Table 3 Correlation analysis between top four leaves traits and yield-related traits based on data from each year.

From: Identification of QTL underlying the leaf length and area of different leaves in barley

 

MSL

GP

SLP

GWS

GWP

PH

TGW

FLL

SLL

TLL

FOLL

FLA

SLA

TLA

FOLA

MSL

 

0.048

0.042

0.359**

0.378**

0.733**

0.356**

0.278**

0.368**

0.440**

0.503**

0.246**

0.350**

0.467**

0.522**

GP

0.139

 

0.993**

0.421**

0.590**

0.195*

−0.725**

−0.214*

−0.139

−0.077

−0.046

−0.210**

−0.169

−0.140

−0.128

SLP

0.0948

0.920**

 

0.282**

0.442**

0.1015

−0.714**

−0.286**

−0.216*

−0.1598

−0.1117

−0.274**

−0.218*

−0.189*

−0.170

GWS

0.387**

0.328**

0.1405

 

0.734**

0.611**

0.0598

0.0507

0.1548

0.271**

0.332**

0.10753

0.199*

0.291**

0.339**

GWP

0.458**

0.676**

0.512**

0.646**

 

0.551**

0.1674

0.192*

0.250**

0.334**

0.317**

0.199*

0.245**

0.314**

0.304**

PH

0.761**

0.275**

0.1655

0.639**

0.605**

 

0.291**

0.307**

0.401**

0.512**

0.590**

0.316**

0.361**

0.463**

0.531**

TGW

0.353**

−0.584**

−0.658**

0.1643

0.1439

0.301**

 

0.493**

0.449**

0.437**

0.364**

0.469**

0.461**

0.486**

0.456**

FLL

0.288**

−0.345**

−0.445**

0.257**

0.0758

0.347**

0.583**

 

0.890**

0.748**

0.631**

 

0.864**

0.737**

0.646**

SLL

0.383**

−0.151

−0.249**

0.342**

0.185*

0.505**

0.448**

0.821**

 

0.926**

0.802**

0.812**

 

0.857**

0.770**

TLL

0.287**

−0.044

−0.1395

0.335**

0.185*

0.471**

0.293**

0.579**

0.830**

 

0.920**

0.697**

0.850**

 

0.876**

FOLL

0.419**

−0.003

−0.095

0.418**

0.284**

0.623**

0.351**

0.594**

0.795**

0.905**

 

0.621**

0.754**

0.855**

 

FLA

0.219**

−0.353**

−0.445**

0.295**

0.0905

0.306**

0.587**

 

0.750**

0.508**

0.536**

 

0.887**

0.767**

0.689**

SLA

0.348**

−0.172

−0.235**

0.389**

0.182*

0.439**

0.451**

0.802**

 

0.679**

0.704**

0.837**

 

0.931**

0.840**

TLA

0.288**

−0.138

−0.1668

0.337**

0.1438

0.350**

0.363**

0.644**

0.780**

 

0.783**

0.679**

0.879**

 

0.953**

FOLA

0.337**

−0.151

−0.167

0.292**

0.15

0.380**

0.406**

0.615**

0.671**

0.602**

 

0.650**

0.815**

0.902**

 
  1. *, **Significant at 0.05, 0.01 level, respectively. Values above the diagonal are correlation coefficients in 2016; values below the diagonal are correlation coefficients in 2015. MSL, main spike length; GP, grain number per plant; SLP, spikelet number per plant; GWS, grain weight per spike; GWP, grain weight per plant; TGW, thousand grain weight; PH, Plant height; FLL, flag leaf length; SLL, second leaf length; TLL, third leaf length; FOLL, fourth leaf length; FLA, flag leaf area; SLA, second leaf area; TLA, third leaf area; FOLA, fourth leaf area.