Raw data for "The role of conidia in the dispersal of *Ascochyta rabiei*"

Raw data associated with the pre-print, “The role of conidia in the dispersal of Ascochyta rabiei”, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.12.091827

There are six data files associated with this manuscript. Five are raw data, one was generated as a course of the analysis, “weather_summary.csv”. All files are in .csv format. Details for each including the number of columns and column contents and units follow.

Files and Content Descriptions

• BCG_weather_data.csv – 15-minute interval weather data from the Birchip Ag Group automated weather station near Curyo, Victoria, Australia for the time period of 01/10/2019 to 31/10/2019
• Curyo_SPA_2019_weather.csv – 10-minute interval weather data from AgVictoria’s automated weather station at Curyo, Victoria, Australia from 22/01/2019 to 06/12/2019 recorded with Measurement Engineering Australia, Adelaide, Australia equipment
• Dispersal_experiment_dates.csv – Data detailing each spread event at each location including the time trap plants were put out and brought in and date assessed
• Horsham_SPA_2019_weather.csv – 10-minute interval weather data from AgVictoria’s automated weather station at Horsham, Victoria, Australia from 01/01/2019 to 06/12/2019 recorded with Measurement Engineering Australia, Adelaide, Australia equipment
• lesion_counts.csv – Data detailing lesion counts on trap plants for each location and spread event
• weather_summary.csv– Summary weather data detailing for each location and spread event

BCG_weather_data.csv The file “BCG_weather_data.csv” contains six columns:

• Reading Time – the time at which the data was recorded
• Rainfall – the amount of rainfall (mm)
• Humidity – relative humidity (%)
• Temperature – air temperature (˚C)
• Wind Speed – wind speed (km/p)
• Wind Direction – direction in which the wind was blowing from (cardinal directions)

Curyo_SPA_2019_weather.csv and Horsham_SPA_2019_weather.csv The files “Curyo_SPA_2019_weather.csv” and “Horsham_SPA_2019_weather.csv” both contain 22 columns:

• Time
• Air Temperature - average (ºC)
• Soil Temperature - average (ºC)
• Relative Humidity - average (%)
• Wind Speed - minimum (km/h)
• Wind Speed - average (km/h)
• Wind Speed - maximum (km/h)
• Wind Direction - average (º)
• Solar Radiation - average (W/m^2)
• Sigma - average (deg)
• Rainfall - (mm)
• Voltage - minimum (V)
• Voltage - average (V)
• Voltage - maximum (V)
• Apparent Temperature - average (ºC)
• Dew Point - average (ºC)
• Delta T - average (ºC)

Dispersal_experiment_dates.csv The file “Dispersal_experiment_dates.csv” contains five columns:

• site – The experiment location
• rep – Spread event number for each location
• time out – date and time on which the trap plants were deployed in the paddock for the spread event (rainfall)
• time removed – date and time on which the trap plants were retrieved from the paddock after the spread event (rainfall)
• assessment date– date on which trap plants were assessed for number of lesions

lesion_counts.csv The file "lesion_counts.csv” contains thirteen columns:

• site – The experiment location
• rep – Spread event number for each location
• distance – Distance from infection source (m)
• station – Trap plant units (number of trap plants at each point along transect)
• transect – One of ten repeating lines along which the trap plant stations were deployed in a 90˚ arc downwind of the infection source
• dist_stat – A concatenation of the ‘dist’ and ‘station’ columns
• plant_no – Total number of plants at a given station
• pot_no – Individually assigned pot number for each individual transect (1 – 56)
• counts_p1 – Lesion counts for Pot 1
• counts_p2 – Lesion counts for Pot 2
• counts_p3 – Lesion counts for Pot 3
• counts_p4 – Lesion counts for Pot 4
• counts_p5 – Lesion counts for Pot 5

weather_summary.csv The file “weather_summary.csv” contains six columns that summarise the weather conditions during each of the six spread events at three experiment plot locations.

• site – The experiment location
• rep – Spread event number for each location
• mws – Mean wind speed for the spread event (m/s)
• ws_sd – Wind speed standard deviation for the spread event
• mwd – Mean wind direction for the spread event (˚)
• sum_rain – Total precipitation during spread event including both natural rainfall and overhead sprinkler irrigation (mm)