Table 2 Correlation coefficients of photosynthesis and physiological water indices of P. sepium.

From: Physiological and ecological characteristics of Periploca sepium Bunge under drought stress on shell sand in the Yellow River Delta of China

Index

Pn

Tr

Gs

WUE

Fv/Fm

ФPSII

ETR

NPQ

POD

SOD

MDA

Ss

Pro

AQY

LSP

Pmax

LCP

Rd

CSF

Pn

1

0.948

0.913

0.660

0.897

0.969*

0.968*

−0.997**

−0.940

0.181

−0.725

−0.990*

−0.994**

0.946

0.838

0.999**

−0.722

0.982*

0.993**

Tr

 

1

0.995**

0.404

0.734

0.975*

0.984*

−0.970*

−0.998**

−0.007

−0.854

−0.894

−0.912

0.873

0.638

0.944

−0.722

0.898

0.978*

Gs

  

1

0.324

0.674

0.959*

0.971*

−0.943

−0.996**

−0.049

−0.867

−0.847

−0.870

0.829

0.562

0.908

−0.696

0.852

0.954*

WUE

   

1

0.917

0.566

0.534

−0.607

−0.406

0.737

0.012

−0.751

−0.738

0.585

0.829

0.652

−0.201

0.676

0.583

Fv/Fm

    

1

0.848

0.827

−0.869

−0.737

0.568

−0.347

−0.939

−0.941

0.796

0.873

0.888

−0.434

0.879

0.855

ФPSII

     

1

0.999**

−0.983*

−0.981*

0.217

−0.717

−0.935

−0.957*

0.849

0.686

0.959*

−0.602

0.906

0.987*

ETR

      

1

−0.984*

−0.989*

0.173

−0.747

−0.928

−0.950*

0.855

0.675

0.959*

−0.626

0.906

0.989*

NPQ

       

1

0.965*

−0.150

0.756

0.975*

0.984*

−0.931

−0.792

−0.994**

0.717

−0.967*

−0.999**

POD

        

1

−0.038

0.826

0.883

0.906

−0.843

−0.607

−0.933

0.672

−0.877

−0.974*

SOD

         

1

0.524

−0.257

−0.281

−0.045

0.235

0.149

0.488

0.107

0.136

MDA

          

1

0.644

0.644

−0.790

−0.457

−0.740

0.892

−0.728

−0.768

Ss

           

1

0.997**

−0.947

−0.900

−0.990**

0.698

−0.987*

−0.967*

Pro

            

1

−0.928

−0.866

−0.991**

0.665

−0.976*

−0.977*

AQY

             

1

0.903

0.959*

−0.890

0.986*

0.922

LSP

              

1

0.852

−0.707

0.912

0.770

Pmax

               

1

−0.750

0.989*

0.990*

LCP

                

1

−0.804

−0.712

Rd

                 

1

0.959*

CSF

                  

1

  1. * means a significant correlation at the 0.05 level (two-tailed); ** means a significant correlation at the 0.01 level (two-tailed);
  2. CSF, cumulative sap flow.