Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients with the juvenile traits; H plant height (cm), BT days to bending (days from May 11) and V plant vigour (ranked 1–5) against all the traits across the four environments of WAG-S, WAG-W, WIN and AGR

BT_WAG_S

H_WAG_S

−0.71**

V_WAG_S

−0.55**

0.81**

CHL_AGR

0.01

0.1

0.07

CHL_WAG_W

−0.09

0.13

0.13

CHL_WIN

0.01

0.22

0.32**

NP_AGR

0.09

−0.2

−0.19

NP_WAG_S

0.19

−0.19

−0.24*

NP_WAG_W

0.16

−0.2

−0.21

NP_WIN

0.09

−0.15

−0.19

PP_AGR

−0.07

0.08

0.14

PP_WAG_S

−0.05

0.05

0.14

PP_WAG_W

−0.01

0.07

0.13

PP_WIN

−0.06

0.08

0.13

PS_AGR

−0.37**

0.3*

0.16

PS_WAG_S

−0.34**

0.17

0.07

PS_WAG_W

−0.28*

0.27*

0.17

PS_WIN

−0.34**

0.24

0.08

SL_AGR

−0.46**

0.4**

0.22

SL_WAG_S

−0.39**

0.39**

0.21

SL_WAG_W

−0.45**

0.47**

0.28*

SL_WIN

−0.44**

0.43**

0.2

SS_AGR

−0.01

0.06

0.04

SS_WAG_W

−0.18

0.24*

0.31**

SS_WIN

0.07

0.00

0.16

SW_AGR

−0.26*

0.24

0.17

SW_WAG_W

−0.33**

0.33**

0.3*

SW_WIN

−0.26*

0.26*

0.2