. 2021 Feb 24;21:113. doi: 10.1186/s12870-021-02886-x

Table 3.

Pearson correlation coefficients between major kernel components and protein fractions. Probabilities of significance are indicated as superscripted values

Major compositional characteristics
	Kernel dry weight	Crude protein content	Starch content
Kernel size	0.669^0.005	−0.755^0.001	0.709^0.002
Kernel dry weight		−0.557^0.025	0.874^0.000
Crude protein content			−0.714^0.002
Protein characteristics
	ALBGLO	ATI	TIA
Crude protein content	0.436^0.092	−0.180^0.537	0.621^0.101
ALBGLO^a		0.239^0.411	0.233^0.579
ATI			0.612^0.107

^aALBGLO sum of albumins and globulins; ATI amylase-trypsin inhibitor; TIA trypsin inhibition activity