Elevation and land use shape soil entomopathogenic fungal communities in the Uluguru mountains, Tanzania: Insights from metagenomic and culture-based approaches

• Abel Jonathan Mussa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: abel.mussa@sua.ac.tz

  Affiliation Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0088-5975

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• Joseph O. Ruboha,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Mizengo Pinda Campus College, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Katavi, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7101-459X

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• Sija A. Kabota,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania, Research, Consultancy and Publication Unit, National Sugar Institute (NSI), Kidatu-Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Martin J. Martin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Pest Management (IPM), Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

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• Maulid W. Mwatawala

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

  Affiliation Department of Crop Science and Horticulture, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2952-1200

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