Research Article
Proximate and Nutritional Composition of Stored Bulb Onions as Affected by Harvest and Postharvest Treatments
Table 6
Pearson’s correlation matrix between nutritional variables in stored bulb onions.
| | Variables | MC | | | | | | | | |
| | Weight loss | −0.703 | Weight loss | | | | | | | | | Protein | 0.681 | −0.663 | Protein | | | | | | | | Vitamin C | 0.856 | −0.880 | 0.724 | Vitamin C | | | | | | | Zn | 0.191 | −0.363 | 0.177 | 0.316 | Zn | | | | | | P | −0.163 | −0.496 | 0.215 | 0.252 | 0.213 | P | | | | | K | 0.833 | −0.502 | 0.496 | 0.631 | 0.107 | −0.264 | K | | | | Ca | 0.600 | −0.559 | 0.428 | 0.547 | 0.201 | 0.177 | 0.573 | Ca | | | Fe | 0.479 | −0.286 | 0.338 | 0.450 | −0.007 | −0.110 | 0.447 | 0.199 | Fe | | Na | −0.678 | 0.831 | −0.796 | −0.829 | −0.274 | −0.425 | −0.446 | −0.468 | −0.329 |
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Values in bold are different from 0 with a significance level alpha = 0.05. Moisture content. |