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. 2020 Mar 25;15(3):e0230600. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230600

Table 4. Correlation between rice quality traits under the rice-crab culture system.

Brown rice rate Milled rice rate Head rice rate Chalky kernel rate Chalkiness pH Expansion ratio Water absorption rate Cooking time Appearance score Hardness score Viscosity score Balance score Taste score Hardness Viscosity Elastic Peak viscosity Trough viscosity Breakdown Final viscosity Setback Peak time Pasting temperature Protein content Fat content Starch contentnt Amylose content
Brown rice rate 1
Milled rice rate -0.921 1
Head rice rate 0.608 -0.642 1
Chalky kernel rate -0.388 0.217 -0.811 1
Chalkiness -0.137 -0.257 0.032 0.506 1
pH -0.295 0.644 -0.332 -0.280 -0.904 1
Expansion ratio -0.779 0.498 -0.140 0.263 0.624 -0.287 1
Water absorption rate -0.336 -0.058 -0.027 0.490 .975* -0.800 0.782 1
Cooking time 0.457 -0.732 0.744 -0.222 0.677 -0.873 0.202 0.589 1
Appearance score -0.691 0.743 -.990* 0.739 -0.093 0.422 0.197 -0.006 -0.794 1
Hardness score 0.681 -0.750 .986* -0.713 0.137 -0.460 -0.168 0.049 0.821 -.999** 1
Viscosity score -0.625 0.697 -.993** 0.738 -0.136 0.438 0.110 -0.065 -0.814 .996** -.997** 1
Balance score -0.659 0.726 -.991** 0.730 -0.128 0.443 0.149 -0.047 -0.813 .999** -.999** .999** 1
Taste score -0.662 0.725 -.992** 0.735 -0.119 0.436 0.155 -0.038 -0.808 .999** -.999** .999** 1.000** 1
Hardness 0.517 -0.779 0.751 -0.225 0.652 -0.872 0.134 0.549 .997** -0.808 0.833 -0.821 -0.823 -0.819 1
Viscosity -0.019 -0.221 0.723 -0.447 0.509 -0.527 0.580 0.560 0.788 -0.683 0.703 -0.745 -0.718 -0.713 0.748 1
Elastic -0.787 0.483 -0.345 0.522 0.714 -0.356 .960* 0.846 0.137 0.372 -0.338 0.295 0.327 0.334 0.076 0.396 1
Peak viscosity -0.717 0.611 -0.934 0.906 0.304 0.049 0.436 0.378 -0.494 0.920 -0.902 0.899 0.905 0.909 -0.517 -0.452 0.638 1
Trough viscosity -0.821 0.753 -0.935 0.806 0.187 0.201 0.482 0.297 -0.593 0.948 -0.935 0.920 0.932 0.935 -0.623 -0.433 0.647 .981* 1
Breakdown -0.510 0.354 -0.867 .990* 0.457 -0.181 0.335 0.471 -0.312 0.813 -0.788 0.805 0.801 0.806 -0.322 -0.449 0.580 .957* 0.882 1
Final viscosity -0.757 0.663 -0.938 0.874 0.266 0.101 0.456 0.353 -0.529 0.933 -0.917 0.909 0.918 0.921 -0.555 -0.445 0.646 .998** .992** 0.935 1
Setback -0.357 0.172 -0.779 .999** 0.543 -0.329 0.265 0.519 -0.172 0.703 -0.675 0.702 0.693 0.698 -0.174 -0.417 0.524 0.885 0.778 .982* 0.851 1
Peak time 0.409 -0.159 0.685 -.972* -0.690 0.455 -0.428 -0.682 0.023 -0.615 0.581 -0.599 -0.596 -0.602 0.035 0.224 -0.662 -0.859 -0.752 -.957* -0.826 -.979* 1
Pasting temperature 0.158 0.231 -0.270 -0.226 -0.945 0.859 -0.723 -.955* -0.782 0.296 -0.337 0.355 0.336 0.328 -0.745 -0.760 -0.721 -0.089 -0.014 -0.193 -0.065 -0.263 0.448 1
Protein content 0.536 -0.648 .980* -0.698 0.229 -0.491 0.015 0.174 0.853 -.977* .983* -.992** -.986* -.985* 0.852 0.822 -0.172 -0.845 -0.863 -0.758 -0.854 -0.661 0.536 -0.457 1
Fat content -0.745 0.509 0.019 0.033 0.488 -0.180 .971* 0.662 0.213 0.063 -0.040 -0.028 0.015 0.021 0.142 0.679 0.867 0.254 0.333 0.116 0.285 0.032 -0.201 -0.657 0.147 1
Starch contentnt -0.080 -0.238 0.575 -0.188 0.726 -0.702 0.678 0.764 0.835 -0.561 0.591 -0.626 -0.600 -0.594 0.794 .961* 0.560 -0.250 -0.269 -0.204 -0.256 -0.154 -0.049 -0.910 0.718 0.713 1
Amylose content -0.583 0.665 -.992** 0.739 -0.156 0.440 0.060 -0.094 -0.819 .990* -.992** .999** .995** .995** -0.823 -0.778 0.251 0.886 0.901 0.800 0.894 0.703 -0.591 0.384 -.997** -0.080 -0.659 1

*, significant at the P = 0.05 level;

**, significant at the P = 0.01 level.