. 2020 Aug 17;15(8):e0237741. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237741

Table 5. Correlation coefficients among 22 agro-morphological characters among Balkan pepper collection.

	NA.	NF	PP	CMS	FP	IFC	MFC	FS	FS_PA	FS_BE	PUN	F_Size	FCSC	F_Set	FE	ME	Yld	PH	SH	Emb	FL	FW	FWT	Loc	Fwgt	UPart	Prod	TSS	Vit_C	TP	FRAP
PGH	0.08	0.08	-0.26^***	0.21^**	-0.15^*	-0.14	-0.05	-0.19^**	-0.16^*	-0.10	0.31^***	-0.08	0.05	0.11	0.07	-0.24^***	-0.06	0.30^***	0.39^***	-0.11	0.13	-0.14	-0.18^**	-0.20^**	-0.14	-0.14	-0.05	0.02	-0.05	0.07	0.04
NA.		-0.03	-0.07	0.06	0.04	-0.06	0.01	-0.16^*	-0.12	0.09	0.24^***	-0.17^*	-0.12	0.17^*	-0.16^*	-0.17^*	-0.22^**	0.19^**	0.11	0.03	-0.18^*	-0.20^**	-0.25^***	-0.05	-0.29^***	-0.29^***	-0.22^**	0.04	0.01	0.12	0.06
NF			0.09	-0.06	0.21^**	-0.05	0.02	-0.01	-0.13	-0.08	-0.07	-0.16^*	-0.10	-0.05	0.01	-0.10	-0.21^**	-0.18^*	0.13	-0.18^**	-0.06	-0.09	-0.17^*	0.07	-0.13	-0.13	-0.18^*	0.16^*	0.17^*	0.16^*	0.15^*
PP				-0.38^***	0.35^***	0.14	0.05	0.31^***	0.36^***	0.28^***	-0.17^*	0.04	0.05	-0.02	-0.11	0.18^*	-0.11	-0.07	0.26^***	0.19^**	-0.31^***	0.26^***	0.22^**	0.35^***	0.16^*	0.16^*	-0.12	0.07	0.15^*	0.08	0.02
CMS					-0.15^*	-0.03	0.08	-0.45^***	-0.49^***	-0.31^***	0.34^***	-0.31^***	-0.19^**	0.20^**	-0.09	-0.37^***	0.01	0.23^**	0.26^***	-0.07	0.36^***	-0.47^***	-0.43^***	-0.32^***	-0.38^***	-0.37^***	-0.03	-0.19^**	-0.26^***	-0.07	-0.02
FP						0.17	0.02	0.33^***	0.23^**	0.45^***	0.03	-0.19	0.03	0.15^*	0.09	0.03	-0.20^**	-0.16^*	-0.25^**	0.06	-0.49^***	0.16^**	0.08	0.32^***	-0.01	-0.01	-0.20^**	0.01	0.10	0.09	0.13
IFC							0.01	0.11	0.06	0.12	0.16^*	-0.19^**	-0.18^*	0.25^***	-0.08	-0.27^***	0.13	-0.07	-0.25^***	0.17^*	-0.15^*	-0.08	-0.02	0.14	-0.15^*	-0.14	0.12	-0.41^***	-0.25^***	-0.24^***	-0.15^*
MFC								0.07	0.08	0.06	-0.03	0.06	0.02	-0.01	0.03	0.14	-0.13	0.13	0.22^*	-0.02	-0.10	0.04	-0.01	0.07	0.01	0.01	-0.19^*	0.01	-0.02	0.05	0.09
FS									0.68^***	0.66^***	-0.45 ^***	0.52^***	0.49^***	-0.42 ^***	0.23^***	0.31^***	0.06	-0.19^**	0.21^**	0.05	-0.48^***	0.78^***	0.69^***	0.58^***	0.60^***	0.60^***	0.05	0.12	0.28^***	-0.01	0.02
FS_PA										0.52^***	-0.45^***	0.58^***	0.41^***	-0.39^***	0.26^***	0.25^***	0.11	-0.16^*	-0.13	0.08	-0.33^***	0.77^***	0.64^***	0.49^***	0.64^***	0.64^***	0.18^*	0.09	0.21^**	-0.04	-0.10
FS_BE											-0.14	0.17^*	0.37^***	-0.09	0.14	0.09	-0.08	0.05	0.22^**	0.08	-0.67^***	0.51^***	0.43^***	0.63^***	0.25^***	0.25^***	-0.15^*	-0.12	0.02	-0.10	-0.09
PUN												-0.59^***	-0.33^***	0.63^***	-0.27^***	-0.42^***	-0.20^**	0.28^***	0.04	0.05	-0.06	-0.60^***	-0.55^***	-0.31^***	-0.61^***	-0.61^***	-0.23^**	-0.30^***	-0.33^***	-0.04	0.06
F_Size													0.41^***	-0.71^***	0.38^***	0.34^***	0.24^***	-0.15^*	0.10	-0.09	0.16^*	0.76^***	0.72^***	0.19^**	0.81^***	0.81^***	0.33^***	0.25^***	0.23^**	-0.08	-0.10
FCSC														0.42^**	0.22^**	0.22^**	0.07	0.01	0.03	-0.01	0.02	0.53^***	0.38^***	0.25^***	0.50^***	0.50^***	0.07	0.20^**	0.24^**	0.11	0.09
F_Set															-0.48^**	-0.22^**	-0.15^*	0.13	-0.12	0.13	-0.28^***	-0.61^**	-0.55^***	-0.19^**	-0.67^***	-0.67^***	-0.21^**	-0.29^***	-0.23^**	0.04	0.07
FE																0.03	0.21^**	-0.02	0.10	-0.07	0.10	0.38^***	0.34^***	0.21^**	0.41^***	0.41^***	0.20^**	0.07	-0.03	-0.10	-0.15^*
ME																	-0.04	-0.19^**	-0.10	-0.11	-0.15^*	0.41^***	0.43^***	0.18^*	0.46^***	0.45^***	-0.01	0.52^***	0.49^***	0.34^***	0.28^***
Yield																		0.01	-0.11	-0.10	0.30^***	0.21^**	0.35^***	0.05	0.33^***	0.34^***	0.72^***	-0.30^***	-0.27^***	-0.45^***	-0.44^***
PH																			0.46^***	0.10	0.05	-0.17^*	-0.21^**	-0.11	-0.15^*	-0.17^*	-0.12	-0.18^**	-0.24^***	-0.15^*	-0.16^*
SH																				-0.02	0.33^***	-0.09	-0.21^**	-0.3^***	-0.04	-0.05	-0.14	0.14	-0.01	0.09	0.04
Emb																					-0.16^*	0.03	-0.04	0.10	-0.05	-0.04	-0.09	-0.05	-0.03	0.10	0.06
FL																						-0.24^**	-0.21^**	-0.55^**	0.06	0.07	0.38^***	-0.01	-0.19^**	-0.14	-0.13
FW																							0.90^***	0.54^***	0.90^***	0.90^***	0.26^***	0.24^***	0.30^***	-0.04	-0.09
FWT																								0.48^***	0.90^***	0.89^***	0.38^***	0.16^*	0.25^***	-0.13	-0.15^*
Loc																									0.34^***	0.34^***	0.01	0.03	0.13	-0.05	-0.12
Fwgt																										0.99^***	0.41^***	0.29^***	0.30^***	-0.07	-0.13
UPart																											0.41^***	0.28^***	0.29^***	-0.08	-0.14
Prod																												-0.22^**	-0.23^***	-0.41^***	-0.43^***
TSS																													0.77^***	0.78^***	0.65^***
Vit_C																														0.67^***	0.61^***
TP																															0.88^***

*, **, *** correlation coefficient at significant level of P<0.05, respectively. PGH: Plant Growth Habit; NA: Nodal Anthocyanin; NF: Number of Flowers; PP: Pedicel Position; CMS: Calyx Margin Shape; FP: Fruit Position; IFC: Immature Fruit Color; MFC: Mature Fruit Color; FS: Fruit Shape; FS_PA: Fruit Shape at Peduncle Attachment; FS_BE: Fruit Shape at Blossom End; Pun: Pungency; F_Size: Fruit Size; FE: Flowering Earliness; ME: Maturity Earliness; PH: Plant Height; SH: Stem Height; Emb: Embranchment; FL: Fruit Length; FW: Fruit Width; FWT: Fruit Wall Thickness; Loc: Locules; Fwgt: Fruit Weight; UPart: usable Part; Prod: Productivity; Vit_C: Vitamin C; TP: Total Phenols; FRAP: Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power