Leaf age structures phyllosphere microbial communities in a natural field environment and a controlled greenhouse setting
Assessing age-related changes in the fungal tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum) microbiome. These samples were collected from the field in Durham, North Carolina in October of 2019. Leaf "age" in the metadata is coded as "1", "2", and "3", which represent relative leaf ages. "1" is the oldest leaf, "2" is the middle leaf, and "3" is the youngest leaf.