Table 4. Correlation between germination characteristics and physiological characteristics.

	GP	T50	MGT	GS	CUG	EC	Ca	Cu	Fe	K	Mg	Na
GP	1	−0.333^NS	−0.475^*	0.670^***	0.701^***	−0.723^***	−0.688^***	−0.852^***	−0.012^NS	−0.633^***	−0.489^**	−0.709^***
T₅₀		1	0.933^***	−0.856^***	−0.653^***	0.481^*	−0.059^NS	0.065^NS	−0.094^NS	0.362^NS	0.289^NS	−0.021^NS
MGT			1	−0.921^***	−0.815^***	0.443^*	−0.035^NS	0.145^NS	−0.164^NS	0.345^NS	0.196^NS	0.072^NS
GR				1	0.770^***	−0.471^*	−0.042^NS	−0.230^NS	0.297^NS	−0.282^NS	−0.144^NS	−0.224^NS
CUG					1	−0.279^NS	−0.178^NS	−0.509^*	0.415^*	−0.167^NS	0.077^NS	−0.229^NS
EC						1	0.611^***	0.704^***	0.392^*	0.952^***	0.753^***	0.423^*
Ca							1	0.782^***	0.079^NS	0.544^**	0.724^***	0.752^***
Cu								1	0.062^NS	0.665^***	0.473^**	0.677^***
Fe									1	0.565^***	0.467^**	−0.130^NS
K										1	0.764^***	0.342^NS
Mg											1	0.523^**
Na												1

^NS, ^*, ^**, ^*** are non-significant, significant at P<0.05, 0.01 and 0.001, respectively.