Sorghum rhizosphere CTRL vegetative replicate 1
This study investigates how fertilization and plant developmental stages influence fungal community composition in the sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) rhizosphere. Rhizosphere soil samples were collected at three growth stagesvegetative, reproductive transition, and maturityunder three fertilization treatments (NPK, Organic, Control), with five biological replicates per treatment-stage combination excluding control at maturity. Fungal ITS1ITS2 regions were amplified from extracted soil DNA and sequenced on an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 platform (2250 bp).