Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficient (r) between some growth, physiological and biochemical parameters of pepper plants. Each square indicates the Pearson’s correlation coefficient of a pair of parameters

1.000

0.958^b

1.000

0.926^b

0.953^b

1.000

0.921^b

0.982^b

0.969^b

1.000

0.920^b

0.966^b

0.967^b

0.980^b

1.000

0.910^b

0.985^b

0.938^b

0.986^b

0.979^b

1.000

0.937^b

0.827^b

0.752^b

0.740^b

0.762^b

0.754^b

1.000

0.821^b

0.731^b

0.588^a

0.632^a

0.685^b

0.692^b

0.934^b

1.000

− 0.824^b

− 0.803^b

− 0.822^b

− 0.834^b

− 0.869^b

− 0.836^b

− 0.725^b

− 0.660^a

1.000

− 0.736^b

− 0.789^b

− 0.858^b

− 0.876^b

− 0.899^b

− 0.847^b

− 0.521^a

− 0.445^a

0.909^b

1.000

0.983^b

0.943^b

0.923^b

0.920^b

0.937^b

0.905^b

0.910^b

0.822^b

− 0.814^b

− 0.774^b

1.000

0.264

0.095

− 0.051

0.030

0.081

0.084

0.490^a

0.651^a

− 0.387

− 0.087

0.263

1.000

− 0.805^b

− 0.819^b

− 0.870^b

− 0.874^b

− 0.925^b

− 0.866^b

− 0.653^a

− 0.599^a

0.960^b

0.974^b

− 0.838^b

− 0.225

1.000