Table 5.

Coefficients for discriminant variables in each canonical function (F1) used to classify the DON contamination (N = 625 samples) based on the mechanistic model output using Fusarium head blight (FHB)-tox, ResisL, and GArea as discriminant variables.

Discriminant Variables	Canonical Coefficient 1	Standardised Canonical Coefficient 2	Correlation Coefficient 3
GArea	1.837	0.905	0.837 *
ResisL	0.724	0.555	0.442
FHB-tox	0.075	0.073	−0.043
Constant	−4.429	-	-

¹ Coefficients of the discriminant function. The discriminant function takes the form: F = a + b1 × GArea + b2 × ResisL + b3 × FHB-tox, where a is the constant, and bn are the canonical coefficients. ² The standardized canonical coefficient is an indicator of the weight of each variable in the discriminant function. ³ The correlation coefficient indicates the discriminant power of each variable in each function. * indicates the largest absolute correlation between each variable and any discriminant function. Variables with correlation coefficient ≥0.3 are interpreted as important.