Table 2.

Correlations among the measured parameters in the experiments.

Parameters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1.Total phenolics	1.000
2.Total flavonoids	0.987 *	1.000
3.Anthocyanin	0.876 *	0.888 *	1.000
4.Photosynthesis	–0.879 *	–0.855 *	–0.871 *	1.000
5.AQY	–0.876 *	–0.901 *	–0.899 *	0.978 *	1.000
6.Dark respiration	0.934 *	0.876 *	0.789 *	0.234	0.113	1.000
7.fv/fm	–0.874 *	–0.786 *	–0.699 *	0.766 *	0.433	–0.445	1.000
8.RWC	–0.854 *	–0.921 *	–0.865 *	0.897 *	0.223	0.778 *	0.899 *	1.000
9.Carbohydrate	0.976 *	0.986 *	0.765 *	–0.876 *	0.677 *	–0.765 *	–0.556 *	–0.876 *	1.000
10.Chlorophyll	–0.766 *	–0.786 *	–0.865 *	-0.987 *	0.332	0.344	0.776 *	–0.444	–0.978 *	1.000
11.PAL	0.932 *	0.876 *	0.812 *	–0.781 *	0.021	0.021	0.034	0.002	0.788 *	0.234	1.000
12.MDA	0.911 *	0.885 *	0.934 *	–0.886 *	0.032	0.043	0.001 *	0.012	0.876 *	–0.002	0.987 *	1.000

* significant at p ≤ 0.05 or p≤ 0.01; AQY = Apparent quantum yield; f_v/f_m = maximum efficiency of photosystem II; RWC = relative water content; PAL = phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity; MDA = maliondiadehyde.