Seasonal dynamics of fungal communities in soils in Panicum virgatum common garden experiment in Mississippi

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is conservation agriculture crop because of its broad geographical distribution and its potential high yields. We sampled fungi soils underneath four switchgrass cultivars planted at low and high densities in southeastern Mississippi and MiSeq-analyzed fungal (Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) of the ribosomal RNA repeat) metabarcode markers to evaluate fungal community seasonal dynamics as well as to analyze community responses to switchgrass cultivars and planting densities. These data contribute towards a better understanding of interactions among plants and their associated microbiomes as well as their seasonal dynamics.