Correlation coeficients between growth and climate variable and common spear rot in nursery plants

	Incidence	Disease severity on leaves				Rachis length	Leaf area	Leaves number	Leaf emission rate
Table 3. Correlation coeficients between growth and climate variable and common spear rot in nursery plants
Moderate	Severe	Very severe	Index
LRQ		-0.27*						0.48**	-0.68**
ARF		-0.24*						0.48**	-0.65*
NHT	0.35**		0.25*	0.32**	0.42**				-0.29*
TEF		0.26*
HSOL	-0.22*								-0.40**
EVAP	-0.23*					0.33**	0.29**		-0.49**
PPTA	0.21*	0.21*				-0.35**	-0.32**	-0.22*	0.58**
TMAX	-0.27**					0.34**	0.31**		-0.60**
TMED				0.35**		0.73**	0.71**	0.31**	-0.56**
Incidence = Incidence (%) in 3 replications of 25 plants each LRQ = Rachis length ARF = Leaf area NHT = Total number of leaves TEF = Leaf emission rate HSOL = Sun hours EVAP = Evaporation PPTA = Rainfall TMAX = Maximum temperature TMED = Mean temperature