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

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 6 Correlation coefficients among M₂ lentil seedling traits under 0.3% 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)	0.96**	1.0
Seedling dry weight (g)	0.87**	0.71**	1.0
Shoot length (cm)	0.90**	0.76**	0.84**	1.0
Root length (cm)	0.68**	0.82**	0.52*	0.66**	1.0
Seedling length (cm)	0.98**	0.92**	0.73**	0.79**	0.80**	1.0
Germination energy %	0.72**	0.80**	0.96**	0.78**	0.60**	0.82**	1.0
Seedling vigor index 1	0.59*	0.63**	0.75**	0.81**	0.78**	0.56*	0.93**	1.0
Seedling vigor index 2	0.86**	0.77**	0.55*	0.69**	0.82**	0.70**	0.79**	0.83**	1.0
Electrical conductivity	− 0.64**	− 0.67**	− 0.53*	− 0.70**	− 0.55*	− 0.83**	− 0.51*	− 0.67**	− 0.92**	1.0