Research Article

Elemental and Proximate Compositions of Sesame Seeds and the Underlying Soil from Tsegede, Ethiopia

Table 8

Pearson correlation coefficients between the elemental compositions of sesame seeds and soil.

Sesame compositionSoil composition
ZnFeCuCaMg

Mg−0.93592−0.99959−0.61262−0.440880.015207
Ca−0.090310.2936970.924958−0.74779−0.96784
Fe−0.54498−0.186740.640377−0.97131−0.97329
Cu−0.81029−0.527890.320935−0.9918−0.82538
Zn0.3846030.7056210.995459−0.35182−0.73881