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. 2019 Apr 19;7:e6742. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6742

Table 1. Pearson’s correlation analysis of biochemical parameters in shoots and roots.

Shoots Correlation Matrix
Roots
Parameters Proline Protein Carbohydrate MDA H2O2 SOD POD CAT APX GR
Proline 1 0.459 0.599 0.622 0.119 0.091 0.233 0.501 −0.471 0.276
Protein 0.186 1 0.883** 0.563 0.528 −0.321 −0.226 0.043 −0.559 0.766*
Carbohydrate −0.195 0.330 1 0.725* 0.197 −0.103 −0.080 0.398 −0.292 0.766*
MDA −0.097 0.511 0.877** 1 −0.135 −0.148 −0.155 0.751* −0.195 0.513
H2O2 0.047 0.345 0.819* 0.744* 1 −0.464 −0.236 −0.440 −0.685 0.424
SOD −0.322 −0.967** −0.367 −0.537 −0.466 1 0.349 −0.027 0.391 −0.178
POD 0.141 −0.636 0.040 −0.043 0.365 0.491 1 0.251 −0.282 −0.626
CAT 0.303 −0.446 0.132 0.061 0.424 0.330 0.891** 1 0.056 0.072
APX −0.124 −0.769* 0.033 −0.230 −0.250 0.732* 0.291 0.240 1 −0.052
GR 0.192 −0.224 0.361 0.372 0.654 0.118 0.850** 0.875** −0.043 1

Notes.

**

Significant at p < 0.01.

*

Significant at p < 0.05.

Bold shows the correlation matrix for biochemical indices of roots and plain text for shoots.