Table 2. Pearson correlation coefficient (r) matrices among the responses of fruit quality attributes in ‘Formosa' plums treated with AVG (75 mg/L) during ambient temperature storage
| Lightness | Yellowness | Flesh firmness | TA | Ethylene production | Redness |
| Control |
SSC | -0.157 | -0.114 | -0.267*1) | 0.122 | 0.059 | -0.250* |
Lightness | | 0.788** | 0.837** | 0.699** | -0.626** | 0.030 |
Yellowness | | | 0.690** | 0.588** | -0.700** | -0.197 |
Flesh firmness | | | | 0.683** | -0.718** | 0.053 |
TA | | | | | -0.695** | -0.071 |
Ethylene production | | | | | | -0.188 |
| AVG (10DBH2) |
SSC | 0.497** | 0.350** | 0.526** | 0.575** | -0.151 | -0.599** |
Lightness | | 0.729** | 0.570** | 0.406** | -0.508* | -0.582** |
Yellowness | | | 0.502** | 0.303* | -0.479* | -0.451** |
Flesh firmness | | | | 0.481** | -0.563** | -0.356** |
TA | | | | | -0.104 | -0.498** |
Ethylene production | | | | | | 0.248 |
| AVG (5DBH) |
SSC | 0.452** | 0.392** | 0.491** | 0.453** | -0.477* | -0.563** |
Lightness | | 0.938** | 0.500** | 0.413** | -0.066 | -0.796** |
Yellowness | | | 0.484** | 0.348** | -0.046 | -0.656** |
Flesh firmness | | | | 0.368** | -0.265 | -0.494** |
TA | | | | | -0.062 | -0.480** |
Ethylene production | | | | | | 0.285 |
1)Asterisks (*or**) indicate statistically significant correlations at p<0.05 or 0.01, respectively.
2)DBH: days before harvest date, which was 19 July, 2016.