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Dataset title:
Scoring data Alternaria solani and plant performance data three wild Solanum species

Dataset identifier:
https://doi.org/10.5878/t350-qh54

Creators:
Åsa Lankinen, Christian B. Andersen, Hadis Mostafanezhad, Chiara De Pasqua1, Veronica Hederström, Linnea J. Stridh, Erland Liljeroth, Laura Grenville-Briggs

Responsible organization:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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Description: 
Scoring data Alternaria solani and plant performance data three wild Solanum species from greenhouse and field trials.

License: 
CC0

Essential information for dataset reuse.
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Publication in Potato Research, Lankinen et al. 2025. 


Dataset organization
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The data set contains six data files, including scoring data Alternaria solani from two greenhouse experiments and from one field trial, and plant performance data from two greenhouse experiments and from one field trial.  

Datafile descriptions
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Scoring_data_A.solani_three_Solanum_species_greenhouse_experiment_1 (number of rows=25, number of columns=4)
Columns:
Species - S. physalipholium, S.nigrum, S. dulcamara 
Genotype - Genotype identifier
Biocontrol_treatment - Control or Phythium oligandrum
Lesion_area_9_pdi - (mm2) dpi=days post infection

NULL = missing data
NA = not applicable

Scoring_data_A.solani_S.nigrum_greenhouse_experiment_2 (number of rows=37, number of columns=5)
Columns:
Species - S. nigrum
Genotype - Genotype identifier
Biocontrol_treatment - Control or Bacillus amyloliquefaciens 
A.solani_isolate - Isolate identifier
Lesion_area_7_pdi - (mm2) dpi=days post infection 

Scoring_data_A.solani_four_Solanum_species_field_trial (number of rows=109, number of columns=15)
Columns:
Species - S. physalipholium, S.nigrum, S. dulcamara, S. tuberosum 
Growth_place - In main trial of between plots in S. dulcamara trial
Plot_trial - Plot in S. dulcamara trial
Position_plot - Plant position in plot
Row_trial - Row in trials with S. physalipholium, S.nigrum, S. tuberosum 
Position_row - Plant position in row
Genotype - Genotype identifier
Biocontrol_treatment - Control or Phythium oligandrum
Area_trial - Area in trial with A. solani inoculation or control area
Infected_leaf_area_A.solani_Aug_1st - (%) First scoring 
Infected_leaf_area_A.solani_Sept_2nd - (%) Second scoring
Infected_leaf_area_A.solani_Sept_3rd - (%) Third scoring
Wilting_Sept_3rd - (%) Assessment of wilting at the time of third scoring 
Infected_leaf_area_P.infestans_Aug - (%) Scoring spontaneous infection by Phytophthora infestans
Regrowth_Sept - (%) Assessment of regrowth after infection by P. infestans

NULL = missing data
NA = not applicable 

Plant_performance_traits_three_Solanum_species_greenhouse_experiment_1 (number of rows=211, number of columns=17)
Columns:
Species - S. physalipholium, S.nigrum, S. dulcamara
Genotype - Genotype identifier
Batch - Two batches of S. dulcamara
Growth chamber - Small or big
Biocontrol_treatment - Control or Phythium oligandrum
Early_plant_size_longest_shoot - (cm) Early plant size measured in S. dulcamara
Early_plant_size_length_all_shoots - (cm) Early plant size measured in S. dulcamara
Early plant size - plant height - (cm) Early plant size measured in S. physalipholium, S.nigrum 
Plant_size_longest_shoot - (cm) Plant size measured in S. dulcamara
Plant_size_length_all_shoots - (cm) Plant size measured in S. dulcamara
Plant_size_plant_height - (cm) Plant size measured in S. physalipholium, S.nigrum 
Leaf_area - (mm2)
Number_of_flowers
Number_of_berries
Dry_berry_mass - (g)
Dry_green_mass - (g)
Dry_root_mass - (g)

NULL = missing data
NA = not applicable

Plant_performance_traits_S.nigrum_greenhouse_experiment_2 (number of rows=65, number of columns=9)
Columns:
Species - S.nigrum
Genotype - Genotype identifier
Biocontrol_treatment - Control or Bacillus amyloliquefaciens 
Early_plant_size_plant_height - (cm)
Plant_size_plant_height - (cm)
Number_of_berries
Dry_berry_mass - (g)
Dry_green_mass - (g)
Dry_root_mass - (g)

Plant_performance_traits_three_Solanum_species_field_trial (number of rows=70, number of columns=17)
Columns:
Species - S. physalipholium, S.nigrum, S. dulcamara
Plot_trial - Plot in S. dulcamara trial
Position_plot - Plant position in plot
Row_trial - Row in trials with S. physalipholium, S.nigrum, S. tuberosum 
Position_row - Plant position in row
Genotype - Genotype identifier
Biocontrol_treatment - Control or Phythium oligandrum
Area_trial - Area in trial with A. solani inoculation or control area
Plant_size_length_all_shoots_Aug - (cm) Plant size measured in S. dulcamara in August
Plant_size_plant_height_Aug - (cm) Plant size measured in S. physalipholium, S.nigrum in August
Number_of_flowers_Aug - Measurement in August
Number_of_inflorescences_Aug - Measurement in August
Plant_size_length_all_shoots_Sept - (cm) Plant size measured in S. dulcamara in ASeptember
Plant_size_plant_height_Sept - (cm) Plant size measured in S. physalipholium, S.nigrum in September
Number_of_berries_Sept - Measurement in September
Dry_berry_mass_Nov - (g) Measurement in November
Dry_green_mass_Nov - (g) Measurement in November

NULL = missing data
NA = not applicable
