Table 6.
Cor relation coefficient between physicochemical and sensory proper ties of impor ted Valencia oranges

Factor1) Fruit Juice
Color Sweet taste Sour taste Overall accept Color Sweet taste Sour taste Overall accept
Weight 0.8931 0.6270 0.8730 0.8712 0.9731 0.6280 0.7472 0.8690
Juice yield -0.0144 0.4005 0.0284 0.0322 -0.2458 0.3994 0.2434 0.0365
Fruit a* value -0.1276 -0.5265 -0.1700 -0.1737 0.1058 -0.5254 -0.3786 -0.1780
Fruit b* value 0.2328 -0.1903 0.1910 0.1873 0.4519 -0.1891 -0.0253 0.1830
Flesh a* value 0.0171 0.4291 0.0598 0.0636 -0.2152 0.4280 0.2738 0.0680
Flesh b* value -0.9288 -0.6923 -0.9121 -0.9105 -0.9894 -0.6932 -0.8021 -0.9087
pH 0.8404 0.5410 0.8165 0.8143 0.9432 0.5420 0.6726 0.8117
TSS 1.0000 0.9118 0.9992 0.9991 0.9720 0.9123 0.9672 0.9989
TA -0.9505 -0.7368 -0.9363 -0.9350 -0.9966 -0.7377 -0.8385 -0.9334
TSS/TA 0.9605 0.7594 0.9477 0.9465 0.9988 0.7602 0.8565 0.9451
RSC 0.9954 0.9459 0.9986 0.9988 0.9460 0.9463 0.9865 0.9990
Vt. C 0.6388 0.2634 0.6053 0.6023 0.7998 0.2646 0.4193 0.5988
TPC -0.9988 -0.8890 -0.9958 -0.9954 -0.9830 -0.8896 -0.9525 -0.9950
DPPH 0.5905 0.2038 0.5554 0.5523 0.7615 0.2050 0.3629 0.5486
ABTS 0.6612 0.2917 0.6285 0.6255 0.8171 0.2928 0.4458 0.6221
TSS: Total soluble solid; TA: Total acidity; RSC: Reducing sugar content; TPC: Total phenolics content; DPPH: DPPH radical scavenging ability; ABTS: ABTS radical scavenging ability.