Heritability and Genetic Advance among Chili Pepper Genotypes for Heat Tolerance and Morphophysiological Characteristics
Table 8
Coefficient of phenotypic and genotypic (bold) correlations among the investigated traits in 36 Capsicum spp.
PLHH
DF
DI
Photo
CPL
FL
FW
NF
CMT
PLHH
1
0.70**
−0.49**
0.01**
NA
−0.03**
−0.21**
0.22ns
0.19**
0.39ns
DF
−0.11ns
1
1**
1**
NA
NA
−1**
−0.23*
−0.67**
0.04ns
DI
−0.21*
0.28**
1
0.23**
NA
−0.41**
−0.19**
−0.22**
−0.21**
−0.44**
Photo
0.01ns
0.04ns
0.08ns
1
NA
1**
NA
−0.02**
NA
−0.25**
CPL
−0.04ns
−0.04ns
0.03ns
−0.04ns
1
0.09**
0.12**
NA
NA
NA
FL
0.03ns
−0.27**
−0.18ns
0.08ns
0.08ns
1
0.67ns
−0.36**
0.72**
0.26**
FW
−0.14ns
−0.08ns
−0.04ns
0.12ns
−0.04ns
0.60**
1
−0.59**
0.31**
0.20**
NF
0.27**
−0.27**
−0.26**
−0.06ns
−0.07ns
−0.13ns
−0.40**
1
0.16**
0.07ns
0.29**
−0.38**
−0.23**
−0.07ns
−0.07ns
0.39**
0.18ns
0.56**
1
0.35**
CMT
0.20*
0.06ns
−0.24**
−0.22**
−0.16ns
0.13ns
0.17ns
−0.02ns
0.14ns
1
Significant at 5%, highly significant at 1%, PLHH: plant height at harvest; DF: days to flowering; DI: disease incidence; CPL: chlorophyll content; FL: fruit length; FW: fruit weight; NF: number of fruits; CMT: cell membrane thermostability; Photo: Photosynthesis rate; ns: not significant; NA: not available; : yield.
