Genetic variation and association of yield, yield components, and carbon storage in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) genotypes

Table 7 Genotypic (above diagonal) and phenotypic (below diagonal) correlation coefficients among carbon storage traits in 25 selected sorghum genotypes

Traits	SCc	RCc	GCc	PCs	SCs	RCs	RSC/SCs	GCs
SCc	1	-0.303*	0.112	0.094**	0.154**	-0.077	-0.105	0.113*
RCc	-0.518**	1	0.102	-0.129	-0.257	0.196	0.354**	-0.125
GCc	0.09	0.14	1	-0.077	-0.155	0.118	0.187	0.057***
PCs	0.185**	-0.109	-0.086	1	0.910***	0.593***	0.021	0.077**
SCs	0.309*	-0.273	-0.186	0.894***	1	0.207	-0.364**	0.03**
RCs	-0.106	0.211	0.117	0.687***	0.289	1	0.758***	0.122*
RCs/SCs	-0.175	0.371	0.194	0.138	-0.295	0.773***	1	0.057*
GCs	0.194**	-0.089	0.056***	0.086*	0.032**	0.132*	0.077*	1

*, ** and *** denote significance at P < 0.05, P < 0.01, and P < 0.001, respectively; SCc shoot carbon content; RCc root carbon content; GCc grain carbon content; PCs total plant carbon stocks, SCs shoot carbon stock; RCs root carbon stock; RCs/SCs root to shoot carbon stock ratio; GCs grain carbon stock

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