The mechanisms and prediction of non-structural carbohydrates accretion and depletion after mechanical wounding in slash pine (Pinus elliottii) using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Table 1 Correlation matrix describing relationships among NSC, starch and free sugars in plant tissues of resin tapping slash pine trees

		Glucose	Sucrose	Fructose	Starch
Trunk phloem	Sucrose	0.13
	Fructose	0.96	0.14
	Starch	− 0.48	0.01	− 0.48
	NSC	− 0.06	0.08	− 0.06	0.9
Newly branch	Sucrose	0.42
	Fructose	0.85	0.34
	Starch	0.23	0.23	0.11
	NSC	0.45	0.31	0.34	0.97
Newly needle	Sucrose	–
	Fructose	0.91	–
	Starch	0.42	–	0.52
	NSC	0.71	–	0.79	0.93
1 yr branch	Sucrose	− 0.06
	Fructose	0.9	− 0.13
	Starch	− 0.18	− 0.03	− 0.29
	NSC	0.01	− 0.07	− 0.1	0.98
1 yr needle	Sucrose	–
	Fructose	0.95	–
	Starch	− 0.12	–	− 0.13
	NSC	0.64	–	0.64	0.67
Root	Sucrose	–
	Fructose	0.85	–
	Starch	0.03	–	0.01
	NSC	0.12	–	0.1	0.98

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