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

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 4 Correlation coefficients among M₂ lentil seedling traits under 0.1% ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS)

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)	0.75**	1.0
Seedling dry weight (g)	0.69**	0.94**	1.0
Shoot length (cm)	0.72**	0.87**	0.96**	1.0
Root length (cm)	0.78**	0.84**	0.89**	0.70**	1.0
Seedling length (cm)	0.67**	0.65**	0.71**	0.84**	0.69**	1.0
Germination energy %	0.92*	0.73**	0.85**	0.90**	0.87**	0.86**	1.0
Seedling vigor index 1	0.97**	0.94**	0.66**	0.57*	0.92**	0.75**	0.84**	1.0
Seedling vigor index 2	0.80**	0.58*	0.97**	0.87**	0.76**	0.93**	0.91**	0.69**	1.0
Electrical conductivity	− 0.66**	− 0.74**	− 0.50**	− 0.64**	− 0.83**	− 0.82 **	− 0.81**	− 0.78**	− 0.58*	1.0