Evaluation of Malt Barley (Hordeum distichon L.) Varieties for Yield and Agronomic Traits in South Gondar, Ethiopia

Table 5

Correlation coefficients (r) of barley varieties for yield and other agronomic traits.

Traits^a	GD	HD	MD	NET	SL	SPS	TSW	PH	Yield
GD	1
HD	0.483	1
MD	0.180	0.00	1
NET	−0.280	−0.553	−0.20	1
SL	−0.193	−0.513	−0.22	0.950	1
SPS	0.119	−0.10	−0.472	0.689	0.748	1
TSW	−0.237	−0.29	−0.599	0.814	0.831	0.855	1
PH	−0.072	−0.19	0.834	0.127	0.099	−0.299	−0.269	1
Yield	−0.309	−0.597	−0.11	0.921	0.937	0.554	0.739	0.170	1

DE^a = days to emergency, DH = days to heading, DM = days to maturity, NET = number of effective tillers per plant, SL = spike length, SPS = seeds per spike, TSW = thousand seed weight PH = Plant height.  = significant difference at 0.05,  = significant difference at 0.01, ns = non significant difference.