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.