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Table I

Correlation coefficients (R) between genotype means of leaf traits (N = 12).

Δ13Csu Δ13Cst Δ13Cb Wi Asat gs Vcmax Nmass Narea Chl SD SL SA SAI LMA TLT UET LET PMT SMT
Δ13Csu *
Δ13Cst 0.93 *
Δ13Cb 0.76 0.90 *
Wi –0.94 –0.87 –0.73 *
Asat 0.55 –0.53 *
gs 0.72 0.56 –0.71 0.97 *
Vcmax 0.91 0.83 *
Nmass *
Narea 0.76 *
Chl *
SD 0.52 0.53 0.68 − 0.55 0.55 0.62 *
SL − 0.57 − 0.55 –0.59 0.67 − 0.51 –0.62 *
SA − 0.57 − 0.55 –0.53 0.75 0.82 *
SAI 0.61 0.51 0.56 0.97 *
LMA 0.56 −0.51 0.55 *
TLT 0.59 0.62 *
UET −0.50 *
LET *
PMT 0.61 0.52 0.96 *
SMT 0.53 0.68 0.93 0.81 *

Significant correlations at 5% are in bold; non-significant correlations at 10% are noted in italic. See list of abbreviations for trait names.