Table 2 Correlation coefficients between heading factors and heading in field

From: Segregation analysis of heading traits in hexaploid wheat utilizing recombinant inbred lines

 

Correlation coefficient (r)

 

Narrow-sense earliness

Photoperiod sensitivity

Vernalization requirement

Heading under NS

Narrow-sense earliness

    

Photoperiod sensitivity

0.557**

   

Vernalization requirement

0.305*

−0.008

  

Heading under NS

0.618**

0.692**

0.499**

 

Heading in field

0.686**

0.796**

0.053

0.612**

  1. *P<0.05
  2. **P<0.01.