Correlation coefficients between mean values of NAM RILs for lesion mimic traits and disease resistance score values obtained from previous studies (SLB, Kump et al. [34]; NLB, Poland et al. [35]; GLS, Benson [33]).

LES, lesion score; HTR, height ratio; SWR, stalk width ratio; DTAR, days to anthesis ratio; SLB, southern leaf blight resistance score ; GLS, gray leaf spot resistance score; NLB, northern leaf blight resistance score; N, sample size and inv indicates that the original lesion/disease rating scale was inverted so that the correlation sign was consistent between comparisons so that in every case, a positive correlation implies increased HR was correlated with increased HR or with increased disease resistance. Significance of correlation coefficients (r); ****P<0.0001, ***P<0.001, **P<0.01, *P<0.05. ns- not significant. Correlation coefficients between mean values of NAM RILs for lesion mimic traits and disease resistance score values obtained from previous studies (SLB, Kump et al. [34]; NLB, Poland et al. [35]; GLS, Benson [33]).