Drivers of conservation and utilization of pineapple genetic resources in Benin

Table 6 Correlation matrix of preference criteria

	arom	clri	capr	size	nbrj	yield	clrm	ffor	cons	comv
tast	0.30**	-0.09	0.75**	-0.71**	0.69**	-0.67**	0.13	0.42**	-0.58**	-0.37**
arom		0.05	0.30**	-0.25**	0.18**	-0.17*	0.21**	0.23**	-0.16*	-0.10
clri			-0.05	0.20**	-0.08	0.37**	0.32**	0.01	0.10	0.12**
capr				-0.63**	0.68**	-0.62**	0.15*	0.32**	0.58**	-0.43**
size					-0.70**	0.80**	-0.08	-0.30**	0.69**	0.47**
nbrj						-0.62**	0.04	0.29**	0.66**	-0.42**
yield							0.37**	-0.32**	-0.62**	0.51**
clrm								0.30**	0.00	0.06
ffor									0.23**	0.06
cons										0.54**

*significant, **highly significant.
Fruit size (size), fruit form (ffor), fruit weight (yield), fruit shelf life (cons), fruit commercial value (comv), flesh colour (clri), mature skin colour (clrm), fruit aroma (arom), consumer’s appreciation (capr), fruit taste (tast), number of propagules (nbrj).