QTL mapping and candidate genes for resistance to Fusarium ear rot and fumonisin contamination in maize

BMC Plant Biology

Table 1 Pearson’s correlation coefficients between Fusarium ear rot severity (FER) and fumonisin B1 concentration (FB1) of F₃ families, measured with two inoculation methods (F = side-needle and T = toothpick), in early (A) and late (B) sowings of 2011 and 2012. I. Correlation between traits within the same sowing time. II. Correlation between traits across different sowing times and different years

I		FB1 F	FER T	FB1 T
FER F	2011 A	0.75**	0.73**	0.52**
	2011 B	0.79**	0.77**	0.59**
	2012 A	0.77**	0.62**	0.46**
	2012 B	0.72**	0.58**	0.51**
FB1 F	2011 A		0.58**	0.51**
	2011 B		0.58**	0.57**
	2012 A		0.58**	0.59**
	2012 B		0.49**	0.48**
FER T	2011 A			0.77**
	2011 B			0.81**
	2012 A			0.72**
	2012 B			0.78**
II	Correlation between sowings		Correlation between years
trait	2011A-2011B	2012A-2012B	2011A-2012A	2011A-2012B	2011B-2012A	2011B-2012B
FER F	0.38**	0.35**	0.36**	0.31**	0.48**	0.44**
FER T	0.50**	0.42**	0.42**	0.33**	0.49**	0.46**
FB1 F	0.40**	0.36**	0.47**	0.33**	0.47**	0.49**
FB1 T	0.47**	0.47**	0.40**	0.32**	0.57**	0.45**

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