Table 8: Pearson’s correlation of phonological, growth, yield and yield components of garlic as affected by variety and intra-row spacing.

DM PH LN LL LW BD BL NCB MBW FBY DBY MBY MC UBY TBY
PH 0.57*** 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LN 0.60*** 0.78*** 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
LL 0.47*** 0.84*** 0.73*** 1 - - - - - - - - - - -
LW 0.43** 0.78*** 0.64*** 0.76*** 1 - - - - - - - - - -
BD 0.35* 0.47** 0.27ns 0.43*** 0.62*** 1 - - - - - - - - -
BL 0.26ns 0.49** -0.13ns 0.63*** 0.60*** 0.85*** 1 - - - - - - - -
NCB 0.47** 0.79*** 0.52*** 0.71*** 0.65*** 0.49*** 0.62*** 1 - - - - - - -
MBW 0.47** 0.87*** 0.78*** 0.88*** 0.78*** 0.45** 0.51*** 0.79*** 1 - - - - - -
FBY 0.63*** 0.84*** 0.84*** 0.80*** 0.83*** 0.58*** 0.42* 0.65*** 0.82*** 1 - - - - -
DBY 0.71*** 0.72*** 0.68*** 0.72*** 0.56*** 0.39* 0.35* 0.60*** 0.72*** 0.75*** 1 - - - -
MBY -0.27ns -0.15ns -0.04ns -0.17ns -0.35* -0.53*** -0.39*** -0.08ns 0.01ns -0.39* -0.08ns 1 - - -
MC 0.70*** 0.84*** 0.74*** 0.78*** 0.77*** 0.55*** 0.50** 0.70*** 0.81*** 0.91*** 0.84*** -0.37* 1 - -
UBY -0.64*** -0.83*** -0.81*** -0.77*** -0.8*** -0.82*** -0.39* -0.65*** -0.75*** -0.94*** 0.70*** 0.43** -0.87*** 1 -
TBY -0.41* -0.39* -0.26ns -0.36* -0.52*** -0.60*** -0.44*** -0.25ns -0.20ns -0.60*** 0.27ns 0.96*** -0.56*** 0.64*** 1
HI 0.60*** 0.63*** 0.67*** 0.54*** 0.66*** 0.50** 0.27ns 0.41* 0.47** 0.88*** 0.60*** 0.62*** -0.77*** 0.85*** 0.77***

DM = Days to maturity; PH = plant height; LN = leaf number; LL= leaf lenght; LW = leaf width ; BD = bulb diameter ; BL = bulb length; NCB = number of cloves per bulb ; MBW= mean bulb weight ; FBY = fresh biomass yield; DBY = dry biomass yield; MBY = marketable bulb yield; MC = marketable clov per bulb; UMB = unmarketable bulb yield; TBY = Total bulb yield; HI = harvest inde; ns = non-significant at p<0.05 probablity level