[Retracted] Principal Component and Path Analysis for Trait Selection Based on the Assessment of Diverse Lentil Populations Developed by Gamma-Irradiated Physical Mutation

Table 4

Genotypic correlation coefficients between all investigated traits over 62 novel mutant types.

Traits

Mutant plant height (cm)

Main branches (number)

Secondary branches (number)

Days for 50% flowering

Days for pod initiation

Days for 50% pod maturity

Pods/mutant plant

Root length (cm)

Seeds/pod

Seeds/mutant plant

Biomass/mutant plant (g)

100 seed weight (g)

Harvest index (%)

Mutant plant height (cm)

Main branches (number)

-0.392

Secondary branches (number)

-0.213

-0.118^NS

Days for 50% flowering

0.162

0.360

-0.242

Days for pod initiation

0.193

-0.196

-0.253

0.128^NS

Days for 50% pod maturity

-0.035^NS

0.055^NS

-0.222

-0.078^NS

0.033^NS

Pods/mutant plant

-0.247

0.504

0.007^NS

0.266

0.195

-0.383

Root length (cm)

0.080^NS

-0.144

0.172

-0.021^NS

-0.081^NS

0.508

0.244

Seeds/pod

-0.213

-0.329

-0.069^NS

-0.078^NS

-0.053^NS

0.111^NS

-0.321

-0.346

Seeds/mutant plant

-0.375

0.030^NS

0.141^NS

0.003^NS

0.157

-0.178

0.441

0.153

0.107^NS

Biomass/mutant plant (g)

-0.497

0.107^NS

0.108^NS

-0.030^NS

0.130^NS

-0.287

0.285

0.128^NS

0.259

0.114^NS

100 seed weight (g)

-0.052^NS

-0.104^NS

-0.136^NS

0.221

-0.139^NS

0.164

-0.108^NS

0.081^NS

-0.095^NS

0.065^NS

0.667

Harvest index (%)

-0.080^NS

0.126^NS

-0.294

0.100^NS

0.101^NS

0.139^NS

0.036^NS

-0.291

0.378

0.113^NS

-0.043^NS

-0.218

Grain yield/plant (g)

0.102^NS

0.155

-0.430

0.049^NS

0.221

-0.052^NS

0.404

0.149

0.159

0.075^NS

-0.144

0.005^NS

0.155

* = significant at 5 percent level; ** =significant at 1 percent level; NS = Non-Significant.