Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients (r4) among different studied attributes of water stressed wheat plants exogenously supplied with different levels of alpha tocopherols at heading stage.

From: Alpha-tocopherol fertigation confers growth physio-biochemical and qualitative yield enhancement in field grown water deficit wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Variables

SFW

SDW

LRWC

LWP

Chl a

Chl b

Car.

A

E

Ci

gs

A/E

A/gs

L Alp toc

SFW

1

0.988***

0.950***

−0.939***

0.836***

0.976***

−0.834***

0.968***

0.980***

0.967***

0.948***

0.877***

0.589***

−0.832***

SDW

0.988***

1

0.959***

−0.948***

0.820***

0.984***

−0.832***

0.990***

0.987***

0.966***

0.957***

0.923***

0.636***

−0.825***

LRWC

0.950***

0.959***

1

−0.997***

0.739***

0.981***

−0.883***

0.975***

0.974***

0.908***

0.993***

0.928***

0.516***

−0.869***

LWP

−0.939***

−0.948***

−0.997***

1

−0.737***

−0.977***

0.868***

−0.963***

−0.960***

−0.902***

−0.992***

−0.930***

−0.480***

0.864***

Chl a

0.836***

0.820***

0.739***

−0.737***

1

0.828***

−0.416*

0.766***

0.760***

0.888***

0.724***

0.746***

0.543***

−0.446*

Chl b

0.976***

0.984***

0.981***

−0.977***

0.828***

1

−0.828***

0.984***

0.977***

0.970***

0.969***

0.943***

0.601***

−0.813***

Chl a/b

−0.191 ns

−0.220 ns

−0.331 ns

0.320 ns

0.356 ns

−0.223 ns

0.669***

−0.304 ns

−0.311 ns

−0.091 ns

−0.335 ns

−0.244 ns

−0.098 ns

0.580***

T chl

0.922***

0.915***

0.859***

−0.856***

0.978***

0.926***

−0.585***

0.878***

0.872***

0.955***

0.845***

0.849***

0.587***

−0.600***

Car

−0.834***

−0.832***

−0.883***

0.868***

−0.416

−0.828***

1

−0.871***

−0.897***

−0.730***

−0.880***

−0.744***

−0.484***

0.965***

A

0.968***

0.990***

0.975***

−0.963***

0.766***

0.984***

−0.871***

1

0.991***

0.944***

0.965***

0.945***

0.663***

−0.851***

E

0.980***

0.987***

0.974***

−0.960***

0.760***

0.977***

−0.897***

0.991***

1

0.932***

0.966***

0.896***

0.631***

−0.883***

Ci

0.967***

0.966***

0.908***

−0.902***

0.888***

0.970***

−0.730***

0.944***

0.932***

1

0.895***

0.911***

0.658***

−0.720***

gs

0.948***

0.957***

0.993***

−0.992***

0.724***

0.969***

−0.880***

0.965***

0.966***

0.895***

1

0.919***

0.449*

−0.888***

A/E

0.877***

0.923***

0.928***

−0.930***

0.746***

0.943***

−0.744***

0.945***

0.896***

0.911***

0.919***

1

0.612***

−0.723***

Ci/Ca

0.967***

0.966***

0.908***

−0.902***

0.888***

0.970***

−0.730***

0.944***

0.932***

1.000***

0.895***

0.911***

0.658***

−0.720***

A/gs

0.589***

0.636***

0.516**

−0.480

0.543**

0.601***

−0.484**

0.663***

0.631***

0.658***

0.449*

0.612***

1

−0.387*

LMDA

−0.915***

−0.926***

−0.987***

0.990***

−0.731***

−0.956***

0.837***

−0.943***

−0.941***

−0.864***

−0.981***

−0.910***

−0.445*

0.823***

L RMP

−0.919***

−0.928***

−0.981***

0.986***

−0.781***

−0.960***

0.797***

−0.939***

−0.935***

−0.881***

−0.973***

−0.915***

−0.458*

0.792***

L H2O2

−0.910***

−0.921***

−0.990***

0.992***

−0.710***

−0.960***

0.860***

−0.946***

−0.942***

−0.869***

−0.975***

−0.917***

−0.483**

0.833***

L AsA

−0.772***

−0.776***

−0.844***

0.825***

−0.355 ns

−0.776***

0.984***

−0.830***

−0.861***

−0.657***

−0.828***

−0.686***

−0.511**

0.937***

L Flav

−0.805***

−0.809***

−0.848***

0.844***

−0.458*

−0.811***

0.943***

−0.854***

−0.876***

−0.729***

−0.838***

−0.734***

−0.567***

0.954***

L Ph

−0.810***

−0.798***

−0.860***

0.867***

−0.466*

−0.812***

0.930***

−0.826***

−0.861***

−0.718***

−0.867***

−0.706***

−0.384*

0.972***

L Alp toc

−0.832**

−0.825***

−0.869***

0.864***

−0.446*

−0.813***

0.965***

−0.851***

−0.883***

−0.720***

−0.888***

−0.723***

−0.387*

1

S SOD

−0.758***

−0.757***

−0.834***

0.832***

−0.345 ns

−0.751***

0.951***

−0.793***

−0.832***

−0.619***

−0.854***

−0.657***

−0.295 ns

0.982***

L POD

−0.735***

−0.730***

−0.809***

0.799***

−0.308

−0.737***

0.966***

−0.780***

−0.822***

−0.614***

−0.796***

−0.626***

−0.440*

0.933***

L CAT

−0.802***

−0.816***

−0.890***

0.887***

−0.435*

−0.830***

0.964***

−0.869***

−0.883***

−0.718***

−0.885***

−0.776***

−0.482**

0.967***

L APX

−0.709***

−0.710***

−0.813***

0.806***

−0.274 ns

−0.714***

0.955***

−0.762***

−0.799***

−0.565**

−0.823***

−0.630***

−0.289 ns

0.960***

S CAT

−0.779***

−0.803***

−0.822***

0.840***

−0.869***

−0.842***

0.468**

−0.786***

−0.753***

−0.810***

−0.825***

−0.855***

−0.335 ns

0.512**

S APX

−0.569**

−0.574**

−0.716***

0.700***

−0.118 ns

−0.597***

0.906***

−0.654***

−0.687***

−0.427*

−0.700***

−0.533**

−0.298 ns

0.848***

S Alp toc

−0.336 ns

−0.346 ns

−0.500**

0.477**

0.118 ns

−0.374*

0.770***

−0.451*

−0.479**

−0.205 ns

−0.466*

−0.338 ns

−0.291 ns

0.678***

S gam toc

−0.786***

−0.791***

−0.894***

0.883***

−0.423

−0.821***

0.953***

−0.851***

−0.870***

−0.689***

−0.867***

−0.754***

−0.489**

0.886***

S gam toc

−0.771***

−0.768***

−0.842***

0.829***

−0.366

−0.784***

0.973***

−0.824***

−0.852***

−0.676***

−0.816***

−0.695***

−0.536**

0.910***

S flav

−0.885***

−0.889***

−0.934***

0.919***

−0.528**

−0.892***

0.988***

−0.926***

−0.946***

−0.800***

−0.921***

−0.809***

−0.559**

0.948***

S Ph

−0.802***

−0.813***

−0.890***

0.876***

−0.436*

−0.835***

0.970***

−0.874***

−0.888***

−0.725***

−0.863***

−0.775***

−0.575**

0.914***

DTH

0.934***

0.948***

0.916***

−0.915***

0.906***

0.956***

−0.655***

0.921***

0.902***

0.952***

0.914***

0.920***

0.523**

−0.651***

FT

0.981***

0.986***

0.929***

−0.919***

0.889***

0.977***

−0.755***

0.962***

0.960***

0.984***

0.923***

0.900***

0.635***

−0.762***

Spk L

0.975***

0.979***

0.988***

−0.985***

0.825***

0.991***

−0.828***

0.977***

0.976***

0.946***

0.983***

0.932***

0.543**

−0.825***

Spkt/Spk

0.967***

0.970***

0.940***

−0.934***

0.912***

0.976***

−0.718***

0.950***

0.940***

0.970***

0.934***

0.921***

0.573**

−0.717***

NOG/plant

0.962***

0.972***

0.993***

−0.986***

0.730***

0.981***

−0.910***

0.987***

0.990***

0.917***

0.985***

0.917***

0.575**

−0.899***

100 G Wt

0.977***

0.989***

0.948***

−0.941***

0.824***

0.981***

−0.812***

0.975***

0.976***

0.964***

0.945***

0.904***

0.624***

−0.815***

yield/plant

0.962***

0.972***

0.993***

−0.986***

0.730***

0.981***

−0.910***

0.987***

0.990***

0.917***

0.985***

0.917***

0.575**

−0.899***

DTM

0.964***

0.955***

0.959***

−0.964***

0.822***

0.980***

−0.805***

0.946***

0.941***

0.963***

0.960***

0.922***

0.496**

−0.820***