Genetic Amelioration in lentil (Lens culinaris L.) using Different Doses of Ethyl Methane Sulphonate

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 3 Correlation coefficients among M₂ lentil seedling traits under control

Traits	Germination %	Seedling fresh weight (g)	Seedling dry weight (g)	Shoot length (cm)	Root length (cm)	Seedling length (cm)	Germination energy %	Seedling vigor index 1	Seedling vigor index 2	Electrical conductivity
Germination %	1.0
Seedling fresh weight (g)	0.88**	1.0
Seedling dry weight (g)	0.79**	0.74**	1.0
Shoot length (cm)	0.70**	0.81**	0.76**	1.0
Root length (cm)	0.53*	0.75**	0.78**	0.61**	1.0
Seedling length (cm)	0.62**	0.89**	0.87**	0.93**	0.59*	1.0
Germination energy %	0.71**	0.85**	0.92**	0.80**	0.74**	0.90**	1.0
Seedling vigor index 1	0.80**	0.73**	0.61**	0.77**	0.96**	0.86**	0.57*	1.0
Seedling vigor index 2	0.93**	0.69**	0.97**	0.87**	0.89**	0.64**	0.86**	0.77**	1.0
Electrical conductivity	− 0.58*	− 0.77**	− 0.74**	− 0.85**	− 0.65**	− 0.71**	− 0.66**	− 0.83**	− 0.52*	1.0