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Table 2 The correlation coefficients (Pearson) among the leaf dimensions

From: Accelerating leaf area measurement using a volumetric approach

Variables

leaf length

Leaf width

Base thickness

Middle thickness

Tip thickness

Midrib base thickness

Midrib middle thickness

Midrib tip thickness

Mean thickness

Mean midrib thickness

Leaf width

0.489

         

Base thickness

0.541

0.659

        

Middle thickness

0.206

0.154

0.570

       

Tip thickness

0.115

0.305

0.536

0.429

      

Midrib base thickness

0.579

0.553

0.687

0.315

0.414

     

Midrib middle thickness

0.518

0.388

0.698

0.666

0.447

0.538

    

Midrib tip thickness

0.078

0.177

0.451

0.574

0.652

0.300

0.460

   

Mean thickness

0.388

0.488

0.894

0.808

0.752

0.599

0.750

0.655

  

Mean midrib thickness

0.588

0.551

0.777

0.505

0.536

0.951

0.743

0.509

0.756

 

L × W

0.876

0.831

0.698

0.227

0.234

0.657

0.567

0.148

0.513

0.672

  1. For this analysis, dimensions of 202 leaves harvested throughout the season were measured. Leaf width: maximum width along the leaf; L × W: length × maximum width. Italic, and bolded values show the significant (0.001 < P < 0.05) and very significant correlations (P < 0.001), respectively