DNA source and primer choice affect the reliability of metabarcoding for nematode community profiling in agricultural soils

• Jerry Akanwari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada, London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada

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• Md Rashedul Islam,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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• Ping Liang,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada

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• Tahera Sultana

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

  * E-mail: tahera.sultana@agr.gc.ca

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada, London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0359-5000

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