Endophytic occurrence of Beauveria bassiana in maize and effects on various plant metrics

Beauveria bassiana is an insect pathogenic fungus that has also been found to grow within plant tissues (i.e., endophytically) of many important crops such as maize. However, the effect on plant growth metrics and the pattern of colonization within maize is not well characterized. This research used two strains of B. bassiana, GHA and MA20, and measured the capacity of these strains to grown endophytically in maize and the effects on growth of maize plants. These data include results from experiments measuring the presence versus absence of B. bassiana growing endophytically in roots, stem, and leaf tissue of maize, in addition to data on the abundance of B. bassiana in the growth substrate. This data set also contains results from experiments testing the effect of B. bassiana on the growth of maize plants through measurements of plant metrics, including height, basal stem diameter, and plant biomass. The data are presented across two csv. files.球孢白僵菌（Beauveria bassiana）是一种昆虫病原真菌，同时也被发现可在玉米等多种重要农作物的植物组织内以内生方式定殖。然而，目前学界对其对植物生长指标的影响以及在玉米体内的定殖模式尚缺乏充分阐明。本研究选用两株球孢白僵菌——GHA与MA20，测定了这两株菌株在玉米体内内生定殖的能力，及其对玉米植株生长的影响。本数据集包含两类实验结果：一类为检测球孢白僵菌在玉米根、茎及叶组织内是否存在的实验结果，同时还包含该菌在生长基质中的丰度数据；另一类为通过测定植株株高、基茎直径及植株生物量等生长指标，以探究球孢白僵菌对玉米植株生长影响的实验结果。相关数据以两个CSV文件的形式存储。