Grain yield variation and association of major traits in brown-seeded genotypes of tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.)Trotter]

Table 6 Genotypic (upper diagonal) and phenotypic (lower diagonal) correlations among traits for 36 brown-seeded tef genotypes

Variable	DPE	GFP	DM	PH	PL	CL	SB	GY	HI	LI
DPE	1	0.77**	−0.22 ns	0.60**	0.59**	0.54**	0.13 ns	−0.22 ns	−0.46**	−0.55**
DM	0.89**	1	0.44**	0.64**	0.55**	0.64**	−0.004 ns	−0.31 ns	−0.45**	−0.42*
GFP	0.71**	0.95**	1	0.14 ns	0.01 ns	0.2 1 ns	−0.2 1 ns	−0.19 ns	−0.08 ns	0.10 ns
PH	−0.02**	−0.03 ns	−0.04 ns	1	0.91**	0.96**	0.08 ns	−0.17 ns	−0.34*	−0.47**
PL	0.73**	0.68**	0.57**	0.39**	1	0.77**	0.1 6 ns	−0.10 ns	−0.32 ns	−0.43**
CL	−0.46**	−0.45**	−0.40**	0.82**	−0.19**	1	0.01 ns	−0.20 ns	−0.3 1 ns	−0.44**
SB	0.23**	0.36**	0.40**	0.17*	0.14*	0.09 ns	1	0.77**	0.15 ns	−0.12 ns
GY	0.55**	0.62**	0.58**	−0.22**	0.40**	−0.49**	0.56**	1	0.74**	0.02 ns
HI	0.44**	0.41**	0.34**	−0.40**	0.36**	−0.64**	−0.21**	0.68**	1	0.13 ns
LI	−0.64**	−0.56**	−0.45**	0.09 ns	−0.57**	0.44**	−0.004 ns	−0.42**	−0.47**	1

DPE days to panicle emergence, DM days to maturity, GFP grain filling period (days), PH plant height (cm), PL panicle length (cm), CL culm length (cm), SB shoot biomass (g/plot), GY grain yield (g/plot), HI harvest index, LI lodging index
* and ** significant at P ~ 0.05 and P ~ 0.01, respectively

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