Quinoa-Associated Fungal DNA Sequences from Colorado Fields, 9.8 MB

Fungal DNA sequences from quinoa stems and rhizosphere soils across six site-year combinations in Colorado. The data includes 18 isolated stem endophytes and 23 core amplicon sequence variants, used to analyze community patterns related to stem-boring fly abundance. The dataset was uploaded by Neha Panwar and last updated on 2026-05-08.

Use Cases

• Identify fungal taxa correlated with high or low pest pressure based on indicator and differential-abundance analyses mentioned in the description.
• Study the relationship between soil fungal alpha diversity (richness, Shannon) and insect abundance as described.
• Analyze beta-diversity clustering of fungal communities by site and year as reported.
• Investigate candidate entomopathogenic or pathogenic fungi for microbiome-informed pest management strategies.

Strengths

• Data spans six distinct site-year combinations, allowing for spatial and temporal analysis.
• Includes results from both culture-based isolation (18 stem endophytes) and amplicon-based profiling (23 core sequence variants).
• Specific fungal genera (e.g., Fusarium, Alternaria, Plectosphaerella) and their relative abundances are identified.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is stored in AB1 format, which may require specific bioinformatics tools for analysis.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Culture-based isolation from stems and amplicon-based profiling of rhizosphere soils.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 15:21:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colorado, USA