“…bras., Brasília, v.52, n.8, p.607-614, ago. 2017 DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2017000800006 germination chamber (Brasil, 2009); first germination count, evaluated together with the germination test, for which normal seedlings were recorded at 14 days; accelerated aging, in which the seeds were placed on an aluminum screen, in a transparent plastic box, with 40 mL of water, where they remained for 48 hours, at 40ºC, in a germination chamber (Larré et al, 2007), before being subjected to the same methodology of the germination test, for which normal seedlings were recorded at 28 days (Brasil, 2009); first count of the accelerated aging test, for which the normal seedlings were counted at 14 days; seedling size, by using ten seedlings located at the top row of the paper roll at the end of the germination test (Negreiros et al, 2008); rootlet size, obtained from the measurement of the rootlets of ten seedlings located at the top row of the roll at the end of the germination test (Negreiros et al, 2008); and germination rate index, for which the number of normal seedlings was recorded every four days (Maguire, 1962). The canonical correlation was used to estimate the maximum correlation of the linear combinations (Cruz et al, 2012) between production traits (set 1: productivity, pulp mass, fruit mass, and number of fruits per plant), seed morphological traits (set 2: seed length/width ratio, seed thickness, and 1,000 seed weight), and seed physiological traits (set 3: germination potential, first germination count, first count of the accelerated aging test, accelerated aging, seedling size, rootlet size, and germination rate index).…”