Table 5.4: Correlations of vegetative and reproductive characteristics of six populations of pawpaw evaluated in 2002, KSU Germplasm Orchard, Frankfort, Ky.

xycorrelation p-valuer
trunk cross sectional areatotal number of flowers**0.75
trunk cross sectional area% fruit setNS
trunk cross sectional areatotal number of fruit**0.43
trunk cross sectional areatotal number of clusters**0.44
trunk cross sectional areayield (kg)NS
trunk cross sectional areayield efficiency**0.45
total number of flowerstotal number of fruit**0.60
total number of flowerstotal number of clustersNS
total number of flowers% fruit set**0.40
length of floweringlength harvestNS
length of flowering% fruit set**0.40
length of floweringtotal number of fruit**0.53
length of floweringtotal number of clusters**0.37
length of floweringyield (kg)**0.42