Fungal Community and Pest Abundance Data from Quinoa Fields in Colorado

18 stem endophytes and 23 core soil fungal amplicon sequence variants were characterized across six site-year combinations in Colorado. The dataset relates fungal community diversity and composition to the abundance of the stem-boring pest Amauromyza karli Hendel. It was authored by Neha Panwar and last updated on April 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling pest abundance based on soil fungal richness and Shannon diversity metrics mentioned in the description.
• Identifying fungal taxa as potential biocontrol agents based on indicator and differential-abundance analyses described.
• Analyzing site-year effects on fungal community alpha and beta diversity as reported in the results.
• Investigating correlations between pathogenic/entomopathogenic fungi and larval pest pressure discussed in the findings.

Strengths

• Data covers six distinct site-year combinations, providing environmental replication.
• Includes both culture-based isolation (18 endophytes) and amplicon sequencing (23 core ASVs) data.
• Explicitly links fungal community metrics to a quantified pest abundance.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 12.7 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

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

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 05:46:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colorado, USA