Table 3: Genotypic (upper triangle) and phenotypic (lower triangle) correlation estimates for 56 days post inoculation (dpi), disease severity score pooled mean (dspm), Area Under Disease Progress Curve (AUDPC) and 50% days to anthesis (Anth) and silking (SLK) measured in the screen house under; a) MCMV, b) MLN and c) SCMV

a) MCMMV
Traits 52dpi dspm AUDPC Anth. Slk
52dpi 1 0.92*** 0.99*** 0.11* 0.12*
dspm 0.95*** 1 0.96*** 0.16* 0.16*
AUDPC 0.99*** 0.99*** 1 0.13* 0.14*
Anth. 0.14* 0.20* 0.17* 1 0.93**
SLke 0.15* 0.20* 0.17* 1.00 1
b) MLN
52dpi 1 0.89*** 0.93*** -0.51** -0.60**
dspm 0.92*** 1 0.99*** -0.48* -0.52**
AUDPC 0.96*** 0.99*** 1 -0.51** -0.56**
Anth -0.57** -0.52** -0.56** 1 0.80***
Slk -0.73** -0.62** -0.67** 0.93*** 1
c) SCMV
52dpi 1 0.97*** 0.99*** 0.04ns 0.08ns
Mean 0.97*** 1 0.99*** 0.03ns 0.06ns
AUDPC 0.99*** 0.99*** 1 0.04ns 0.07ns
Anth 0.04ns 0.03ns 0.04ns 1 0.96**
Slk 0.09ns 0.07ns 0.08ns 0.98*** 1

*significant at P<0.05; **significant at P<0.01; ***significant at P<0.001; ns, not significant