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Table 4. Pearson’s correlation matrix of the fruit sensorial and nutritional parameters for type of crossing evaluated on clonal populations of selected seedling.

BC1 populations		SS content	TA	Firmness	Chroma	L^*	TAC	TPH
	SS content	–
	TA	−0.24**	–
	Firmness	0.03	−0.50^$	–
	Chroma	0.03	−0.08	0.05	–
	L^*	0.16	−0.11	−0.04	0.83^$	–
	TAC	0.02	0.06	−0.34^$	−0.29^$	−0.14	–
	TPH	0.06	−0.12	−0.15	−0.10	−0.07	0.46^$	–
	ACY	0.26**	−0.30**	−0.07	−0.46^$	−0.47^$	0.33^$	0.18
BC2 populations	SS content	–
	TA	0.18	–
	Firmness	−0.22^*	−0.24^*	–
	Chroma	−0.02	0.01	−0.09	–
	L^*	0.04	0.06	−0.26^*	0.82^$	–
	TAC	0.29**	0.45^$	−0.21^*	0.15	0.20^*	–
	TPH	0.29**	0.44^$	−0.17	0.08	0.15	0.47^$	–
	ACY	0.02	0.04	0.24^*	−0.62^$	−0.65^$	0.04	0.07
Intra-species cross populations	SS	–
	TA	−0.16	–
	Firmness	−0.06	−0.19	–
	Chroma	0.21	0.28^*	−0.48^$	–
	L^*	0.26^*	0.12	−0.44^$	0.75^$	–
	TAC	0.03	0.27^*	−0.05	0.07	0.15	–
	TPH	0.02	0.34**	−0.10	0.23^*	0.30**	0.83^$	–
	ACY	−0.08	−0.22^*	0.28^*	−0.64^$	−0.53^$	0.37^$	0.18

, **, ^$ correlation levels significant at p≤0.05; p≤0.01; p≤0.001 respectively.