Table 3 Persons’ correlation coefficients for the traits evaluated for salt tolerance in a MAGIC population. Traits consisted of average number of dead plants per plot (DeadPlants), the leaf injury score under salt treatment (Score), SPAD chlorophyll under salt treatment (StressSPADChloro), relative tolerance index for SPAD chlorophyll (RTI_C), fresh leaf biomass under salt treatment (StressLeaf), relative tolerance index for fresh leaf biomass (RTI_FL), relative tolerance index for fresh stem biomass (RTI_FS), relative tolerance index for total above-ground fresh biomass (RTI_FB), and relative tolerance index (RTI) for plant height (RTI_Height)

DeadPlants

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Score

0.9***

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

StressSPADChloro

-0.8***

-0.9***

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

RTI_C

-0.8***

-0.8***

0.9***

1

-

-

-

-

-

StressLeaf

-0.6***

-0.6***

0.6***

0.5***

1

-

-

-

-

RTI_FL

-0.4***

-0.4***

0.4***

0.4***

0.7***

1

-

-

-

RTI_FS

-0.2***

-0.2**

0.3***

0.3***

0.5***

0.6***

1

-

-

RTI_FB

-0.3***

-0.2***

0.3***

0.3***

0.5***

0.6***

0.6***

1

-

RTI_H

-0.1

-0.1

0.2*

0.1

0.2**

0.3***

0.4***

0.3***

1