Table 4 Correlations matrix of characters related to (a) yield and cucumber fruits qualitative characteristics and (b) yield and carbohydrate content /chemical fertilizer components in cucumber fruits

(a)

Yeild

Fruit No

FW

Skin Th

Fruit D

Fmax

RDW

Cart fruit

Ant fruit

Chla

Chlb

Total

Yeild

1

Fruit No

.308^*

1

FW

- .89

-.285^*

1

Skin Th

.463^*

.167

-.01

1

Fruit D

-.577^*

-.413^*

.227

-.305

1

Fmax

.33^*

-.182

.06

.30^*

-.103

1

RDW

.076

-.012

-.102

.125

-.03

.101

1

Cart fruit

-.025

.051

-.198

-.434

.134

.082

- .03

1

Ants fruit

.310^*

.127

-.003

.049

-.24

.195

.015

-.252

1

Chla

.187

.056

.096

.12

.057

.133

.278^*

.272^*

.019

1

Chlb

.065

.174

.011

-.09

-.04

-.027

.050

.330

-.026

.775^**

1

Total

.231

.035

.136

.415^**

.012

.209

.330^*

.254

.060

.961^**

.722^**

1

(b)

Yeild

Fruit No

FW

Skin D

Fruit D

Fmax

RDW

NO₃

P₃O₄

K

Suc

Glu

Fru

NO3

.025

.279

-.128

.392^**

-.08

-.164

-.06

1

P3O4

-.391^**

-.07

-.085

.076

.159

.137

-.11

.32^*

1

K

-.42^**

-.105

-.119

.056

.191

.182

-.079

.277

.628^**

1

Suc

.044

-.419^*

.793^**

.184

.075

-.224

-.165

.114

-.372

-.398

1

Glu

-.195

-.325

.539^**

.048

.188

-.488^**

-.007

-.109

-.524^**

-.400^**

.768^**

1

Fru

-.016

-.244

.573^**

.268

.109

-.445^*

-.126

-.033

-.566^**

-.516^**

.802^**

.905^**

1