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Table 4.

Pearson linear and Spearman rank correlation coefficients between DON, D3G and damage kernel for regions.

Year	Variables	GC-DON	LC-DON	D3G	Damage
		Linear correlation
2011	GC-DON	-	0.99 ***	0.91 ***	0.91 ***
	LC-DON	0.99 ***	-	0.91 ***	0.91 ***
	D3G	0.94 ***	0.92 ***	-	0.74 **
	Damage	0.89 ***	0.89 ***	0.87 ***	-
		Rank correlation
		Linear correlation
2012	GC-DON	-	1.00 ***	0.83 ***	0.79 ***
	LC-DON	0.99 ***	-	0.83 ***	0.79 ***
	D3G	0.41^NS	0.37^NS	-	0.60 *
	Damage	0.72 **	0.69 **	0.28^NS	-
		Rank correlation

Notes: *, **, and *** means correlation coefficient is significant at p ˂ 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively. NS: Not significant (p ≥ 0.05).