Table 5 Spearman correlation matrix among growth traits, tree physiological stress variables, disease-related variables, and altitude and climatic parameters at the site of origin in six Pinus pinaster provenances. N = 6
Growth traits | Stress variables | Disease-related variables | Altitude | Climatic variables | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total height (m) | Growth from the previous year’s growth until inoculation (cm) | Number of branches | Pre-inoculation oleoresin flow (cm) | Chlorophyll fluorescence ratio exp. 2 | Mortality exp. 2 | Mortality exp. 3 | Wilting exp. 2 | Wilting exp. 3 | Altitude (m) | Continentality index | Mean summer maximum temperature (°C) | Mean autumn minimum temperature (°C) | Mean summer temperature (°C) | Autumn precipitation (mm) | |
Basal diameter (mm) | − 0.77† | 0.94** | 0.77† | − 0.83* | − 0.89* | − 0.83* | 0.77† | 0.94** | 0.81* | − 0.77† | − 0.77† | ||||
Total height (cm) | 0.77† | − 0.90* | − 0.77† | 0.89* | |||||||||||
Growth from the previous year’s growth until inoculation date (cm) | − 0.89* | − 0.89* | 0.83* | ||||||||||||
Number of branches | − 0.94** | − 0.83* | − 0.89* | 0.83* | 0.94** | 0.81* | |||||||||
Pre-inoculation oleoresin flow (cm) | − 0.77† | − 0.83* | − 0.83* | 0.89* | 0.77† | ||||||||||
Chlorophyll fluorescence ratio exp. 2 | − 0.83* | 0.83* | 0.77† | − 0.77† | − 0.83* | − 0.75† | |||||||||
Mortality exp. 2 | 1.00*** | ||||||||||||||
Mortality exp. 3 | 0.94** | − 0.77† | − 0.77† | − 0.89* | 0.77† | 0.94** | |||||||||
Wilting exp. 2 | |||||||||||||||
Wilting exp. 3 | − 0.83* | − 0.75† | 0.83* | ||||||||||||
Altitude (m) | − 0.89* | ||||||||||||||
Continentality index | 0.94* | − 0.83* | |||||||||||||