highly significantP < 0.005
This trend was highly significant for the toxin genes of Rhs loci 1 and 2 (Spearman’s rank correlation ρ = −0.388, P < 0.005, and Spearman’s rank correlation ρ = −0.563, P < 0.001, respectively), although this trend was not observed for Rhs locus 3 (Spearman’s rank correlation ρ = 0.375, P = 0.034).