Genetic diversity of macauba from natural populations of Brazil

BMC Research Notes

Table 4 Pearson correlation between the physical traits fruits and oil content observed in 35 genotypes macauba

Character^a	EPI	MES	AME	END	OMES	OAME	REND
PFI	−0.21^ns	0.56**	−0.31^ns	−0.47**	−0.24^ns	−0.13^ns	−0.05^ns
EPI		−0.57**	−0.17^ns	−0.20^ns	0.35*	0.49**	0.16^ns
MES			−0.56**	−0.65**	−0.48**	−0.50**	−0.16^ns
AME				0.72**	0.06^ns	0.19^ns	−0.04^ns
END					0.26^ns	0.11^ns	0.02^ns
OL-MES						0.42*	0.89**
OL-AME							0.30^ns
REND

ns Not significant
**^,* Significant at 1 and 5 % probability by t test
^aweight of whole fruit (PFI) and percentage of epicarp (EPI), mesocarp (MES), kernel (AME) and endocarp (END) by weight of fruit, mesocarp oil content (dry basis) (OMES), kernel oil content (dry basis) (OAME) and oil yield (wet basis) (REND)

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