Table 1 Pearson’s correlation coefficients between the variables under zinc-deficient soil conditions.

	Photo	Trans	Cond	SOD	CAT	POD	TSP	CHLA	CHLB	TCHL	ZR	ZSH	ZS	PS	PSH
Photo	1	0.65	0.95**	0.81*	0.752	0.64	0.81*	0.46	0.69	0.80*	0.77	0.777	0.84*	0.80*	0.712
Trans		1	0.78	0.92*	0.94**	0.96**	0.94**	0.80*	0.75	0.80	0.93*	0.86*	0.84*	0.93*	0.92*
Cond			1	0.82*	0.79	0.70	0.84*	0.50	0.60	0.76	0.79	0.78	0.79	0.85*	0.74
SOD				1	0.98**	0.96**	0.99**	0.82*	0.92*	0.93**	0.99**	0.93*	0.97**	0.99**	0.96**
CAT					1	0.96**	0.98**	0.88*	0.90*	0.87*	0.98**	0.88*	0.93**	0.98**	0.94**
POD						1	0.96**	0.82*	0.88*	0.89*	0.98**	0.92*	0.92*	0.96**	0.98**
TSP							1	0.79	0.89*	0.93**	0.99**	0.94**	0.97**	0.99**	0.97**
CHLA								1	0.80	0.60	0.79	0.58	0.71	0.79	0.73
CHLB									1	0.91*	0.92*	0.85*	0.95**	0.90*	0.89*
TCHL										1	0.95**	0.98**	0.98**	0.94**	0.95**
ZR											1	0.95**	0.97**	0.99**	0.98**
ZSH												1	0.95**	0.94**	0.97**
ZS													1	0.97**	0.95**
PS														1	0.96**
PSH															1

**Highly significant (p < 0.01), *significant (p < 0.05). Photo, photosynthetic rate; Trans, transpiration rate; Cond, stomatal conductance; SOD, superoxide dismutase; CAT, catalase; POD, peroxidase; TSP, total soluble protein; CHLA, chlorophyll a; CHLB, chlorophyll b; TCHL, total chlorophyll; ZR, zinc in roots; ZSH, zinc in shoot; ZS, zinc in soil; PS, phosphorus in soil; PSH, phosphorus in shoot.

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