Research Article
Visual and Keeping Quality of Stored Bulb Onions as Affected by Harvest and Postharvest Treatments
Table 7
Pearson correlation between keeping and visual quality of stored bulbs.
| Variables | FW | | | | | | Residual weight (RW) | 0.987 | RW | | | | | Weight loss (WL) | −0.719 | −0.822 | WL | | | | Sprouting time (ST) | 0.441 | 0.525 | −0.702 | ST | | | Skin rots (SR) | −0.710 | −0.788 | 0.887 | −0.692 | SR | | Skin colour (SC) | 0.589 | 0.655 | −0.741 | 0.759 | −0.729 | SC | % marketable bulbs | 0.893 | 0.945 | −0.915 | 0.592 | −0.851 | 0.722 |
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All the values are different from 0 with a significance level of alpha = 0.05. FW = fresh weight.
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