Table 5.

The correlation between the pH, total soluble solids (TSS), water activity (a_w), and moisture content (MC) of the stored date fruits and the electrical parameters at various frequencies.

		Cs	Rs	D	Cp	Rp	Lp	Ls	R	X	DCR	Z	ϴ	ϴ°	Q
pH	10	−0.063	−0.120 **	0.375 **	−0.144 **	−0.140 **	00.054	0.307 **	−0.125 **	−0.087 *	−0.133 **	−0.123 **	0.423 **	0.427 **	−0.406 **
	100	−0.223 **	−0.082 *	0.722 **	0.461 **	−0.086 *	−0.222 **	00.062	−0.082 *	0.128 **	−0.126 **	−0.075 *	0.483 **	0.496 **	0.129 **
	1000	−0.280 **	−00.063	0.420 **	0.498 **	−0.077 *	−0.167 **	0.234 **	−00.062	00.047	−0.125 **	−00.067	0.306 **	0.350 **	−0.304 **
	10,000	−0.383 **	00.061	0.235 **	0.540 **	−00.042	−00.051	00.026	00.065	0.154 **	−0.120 **	−00.069	0.281 **	0.265 **	−0.223 **
	100,000	−0.454 **	0.325 **	0.176 **	0.559 **	0.111 **	0.027	0.030	0.374 **	−0.170 **	−0.069	0.237 **	0.059	0.076 *	−0.104 **
TSS	10	0.236 **	−0.307 **	−0.589 **	0.378 **	−0.302 **	−0.193 **	0.078 *	−0.322 **	−0.200 **	−0.305 **	−0.325 **	−0.621 **	−0.623 **	0.591 **
	100	0.231 **	−0.347 **	−0.189 **	0.292 **	−0.346 **	0.425 **	0.077 *	−0.349 **	−00.021	−0.321 **	−0.351 **	−0.433 **	−0.433 **	−0.220 **
	1000	0.395 **	−0.368 **	−0.153 **	0.229 **	−0.362 **	0.439 **	0.279 **	−0.369 **	00.011	−0.324 **	−0.366 **	−0.337 **	−0.360 **	0.339 **
	10,000	0.249 **	−0.410 **	−0.285 **	0.204 **	−0.366 **	0.250 **	0.120 **	−0.414 **	0.292 **	−0.328 **	−0.361 **	−0.435 **	−0.430 **	0.429 **
	100,000	0.618 **	−0.658 **	−0.116 **	0.172 **	−0.421 **	0.110 **	0.117 **	−0.665 **	0.444 **	−0.334 **	−0.542 **	−0.071 *	−0.080 *	0.007
MC	10	−0.160 **	−0.500 **	−0.293 **	0.102 **	−0.487 **	−0.225 **	0.270 **	−0.493 **	0.178 **	−0.465 **	−0.487 **	−0.504 **	−0.507 **	0.489 **
	100	−0.078 *	−0.492 **	−0.400 **	−00.028	−0.489 **	00.068	0.408 **	−0.488 **	0.402 **	−0.466 **	−0.491 **	−0.440 **	−0.434 **	−0.018
	1000	0.049	−0.497 **	−0.370 **	−00.038	−0.492 **	0.495 **	0.448 **	−0.501 **	0.434 **	−0.477 **	−0.500 **	−0.415 **	−0.446 **	0.413 **
	10,000	0.092 **	−0.492 **	−0.233 **	−00.056	−0.497 **	0.153 **	00.022	−0.497 **	0.484 **	−0.479 **	−0.511 **	−0.234 **	−0.224 **	0.244 **
	100,000	0.367 **	−0.366 **	−0.109 **	−0.080 *	−0.500 **	0.020	0.025	−0.395 **	0.469 **	−0.479 **	−0.475 **	0.120 **	0.115 **	−0.213 **
aw	10	0.186 **	−0.258 **	−0.644 **	0.268 **	−0.255 **	−0.159 **	−0.088 *	−0.265 **	−00.039	−0.244 **	−0.270 **	−0.643 **	−0.637 **	0.623 **
	100	0.164 **	−0.310 **	−0.403 **	−0.004	−0.309 **	0.070	0.071 *	−0.311 **	00.010	−0.254 **	−0.302 **	−0.574 **	−0.575 **	−0.153 **
	1000	0.292 **	−0.322 **	−0.290 **	−0.030	−0.319 **	0.487 **	0.168 **	−0.324 **	0.082 *	−0.249 **	−0.320 **	−0.524 **	−0.484 **	0.510 **
	10,000	0.299 **	−0.438 **	−0.224 **	−0.064	−0.350 **	0.324 **	0.174 **	−0.441 **	0.217 **	−0.252 **	−0.329 **	−0.378 **	−0.399 **	0.437 **
	100,000	0.610 **	−0.689 **	0.086 *	−0.096 **	−0.427 **	0.174 **	0.177 **	−0.616 **	0.513 **	−0.254 **	−0.568 **	0.076 *	0.089 *	−0.120 **

* The correlation is significant at the 0.05 level. ** The correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).