Foliar Endophytic Fungi in Goji Leaves Across Three Growth Stages

High-throughput amplicon sequencing data reveals dynamic changes in foliar endophytic fungal communities in Lycium barbarum (Goji) leaves. The dataset, authored by Jingyang Yang and last updated in June 2026, compares communities in young, mature, and old leaves, measuring diversity, richness, and specific amplicon sequence variants (ASVs). It includes environmental correlates like leaf transpiration rate and nitrogen content.

Use Cases

• Modeling fungal community succession based on leaf growth stage mentioned in the description
• Analyzing co-occurrence network complexity based on the described simplification with leaf age
• Predicting functional shifts towards plant pathogens based on the described function prediction results
• Correlating fungal community structure with environmental factors like leaf transpiration and nitrogen content described in the study

Strengths

• Data covers three distinct biological stages (young, mature, old leaves) for temporal comparison.
• Analysis includes multiple correlated environmental factors (e.g., leaf transpiration rate, net photosynthetic rate, nitrogen content).
• Community metrics are reported, including diversity, evenness, richness, and amplicon sequence variants (ASVs).
• Functional prediction of potential plant pathogens is included, as stated in the description.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (117.0 KB), indicating a limited scope of data.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

High-throughput amplicon sequencing of foliar endophytic fungi.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:42:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Northwest China, where Lycium barbarum is widely distributed.