Table 2 Presents the absolute value of the pearson correlation coefficient (R) between moisture (PMC and LMC) with Tc and the vegetation index by treatment.

From: Novel indices and multi-source data fusion for monitoring plant moisture stress in winter wheat fields

Moisture type

Index type

W0

W1

W2

W3

W4

Z

Number of

samples

PMC

RSI

RSI2 0.95***

RSI11 0.96***

RSI7 0.94***

RSI11 0.96***

RSI7 0.98***

RSI2 0.96***

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NDSI

NDSI1 0.95***

NDSI14 0.96***

NDSI14 0.93***

NDVI14 0.96***

NDSI14 0.96***

NDSI10 0.96***

24

Published

WI 0.97***

NDVI 0.96***

NDVI 0.94***

WI 0.96***

WI 0.98***

SRWI 0.96***

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Tc

0.83***

0.74***

0.75***

0.78***

0.80***

0.81***

24

LMC

RSI

RSI9 0.79***

RSI8 0.82***

RSI9 0.87***

RSI9 0.77***

RSI9 0.76***

RSI9 0.80***

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NDSI

NDSI14 0.79***

NDSI14 0.75***

NDSI14 0.80***

NDSI14 0.69***

NDSI6 0.73***

NDSI1 0.79***

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Published

NDWI 0.80***

SRWI 0.75***

SRWI 0.81***

SRWI 0.70***

SRWI 0.72***

SRWI 0.80***

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Tc

0.55**

0.45*

0.56**

0.23ns

0.52**

0.19ns

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  1. Note: ns is not significant at p < 0.05, * is significant at p < 0.05, ** is significant at p < 0.01, *** is significant at p < 0.001. W0, W1, W2, W3, W4, and Z are irrigation treatments.