Genetic effects conferring heat tolerance in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Table 5 Phenotypic (lower diagonal) and genetic correlation (upper diagonal) matrix for boll weight, ginning outturn, fibre length, fibre strength, fibre fineness and relative cell injury in cross VH-282 × FH-142 (1) under normal (N) and heat stress (H) conditions

TRAITS	Stress Conditions	BW	GOT	FL	FS	FF	RCI
BW	N1		0.205	−0.394	−0.029	−0.22	− 0.034
BW	H1		0.077	0.374	0.026	0.11	−0.129
GOT	N1	−0.068		0.382	0.016	−0.015	0.1
GOT	H1	−0.034		−0.092	−0.029	0.269	−0.25
FL	N1	0.031	0.103		−0.175	−0.107	− 0.155
FL	H1	0.019	0.092		0.038	0.385	−0.088
FS	N1	−0.013	−0.073	0.156		−0.254	−0.029
FS	H1	0.082	−0.048	−0.045		−0.212	0.07
FF	N1	0.132	0.013	0.026	0.009		−0.057
FF	H1	−0.042	−0.075	− 0.082	−0.113		−0.228
RCI	N1	−0.096	0.043	−0.005	−0.051	0.049
RCI	H1	−0.266**	0.034	−0.01	−0.039	− 0.02

*and ** mean significant differences at 5% and 1% probability levels, respectively

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