Exploring the morphological and genetic diversity of Egyptian basil landraces (Ocimum sp.) for future breeding strategies

Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Table 6 Pairwise Pearson correlation analysis between the traits used to morphologically evaluate basil landraces

Traits	No. of branches	Plant height	Plant fresh weight	No. of flowers	Cyme length	Root length	Plant dry weight	Oil distillation
No. of branches	1
Plant height	0.335	1
Plant fresh weight	0.205	0.502^*	1
No. of flowers	0.535^**	0.659^**	0.275	1
Cyme length	0.482^*	0.647^**	0.151	0.500^*	1
Root length	0.331	− 0.075	0.151	0.337	− 0.034	1
Plant dry weight	0.27	0.453^*	0.614^**	0.29	0.135	0.208	1
Oil distillation	− 0.439	− 0.043	0.259	− 0.346	− 0.299	0.015	0.141	1