Table 8 Correlation between elements in varietal types of teff samples and discriminant functions
Element | Ca | Fe | Mn | Zn | Mg | Na | Ni | K | Co | Cr | Cu | Cd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Function | 1 | − 0.53 | − 0.3 | − 0.19 | − 0.19 | − 0.16 | − 0.01 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
2 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 0.33 | − 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.06 | − 0.07 | 0.02 | − 0.07 | 0 | − 0.02 | − 0.1 | |
3 | 0 | − 0.5 | − 0.01 | − 0.04 | − 0.14 | 0.64 | − 0.13 | 0.54 | − 0.07 | − 0.12 | 0.08 | − 0.07 | |