Table 5. Intensity of the Correlations between Analyzed Parameters in Blueberry Fruits of ‘Simultan’ and ‘Duke’ Cultivars and Their Progeny Hybrids.
| TSS | pH | TPC | TFC | TAC | vitamin C | lycopene | β-carotene | antioxidant activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| berry weight (g) | –0.493c | 0.143 | –0.390c | –0.362c | 0.000 | 0.153 | –0.418c | –0.298b | –0.158 |
| 0.000 | 0.129 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.998 | 0.104 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.241 | |
| TSS (°Brix) | 1 | –0.112 | 0.215a | 0.105 | 0.118 | –0.027 | 0.217a | 0.191a | 0.154 |
| 0.235 | 0.022 | 0.266 | 0.210 | 0.777 | 0.020 | 0.042 | 0.252 | ||
| pH | 1 | –0.121 | –0.009 | –0.109 | 0.021 | –0.082 | –0.008 | –0.117 | |
| 0.199 | 0.924 | 0.250 | 0.827 | 0.387 | 0.935 | 0.387 | |||
| TPC (mg GAE/100 g) | 1 | 0.288b | 0.303b | –0.044 | 0.432c | 0.116 | 0.022 | ||
| 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.642 | 0.000 | 0.218 | 0.870 | ||||
| TFC (mg CE/100 g) | 1 | 0.450c | –0.163 | 0.133 | –0.013 | 0.073 | |||
| 0.000 | 0.083 | 0.159 | 0.889 | 0.587 | |||||
| TAC (mg C3-GE/100 g) | 1 | –0.193a | –0.129 | –0.257b | 0.169 | ||||
| 0.040 | 0.171 | 0.006 | 0.208 | ||||||
| vitamin C (mg/100 g) | 1 | –0.187a | 0.371c | 0.288a | |||||
| 0.046 | 0.000 | 0.030 | |||||||
| lycopene (mg/100 g) | 1 | 0.541c | –0.373b | ||||||
| 0.000 | 0.004 | ||||||||
| β-carotene (mg/100 g) | 1 | –0.120 | |||||||
| 0.375 |
Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).
Correlation is significant at the 0.001 level (two-tailed).