Table 3 The characteristics associated with fruit-related traits in pomegranate genotypes as revealed using MRA and coefficients.

Dependent character	Independent character	r	r²	β	t value	p value
Fruit weight	Fruit diameter	.967a	0.93	0.66	6.01	0.00*
Fruit weight	Fruit length	.972b	0.95	0.32	2.95	0.01*
Fruit peel weight	Fruit weight	.917a	0.84	0.92	22.48	0.00*
	Fruit calyx length	.938b	0.88	0.20	5.39	0.00*
	Fruit peel thickness	.953c	0.91	0.12	3.11	0.00*
	Aril width	.962d	0.93	− 0.20	− 4.76	0.00
	Seed width	.967e	0.94	0.16	3.64	0.00
	Total soluble solids	.973f	0.95	− 0.11	− 2.78	0.01
	Fruit calyx diameter	0.976 g	0.95	− 0.09	− 2.23	0.03
100-aril fresh weight	Aril length	.686a	0.47	0.53	6.44	0.00*
	Total soluble solids	.807b	0.65	0.33	4.41	0.00*
	Aril width	.867c	0.75	0.40	4.77	0.00*
	Thorn length on annual shoot	.888d	0.79	− 0.20	− 2.67	0.01
Seed length	Seed width	.502a	0.25	0.36	2.60	0.01*
Seed length	Fruit calyx diameter	.578b	0.33	0.32	2.33	0.02*
Seed width	Aril width	.596a	0.36	0.35	2.96	0.01*
Seed width	Sepal length	.649b	0.42	0.27	2.20	0.03*
Total soluble solids	100-aril fresh weight	.353a	0.12	0.80	4.77	0.00*
Total soluble solids	Aril length	.589b	0.35	− 0.65	− 3.88	0.00

*Multiple regression analysis correlations supported by the correlation matrix analysis.

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