16S rRNA-based metagenomics insights into the microbial diversity and functional attributes of soils from the rhizosphere of selected C4 crops of farms in Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, South Africa

• Mamonokane Olga Diale-Makhongela,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection (ARC-PHP), Queenwood, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Tiisetso Mpai,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection (ARC-PHP), Queenwood, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Francina Lebogang Bopape,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection (ARC-PHP), Queenwood, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Prudence Mtsweni,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection (ARC-PHP), Queenwood, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Adeola Salawu-Rotimi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Inqaba Biotechnological Industries, Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Nemera Geleta Shargie,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agricultural Research Council – Grain Crops, Potchefstroom, South Africa

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• Abe Shegro Gerrano,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Agricultural Research Council – Vegetables, Industrial and Medicinal Plants, Pretoria, South Africa, Food Security and Safety Niche Area and Crop Science Department, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7472-8246

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• Liesl Morey,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agricultural Research Council, Biometry Unit, Central Office, Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Bongani Kubheka,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection (ARC-PHP), Queenwood, Pretoria, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7219-4604

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• Ahmed Idris Hassen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hassena@arc.agric.za

  Affiliations Agricultural Research Council, Plant Health and Protection (ARC-PHP), Queenwood, Pretoria, South Africa, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6925-9166

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