Endophytic and epiphytic metabarcoding reveals fungal communities on cashew phyllosphere in Kenya

• Dennis Wamalabe Mukhebi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Colletah Rhoda Musangi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Everlyne Moraa Isoe,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Johnstone Omukhulu Neondo,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology Research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4813-8792

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• Wilton Mwema Mbinda

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wilton.mbinda@gmail.com, w.mbinda@pu.ac.ke

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya, Pwani University Biosciences Research Centre (PUBReC), Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0586-0176

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