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

Table 5

Phenotypic 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)

-0.179

Secondary branches (number)

-0.051^NS

-0.006^NS

Days for 50% flowering

-0.005^NS

0.016^NS

-0.065^NS

Days for pod initiation

0.067^NS

-0.076^NS

-0.147

-0.079^NS

Days for 50% pod maturity

-0.019^NS

-0.121^NS

-0.159

0.028^NS

0.094^NS

Pods/mutant plant

0.031^NS

0.108^NS

0.026^NS

0.127^NS

0.037^NS

-0.100^NS

Root length (cm)

0.018^NS

-0.059^NS

0.060^NS

0.105^NS

-0.003^NS

0.111^NS

-0.002^NS

Seeds/pod

-0.087^NS

0.011^NS

-0.053^NS

0.014^NS

0.060^NS

-0.024^NS

-0.292

-0.083^NS

Seeds/mutant plant

-0.069^NS

-0.025^NS

0.115^NS

0.047^NS

0.045^NS

0.009^NS

0.389

0.078^NS

0.052^NS

Biomass/mutant plant (g)

-0.010^NS

0.012^NS

0.101^NS

0.040^NS

0.030^NS

-0.059^NS

0.297

-0.125^NS

0.153

0.462

100 seed weight (g)

-0.045^NS

-0.077^NS

-0.080^NS

0.089^NS

-0.062^NS

0.077^NS

0.016^NS

-0.055^NS

-0.048^NS

0.111^NS

0.336

Harvest index (%)

-0.092^NS

0.058^NS

-0.206

-0.027^NS

0.118^NS

0.190

-0.008^NS

-0.132^NS

0.164

0.039^NS

-0.114^NS

-0.166

Grain yield/plant (g)

0.073^NS

-0.046^NS

-0.101^NS

0.045^NS

0.053^NS

0.046^NS

0.246

-0.036^NS

0.049^NS

0.399

0.306

0.111^NS

0.023^NS

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