Impact of climate on a host-hyperparasite interaction on Arabica coffee in its native range

Natural enemies of plant pathogens might play an important role in controlling plant disease levels in natural and agricultural systems. Yet, plant pathogen-natural enemy interactions might be sensitive to climatic changes. Understanding the relationship between climate, plant pathogens, and their natural enemies is thus important for developing climate-resilient, sustainable agriculture.
To this aim, we recorded shade cover, daily minimum and maximum temperature, relative humidity, coffee leaf rust, and its hyperparasite at 58 sites in southwestern Ethiopia during the dry and wet season for two years. 
Coffee leaf rust severity was positively related to the maximum temperature. Hyperparasite severity was higher when the minimum temperature was low (i.e. in places with cold night temperatures). While canopy cover did not have a direct effect on rust severity, it reduced rust severity indirectly by lowering the maximum temperature. Canopy cover had a direct positive effect on the hyperpa..., Usage Notes
These datasets were collected in Gomma and Gera districts in southwestern Ethiopia at 58 sites during the dry and rainy seasons (2018–2020). 
Details for each dataset are provided in the README file.
Datasets included:
1) Microclimate variables

Average daily minimum temperature (°C):  for each year was calculated by averaging the minimum temperature for both the dry (November to February) and rainy (April to July) seasons. 
Average daily maximum temperature (°C): for each year was calculated by averaging the maximum temperature for both the dry (November to February) and rainy (April to July) seasons.
Monthly average of the daily mean relative humidity (%): for each year was calculated by averaging the relative humidity for both the dry (November to February) and rainy (April to July) seasons. 

2) Coffee leaf rust and its hyperparasite

Coffee leaf rust severity (%): the percentage of rust on a per-leaf basis of all leaves for both the dry and rainy seasons.
Hyperparasite-..., , # Impact of climate on a host-hyperparasite interaction on Arabica coffee in its native range

GENERAL INFORMATION

1\. Title of Dataset: Impact of climate on a host-hyperparasite interaction on Arabica coffee in its native range
Ayalew, Biruk; Hylander, Kristoffer; Adugna, Girma; Zewdie, Beyene; Tack J.M, Ayco

2\. Date of data collection: 2018–2020

3\. Geographic location of data collection: Gomma and Gera districts, southwestern Ethiopia

4\. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Swedish Research Council (2019-04493) and Bolin Centre for Climate Research

SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1\. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain

2\. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: None

3\. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: None

4\. Was the data derived from another source? No

5\. Recommended citation for this dataset:

Ayalew, B., Hylander, K., Adugna, G., Zewdie, B., & Tac...