Weather Conditions Associated with the Release and Dispersal of Zymoseptoria tritici Spores in the Argentine Pampas Region

Table 8

Correlation matrix of the number of PRW, PV, and AV and weather variables in the first period (1998-1999).

		Mean values of PRW	Mean values of PV	Mean values of AV
	Mean of PRW	1.00		−0,17
	Mean of PV		1,00	−0,25
	Mean of AV	−0.17	−0,25	1,00
1	Rain. 3	−0.21	0,09	0,19
2	Rain. 7	0.09	0,28	0,23
3	Rain. 15	0.00	0,23	0,19
4	Rain. 30	0.13	0,15	0,13
5	Rain. 60	0.04	0.09	0.14
6	RH% 3	−0.01	0.04	−0.19
7	RH% 7	0.07	0.17	−0.19
8	RH% 15	0.06	0.12	−0.22
9	RH% 30	0.05	−0.14	−0.21
10	RH% 60	0.17	−0.19	−0.22
11	I.mm/h 3	−0.25	0.07	0.22
12	I.mm/h 7	−0.02	0.24	0.19
13	I.mm/h 15	−0.14	0.25	0.26
14	I.mm/h 30	−0.08	0.10	0.28
15	I.mm/h 60	−0.08	0.08	0.25
16	Rad. 3	0.28
17	Rad. 7	0.06		−0.24
18	Rad. 15	0.28
19	Rad. 30	0.28
20	Rad. 60
21	Temp. 3	0.21
22	Temp. 7	0.14
23	Temp. 15	0.24
24	Temp. 30	0.25
25	Temp. 60	0.19

are significant at ; Rain.: rainfall; Temp.: temperature; Rad.: radiation; I.mm/h: rain intensity in mm/h; RH%: relative humidity in %; AV: ascospores in Vaseline; PV: pycnidiospores in Vaseline; PRW: pycnidiospores in rain water; numbers from 1 to 5 rainfall (mm) at 3, 7, 15, 30, and 60; numbers 6 to 10 relative humidity (%) at the same interval; numbers 11 to 15 rain intensity (I.mm/h.) at the same interval; numbers 16 to 20 radiation (W/m²) at the same interval; numbers 21 to 25 temperature (°C) at the same interval.