883
TGW											0.06094
SL
SLWR												0.06269

Note: Significant at 0.05 probability level, highly significant at 0.01 probability level, PH: plant height; FLR: flag leaf length to width ratio; NT: number of tillers per hill; DF: days to flowering; DM: days to maturity; LA: leaf area; NP/H: number of panicles per hill; PL: panicle length; TNG/P: total number of grain per panicle; 100 GW: one hundred grain weight; TGW/H: total grain weight per hill; SL: seed length; SLWR: seed length width ratio; Y/ha: yield in t/ha.