Evaluation of cotton germplasm for morphological and biochemical host plant resistance traits against sucking insect pests complex

Table 3 Correlation coefficient values between sucking insect pests population (number/leaf) and morpho-biochemical host plant resistance traits across different cotton genotypes

Host plant resistance traits	Whitefly	Thrips	Jassid
Leaf area /cm²	0.020^ns	0.153^ns	0.132^ns
Leaf glanding	−0.865^a	−0.836^a	−0.730^a
Total soluble sugars content /(mg·g⁻¹)	0.887^a	0.661^b	0.856^a
Total soluble proteins content /(mg·g⁻¹)	0.883^a	0.729^a	0.622^b
Total phenolic content /(mg·g^− 1)	−0.915^a	−0.838^a	− 0.776^a
Tannin content /(mg·g⁻¹)	− 0.870^a	−0.723^a	− 0.701^a
Total flavonoids content /(mg·g^− 1)	−0.870^a	− 0.694^b	−0.773^a
Seed cotton yield /(kg·ha^− 1)	-0.825^a	-0.684^b	-0.929^a

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