Table 2 Moran’s I Spatial autocorrelation analysis for soybean yield and quality parameters across the major US soybean producing regions.

From: Spatial Characterization of Soybean Yield and Quality (Amino Acids, Oil, and Protein) for United States

Amino acid

Observed

Expected

Deviation

P value

Arginine

0.0938

−0.00546

0.0107

0.00

Cysteine

0.0041

−0.00546

0.0105

0.36

Isoleucine

0.0127

−0.00546

0.0107

0.09

Leucine

0.0515

−0.00546

0.0107

<0.001

Lysine

0.0693

−0.00546

0.0107

<0.001

Methionine

0.0418

−0.00546

0.0108

<0.001

Threonine

0.0989

−0.00546

0.0107

0.00

Tryptophan

0.0982

−0.00546

0.0107

0.00

Valine

0.0202

−0.00546

0.0107

0.016

Sum of AA’s

0.0841

−0.00552

0.0108

<0.001

Protein

0.0836

−0.00552

0.0107

0.00

Oil

0.0952

−0.00552

0.0107

0.00

Oil + Protein

0.1966

−0.00552

0.0107

0.00

Yield

0.1232

−0.00561

0.0112

0.00

  1. The null hypothesis of no spatial correlation is rejected for P values less than 0.05.