Fusarium abundance and diversity and Alternaria abundance on weeds and wheat ears in transitions zones between kettle hole edge and field and field edge and field.

Fields with maize before winter wheat were selected to quantify the Fusarium and Alternaria infection on arable weeds at the edges of 10 different kettle holes and at 6 different field edges in July of 2019 and 2020. At each field margin and kettle hole, 3 different arable weeds (the most frequent ones) were selected and sampled for further analyses. Fusarium species were determined by culture-dependent methods from 10 weed pieces from each plant sample. Also, DNA was extracted from the dried and ground weed samples, and the abundance of Fusarium and Alternaria was determined by qPCR. Furthermore, the Fusarium and Alternaria infection on wheat ears in the transition zones between kettle hole edge and field and field edge and field in July 2019 and 2020 were determined. 10 different kettle holes and 6 different field edges each year were selected and transects were build up into the field (up to 50m). Fusarium and Alternaria abundance in the transition zones were analyzed by qPCR with extracted DNA out of dried and ground samples. Furthermore, Fusarium species diversity was analyzed by culture-dependent methods using kernels of the wheat ears collected at each sampling point.This table contains the index of all tables forming this data collection.

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