PRJNA731069
Lowbush Blueberry Fungicide Trial Raw sequence reads
The objective of this study was to assess the effects of two fungicides, prothioconazole and chlorothalonil, on the soil microbiome in order to understand their effects on soil health, plant-microbe symbiosis, and microbial ecosystem services in the lowbush blueberry agroecosystem. Given that lowbush blueberries are a perennial crop grown from managed wild populations, fungicides are an integral aspect of combatting disease pressure. As the health of the soil microbiome is intertwined with that of plant health, it is important to understand the effects that pesticide compounds have on the microbial community. This data consists of fungal ITS2 and bacterial 16S reads isolated from soil taken from lowbush blueberry plots treated with the two study fungicides as well as untreated control plots. These reads have been analyzed to determine the effects of the two study fungicides on microbial species richness, community structure, and relative abundances of microbial taxa. Additionally, the 16S data has been used to predict bacterial function in order to assess whether or not changes to the functional potential of the bacterial community occurred as a result of fungicide intervention.