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. 2018 May 5;24(4):617–629. doi: 10.1007/s12298-018-0541-4

Table 4.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients among nutritious traits of quinoa genotypes

C H N TPs FAA TLs Alk Phen Sap Tan Flav β-Car Lyco
C 1
H − 0.25 1
N 0.91** − 0.46* 1
TPs 0.91** − 0.46* 1.00** 1
FAA 0.41 − 0.15 0.20 0.20 1
TLs 0.56* 0.47* 0.32 0.32 0.25 1
Alk − 0.27 − 0.48* − 0.02 − 0.02 0.10 − 0.51* 1
Phen 0.31 − 0.44* 0.18 0.18 0.48* − 0.21 − 0.07 1
Sap − 0.11 − 0.02 0.13 0.13 0.09 − 0.13 0.59* − 0.42 1
Tan 0.29 0.24 − 0.03 − 0.03 0.19 0.34 − 0.58* 0.50* − 0.77** 1
Flav 0.20 − 0.13 0.45* 0.45* − 0.72** 0.02 − 0.07 − 0.52* 0.06 − 0.28 1
β-Car − 0.08 − 0.37 0.10 0.10 0.17 − 0.36 0.23 0.12 0.54* − 0.54* − 0.12 1
Lyco − 0.09 − 0.18 − 0.27 − 0.27 0.44* − 0.23 0.01 0.41 − 0.45* 0.32 − 0.53* − 0.29 1
Oxal 0.62** 0.26 0.60** 0.60** − 0.01 0.79** − 0.28 − 0.44 0.25 − 0.09 0.46* − 0.04 − 0.64**
Tart 0.18 0.17 − 0.19 − 0.19 0.68** 0.24 − 0.37 0.66** − 0.54* 0.73** − 0.78** − 0.24 0.63**
Succ − 0.89** 0.17 − 0.79** − 0.79** − 0.09 − 0.50* 0.49* − 0.25 0.41 − 0.46* − 0.42 0.29 0.07
Lact 0.37 − 0.15 0.09 0.09 0.79** 0.11 − 0.16 0.79** − 0.36 0.61** − 0.70** − 0.05 0.62**
Mann 0.04 − 0.64** 0.08 0.08 0.57* − 0.54* 0.46* 0.76** 0.03 0.01 − 0.55* 0.36 0.50*
Gluc − 0.53* − 0.55* − 0.28 − 0.28 − 0.30 − 0.95** 0.50* 0.28 − 0.03 − 0.26 0.03 0.23 0.26
Cello 0.16 − 0.36 0.03 0.03 0.17 − 0.33 − 0.19 0.79** − 0.73** 0.61** − 0.20 − 0.26 0.63**
Arab 0.85** − 0.15 0.71** 0.71** 0.09 0.47* − 0.54* 0.33 − 0.53* 0.55* 0.36 − 0.35 0.03
Galc − 0.43 0.76** − 0.50* − 0.50* − 0.61** 0.32 − 0.36 − 0.74** − 0.06 0.00 0.29 − 0.37 − 0.32
Malt 0.26 0.15 0.03 0.03 0.89** 0.42 0.03 0.29 0.20 0.18 − 0.78** 0.19 0.20
USFs 0.46* − 0.47* 0.41 0.41 − 0.02 − 0.12 − 0.28 0.54* − 0.62** 0.43 0.27 − 0.19 0.19
SFAs 0− .46* 0.44 − 0.41 − 0.41 0.00 0.07 0.28 − 0.50* 0.55* − 0.43 − 0.26 0.24 − 0.27
Oxal Tart Succ Lact Mann Gluc Cello Arab Galc Malt USFs SFAs
C
H
N
TPs
FAA
TLs
Alk
Phen
Sap
Tan
Flav
β-Car
Lyco
Oxal 1
Tart − 0.29 1
Succ − 0.53* − 0.14 1
Lact − 0.31 0.90** − 0.25 1
Mann − 0.62** 0.37 0.17 0.61** 1
Gluc − 0.81** − 0.23 0.43 − 0.10 0.56* 1
Cello − 0.58* 0.58* − 0.35 0.63** 0.54* 0.43 1
Arab 0.43 0.24 − 0.99** 0.33 − 0.13 − 0.38 0.46* 1
Galc 0.27 − 0.26 0.21 − 0.58* − 0.90** − 0.35 − 0.48* − 0.21 1
Malt 0.14 0.62** 0.10 0.62** 0.35 − 0.49* − 0.14 − 0.11 − 0.33 1
USFs − 0.09 0.22 − 0.68** 0.30 0.18 0.19 0.74** 0.74** − 0.37 − 0.34 1
SFAs 0.14 − 0.22 0.68** − 0.42 − 0.18 − 0.17 − 0.72** − 0.74** 0.37 0.35 − 0.85** 1

* Significant at 0.05 level; ** Significant at 0.01 level