Table 6.
Correlation among popping indices of popcorn kernels as influenced by organic or inorganic soil amendments.
| Flake volume | Unpopped kernels | Total volume | Popped volume | Popability (%) | Unpopped kernel (%) | Breadth of kernel | Length of kernel | No. of kernel/50 g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flake volume | 1 | -0.584∗∗ | 0.986∗∗ | 0.986∗∗ | 0.696∗∗ | -0.398∗∗ | -0.685∗∗ | 0.697∗∗ | -0.081 |
| Unpopped kernels | 1 | -0.692∗∗ | -0.692∗∗ | 0.031 | 0.933∗∗ | 0.528∗∗ | -0.567∗∗ | 0.242∗ | |
| Total volume | 1 | 1.000∗∗ | 0.610∗∗ | -0.513∗∗ | -0.722∗∗ | 0.726∗∗ | -0.125 | ||
| Popped volume | 1 | 0.610∗∗ | -0.513∗∗ | -0.722∗∗ | 0.726∗∗ | -0.125 | |||
| Popability (%) | 1 | 0.292∗ | -0.426∗∗ | 0.579∗∗ | 0.041 | ||||
| Unpopped (%) kernel | 1 | 0.360∗∗ | -0.398∗∗ | 0.186 | |||||
| Breadth of kernel | 1 | -0.450∗∗ | 0.273∗ | ||||||
| Length of kernel | 1 | -0.087 | |||||||
| No. of kernel/50 g | 1 |
∗∗Correlation is significant at p < 0.01 level. ∗Correlation is significant at p < 0.05 level.