Rhizosphere Microbiome Data from Field-Grown Sugarcane Treated with Pesticide-Fertilizer

Weijuan Huang from the Sugarcane Research Center conducted a field trial in Zhanjiang, China, to study the impact of clothianidin pesticide and organic fertilizer combinations on the sugarcane rhizosphere microbiome. The dataset includes bulk soil and rhizosphere samples collected three weeks after planting, analyzed via 16S rRNA and ITS1 gene amplicon sequencing. Findings show the pesticide-fertilizer combination increased bacterial diversity and abundance of beneficial genera like Bacillus compared to controls.

Use Cases

• Modeling microbial community diversity based on treatment groups described in the study.
• Analyzing the abundance of specific bacterial genera (e.g., Bacillus, Sphingomonas) in response to agricultural inputs.
• Investigating functional shifts in soil microbiomes under different pesticide-fertilizer regimes.
• Comparing bacterial and fungal composition changes at different taxonomic levels between treatments.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a controlled field trial with specific treatments (clothianidin pesticide, organic fertilizer, combinations).
• Analysis includes both bacterial (16S rRNA) and fungal (ITS1) amplicon sequencing for a broader microbial profile.
• Study identifies specific beneficial bacterial genera (Bacillus, Paenibacillus, Brevibacillus) whose abundance was highly improved.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single field site in Zhanjiang, China.

Provenance

Source

Sugarcane Research Center

Collection Method

Field trial with soil sampling and amplicon sequencing.

Time Range

Samples collected 3 weeks after planting.

Geography

Zhanjiang city, Guangdong Province, China.