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Table 3 Correlation among storage root yield and other yield components

From: Genetic variability in storage root bulking of cassava genotypes under irrigation and no irrigation

  

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Rt_yld (t/ha)

1

–

       

HI

2

0.18***

–

      

MRW (g)

3

0.69***

0.32***

–

     

Rt_girth [G] (cm)

4

0.78***

0.13**

0.71***

–

    

Rt_length [L] (cm)

5

0.36***

0.09NS

0.40***

0.29***

–

   

L/G ratio

6

−0.45***

−0.02NS

−0.37***

−0.62***

0.45***

–

  

Rt_no/plt

7

0.24***

−0.16***

−0.26***

0.05NS

−0.08NS

−0.09*

–

 

DM %

8

−0.28***

0.04NS

−0.15***

−0.26***

−0.30***

0.11*

−0.03NS

–

  1. *,**, *** P < 0.05, P < 0.01, and P < 0.001, NS not significant (P > 0.05). Rt_yld (t/ha), storage root yield (t/ha); AGB (t/ha), above ground biomass (t/ha); HI, harvest index; MRW (g), mean storage root weight (g); Rt_girth (cm), storage root girth (cm); Rt_length (cm), storage root length (cm); L/G ratio, storage root length: girth ratio; Rt_no/plt, number of storage roots per plant; DM%, storage root dry matter content (%)
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