# fungicide_meta_analysis Meta-analysis of the effects of fungicide to control soybean rust in the southeastern US This README.txt file was generated on 20160726 by A.A. ArchMiller ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. COMPLETE DATA AND ANALYSIS for: Fungicide Effectiveness on Soybean Rust in the Southeastern United States 2004-2014: A Meta-Analysis 2. Author Information Principal Data Contact Information A.A. ArchMiller Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Cons Bio; University of Minnesota; 135 Skok Hall; 2003 Upper Buford Circle; Saint Paul 55108 Email: althea.archmiller@gmail.com Manuscript Corresponding Author Contact Information Mary Delaney Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, AL 36849 USA Email: delanma@auburn.edu 3. Date of data collection: Soybean rust fungicide evaluations from 2008 through 2014, compiled in 2014 4. Geographic location of data: Southeastern United States 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: none -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: none 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Delaney et al. Fungicide Effectiveness on Soybean Rust in the Southeastern United States 2004-2014: A Meta-Analysis. In preparation for the Journal of Plant Disease 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: Forthcoming on the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: 5. Was data derived from another source? References used for meta analysis: Allen, T.W. 2011a. Evaluation of foliar fungicide applications to prevent yield loss from aerial web blight in Mississippi, 2010a. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 5:FC120. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR05. Allen, T.W. 2011b. Evaluation of foliar fungicide applications to prevent yield loss from aerial web blight in Mississippi, 2010b. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 5:FC119. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR05. Allen, T.W. 2013a. Evaluation of foliar fungicide application to prevent yield loss from aerial web blight in Mississippi, 2011a. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 7:FC135. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR07. Allen, T.W. 2013b. Evaluation of foliar fungicide application to prevent yield loss from aerial web blight in Mississippi, 2011b. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 7:FC134. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR07. Delaney, D.P. and E.J. Sikora. 2009. Triazole fungicides for soybean rust. Unpublished data. Delaney D.P. and E.J. Sikora. 2013a. Evaluation of foliar applications of triazoles for control of soybean rust, 2013. Unpublished data. Delaney D.P. and E.J. Sikora. 2013b. Large scale fungicide trial Brewton, AL. 2013 Unpublished data. Delaney D.P. and E.J. Sikora. 2013c. Large scale fungicide trial EV Smith, AL. 2013 Unpublished data. Delaney, D.P. and E.J. Sikora. 2013d. Large scale fungicide trial GCREC 2013 Unpublished data. Delaney D.P. and E.J. Sikora. 2013e. Large scale fungicide trial SMREC, AL 2013 Unpublished data. Delaney, D.P., E.J. Sikora, M.A. Delaney. 2013a. Evaluation of fungicides for control of soybean rust. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 9:FC145. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR09. Delaney, D.P., E.J. Sikora, M.A. Delaney. 2013b. Evaluation of fungicides for control of soybean rust and target spot, 2013. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 9:FC146. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR09. Delaney, D.P., E.J. Sikora, K. Lawrence and M. Delaney. 2012. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Cercospora leaf blight of soybean, 2011. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR06. Delaney, D.P., E.J. Sikora, K. Lawrence, M. Delaney, B.E. Norris, and D.Harkins. 2011. Evaluation of fungicides for control of aerial web blight on soybean in Alabama, 2010. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR05. Delaney, D.P., E.J. Sikora, K.S. Lawrence, B.E. Norris and D. Harkins. 2010. Strobilurin fungicide greening effects on soybeans at Belle Mina, 2010. Unpublished data. Delaney, D.P., E.J. Sikora, K.S. Lawrence and S. Scott. 2010. Strobilurin fungicide greening effects on soybeans at Shorter, 2010. Unpublished data. Douglas, M.H., G.K. Obrien, J.J. Marois, D.L. Wright. 2008. Evaluation of fungicides for the control of soybean rust at the NFREC, Quincy, FL, 2008. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 3:FC111. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. Douglas, M.H., G.K. Obrien, J.J. Marois, D.L. Wright. 2008. Evaluation of topguard fungicide for the control of soybean rust at the NFREC, Quincy, FL, 2008. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 3:FC113. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. Douglas, M.H., G.K. Obrien, J.J. Marois, D.L. Wright. 2009. Evaluation of fungicides for the control of soybean rust at the NFREC, Quincy, FL, 2009. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 4:FC026 Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR03. Harmon P. F., C. R. Semer, C. L.Harmon and R. J. McGovern. 2006. Evaluation of fungicides and Roundup for control of Asian soybean rust in Florida, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 1:FC034 Online publication. doi: 10.1094/FN61. Kemerait. E.C., Ph.H. Jost and L.E. Sconyers. 2005. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Asian soybean rust in Lang Farm (Trial 1), Georgia, 2005. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests Vol 61:074. Kemerait, Jr., R.C., L.E. Sconyers. 2006. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Asian soybean rust in Moultrie (Trial 1-SSDW Study), Georgia, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 1:FC081. Online publication. doi 10.1094/FN61. Kemerait, Jr., R.C., L.E. Sconyers, P.H. Jost. 2006. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Asian soybean rust in Tifton (RDC Trial) , Georgia, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 1:FC083. Online publication. doi 10.1094/FN61. Kemerait, Jr., R.C., L.E. Sconyers, P.H. Jost and W.A. Mills. 2006. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Asian soybean rust in Attapulgus (Trial 3-CerexAgri-Nisso), Georgia. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 1:FC015 Online publication. doi:10/1094/FN61. Kemerait, Jr., R. C., L. E. Sconyers, PH. Jost and W.A. Mills. 2006. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Asian soybean rust in Attapulgus (Valent Trial), Georgia, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 1:FC084. Online publication. doi 10.1094/FN61. Kemerait, Jr., R.C., L. E. Sconyers, W. A. Mills 2006. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Asian soybean rust in Attapulgus (Trial 2-Dow), Georgia, 2006.Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 1:FC082. Online publication. doi 10.1094/FN61. Lawrence, K.S., M.A. Delaney, E.J. Sikora, D.P.Delaney, G.W. Lawrence M. Pegues. 2006. Efficacy of foliar fungicides Punch and Charisma for Asian soybean rust disease management and yield enhancement in Alabama, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 1:FC042. Online publication. doi 10.1094/FN61. Lawrence, K.S., M.A. Delaney, E.J. Sikora, D.P. Delaney, G.W. Lawrence and M. Pegues. 2007. Evaluation of Absolute, Folicur and Stratego on Asian soybean rust and yield in Alabama, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 1:FC078. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR01. Lawrence, K.S., M.A. Delaney, E.J. Sikora, D.P Delaney, G.W. Lawrence and M.Pegues. 2007. Evaluation of selected fungicides for Asian soybean rust management and yield enhancement in Alabama, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep.. 1:FC079. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR01. Lawrence, K.S., E.J. Sikora, D.P. Delaney, G.W. Lawrence. 2013. Evaluation of Aproach Prima for control of soybean rust in south Alabama, 2013. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 8:FC224. Online publication. doi 10.1094/PDMR07. Lawrence, K.S., E.J. Sikora, D.P. Delaney, G.W. Lawrence and M. Pegues. 2009. Evaluation of foliar fungicides for soybean rust management and yield in Alabama, 2008. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 3:FC029. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR03. Lawrence, K.S., E.J. Sikora, D.P. Delaney and S.P. Nightengale. 2006. Evaluation of Absolute, Folicur and Stratego on soybean foliar disease and yield in Alabama, 2005. Fungicide & Nematicide Tests Vol 61:FC030. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/FN61 Lawrence, K.S., E.J. Sikora, D.P. Delaney and S.P. Nightengale. 2006. Evaluation of Punch, Charisma, Folicur, and Manzate on soybean foliar disease and yield in Alabama, 2005. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests 61:FC029. Online publication. doi: 10.1049/FN61. Lawrence, K.S., E.J. Sikora, D.P. Delaney, M. Pegues. 2007. Evaluation of LEM17, Punch, and Headline for soybean rust management and yield in Alabama, 2007. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC052. Online publication. doi 10.1094/PDMR01. Lawrence, K.S., E.J. Sikora, D.P. Delaney, and M. Pegues. 2007. Evaluation of Topsin, Headline Tebuzol and ACT Plus on soybean rust and yield in Alabama, 2007. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC053. Lawrence, K.S., E.J. Sikora, D.P. Delaney and M. Pegues. 2008. Evaluation of Topsin on soybean rust and yield in Alabama, 2007. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC053. Online publication. doi: 10.1049/PDMR02. Lawrence, K.S., E.J. Sikora, D.P. Delaney and M. Pegues. 2008. Soybean rust fungicide disease management and yield affects in Alabama, 2008. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 3:FC028. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR03. Mueller, T.A., J.J. Marois and D.L. Wright. 2008a. Evaluation of Roundup Weathermax as a fungicide for the management of soybean rust at the NFREC, Quincy, FL, 2007. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC017. Mueller, T.A., J.J. Marois and DL. Wright. 2008b. Soybean rust control using single fungicide application at Quincy, FL 2007. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC023. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. Mueller, T.A., M.R. Miles, and G.L. Hartman. 2008. Evaluations of fungicides and fungicide timing for the control of soybean rust, Attapulgus, GA, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC044. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. Mueller, T.A., M.R. Miles, G.L Hartman, G.K. O’Brien, J.J. Marois and D.L. Wright. 2008. Evaluations of fungicides and fungicide timing for the control of soybean rust in northwest Florida, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC086. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. Mueller, T.A., G.K. O'Brien, J.J. Marois, D.L. Wright. 2006. Evaluation of Cheminova fungicides for the management of soybean rust in northwest Florida, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC044. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/FN06. Mueller, T.A. G.K., O’Brien, J.J. Marois, and D.L. Wright. 2006. Evaluation of fungicides and adjuvants for the control of soybean rust in northwest Flordia, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC085 Mueller, T.A. , G.K. Obrien, J.J. Marois, and D.L. Wright. 2008. Evaluation of Cerexagri fungicides for the management of soybean rust in northwest Florida, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC089. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. Mueller, T.A. , G.K. Obrien, J.J. Marois, and D.L. Wright. 2008. Evaluation of Dow fungicides for the management of soybean rust in northwest Florida, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC088. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. Mueller, T.A., G.K. O’Brien, J.J. Marois, and D.L. Wright. 2008. Evaluation of fungicides for the control of soybean rust in northwest Florida, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC087. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. Mueller, T.A. , G.K. Obrien, J.J. Marois, and D.L. Wright. 2008. Evaluation of Valent fungicides for the management of soybean rust in northwest Florida, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC090. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. O’Brien, G.K., M.H. Douglas, J.J. Marois and D.L. Wright. 2013. Evaluation of fungicides for the control of soybean rust at the NFREC, Quincy, FL, 2012. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 7:FC054. Online publication. doi: 10.1049/PDMR07. O'Brien, G.K., S. George, M.H. Douglas, J.J. Marois, D.L. Wright. 2013. Evaluation of fungicides for the control of soybean rust at the NFREC, Quincy, FL, 2013. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 8:FC208. Online publication. doi: 10.1049/PDMR07. Padgett, G.B., J.L. Price, S. Hague and A.B. Coco. 2001. The effect of fungicides on late season diseases of soybean, 2000. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests 56:FC66. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/FN56. Padgett, G.B. and M.A Purvis. 2005a. Selected fungicide rates and timings for managing Cercospora foliar blight, 2005. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 61:FC043. Online publication. doi: 10.1049/FN60. Padgett, G.B. and M.A Purvis. 2005b. Selected fungicide rates and timings for managing Cercospora foliar blight and purple seed stain, 2005. F&N Vol 61:044. Online publication. doi: 10.1049/PDMR07. Padgett, G.B. and M.A. Purvis. 2007. Selected fungicide treatment for managing soybean rust and Cercospora foliar blight, 2007. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC046. Price, P, G.B. Padgett and M.A. Purvis. 2013. The effect of selected fungicides, application rates, and application timings to soybean, 2012. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 7:FC055. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR07. Schneider, R. W., C,L. Robertson, C.G. Giles, E.P. Mumma, J.M. Boudreaux and J.L. Griffin. 2006 Evaluations of various fungicides for the control of Asian Soybean rust, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 1:FC112. doi 10.1094/FN61. Sikora, E.J., M.A. Delaney, D.P Delaney. 2013a. Evaluation of foliar applications of FORTIX for control of soybean rust, 2013. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 9:FC144. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR09. Sikora, E.J., M.A. Delaney, D.P Delaney. 2013b. Evaluation of foliar applications of Topguard SC for control of soybean rust, 2013. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 9:FC141. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR09. Sikora, E.J., D.P. Delaney, M.A. Delaney, K.S. Lawrence, and M. Pegues. 2009. Evaluation of sequential fungicide spray programs for control of soybean rust. Plant Health Progress, 2: Apr 2009. Sikora, E.J., M.A. Delaney, D.P. Delaney and M. Pegues. 2008. Evaluation of Tebuzol to control Asian soybean rust and target spot in Alabama, 2007. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC110. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. Sikora, E.J., K. Lawrence, M. Delaney, D. P. Delaney. 2012. Evaluation of Domark, Topguard and Topsin Xtra for control of Cercospora leaf blight on soybean, 2011. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 6:FC068. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR06. Sikora, E.J., K.S. Lawrence, M.A. Delaney, D.P Delaney and M. Pegues. 2006. Evaluation of fungicide spray programs for Asian soybean rust, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC111. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/FN61. Sikora, E.J., K.S. Lawrence, M.A. Delaney, D.P Delaney and M. Pegues. 2008. Evaluation of fungicides for control of Asian soybean rust and target spot in Alabama, 2006. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 2:FC109. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/PDMR02. Sikora, E.J., K.S. Lawrence, M. Delaney, D. Delaney and M. Pegues. 2008. Evaluation of Tebuzol to control Asian soybean rust and target spot in Alabama, 2007. Allen, T.W. 2012. Plant Dis. Manag. Rep. 7:FC135. Online publication doi:10.1094/PDMR02. Sikora, E.J, K.S. Lawrence, A. Gutierrez-Estrada, D.P. Delaney and R.M. Durbin. 2005. Evaluation of Ballad for control of foliar diseases of soybean in Alabama, 2005. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests. 61:FC031. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/FN61. Sikora, E.J., K.S. Lawrence and A. Gutierrez-Estrada, D.P. Delaney and M. Pegues. 2005. Evaluation of fungicide spray programs for Asian Soybean Rust in Alabama, 2005. F&N Tests Vol 61:FC032. Online publication. doi: 10.1094/FN60. 6. Recommended citation for the data: ArchMiller, Althea A; Delaney, Mary A; Delaney, Dennis P; Wilson, Alan E; Sikora, Edward J. (2016). Complete Data and Analysis for: Fungicide Effectiveness on Soybean Rust in the Southeastern United States 2004-2014: A Meta-Analysis. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, http://doi.org/10.13020/D62P4F. --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. data_analysis.html Code used to for meta-analysis, including raw differences for soybean rust severity, yield, 100-seed-weight, and ancillary diseases (Cercospora blight and target spot) and the standardized mean differences for these variables under differing moderator variables. B. data_processing.html Code used to take the raw data and clean it up, make moderator variable names consistent, and calculated the effect sizes for each study C. publication_bias.html Code used to calculate the fail safe numbers for soybean rust severity, yield, 100-seed-weight, and ancillary diseases D. result_graphing.html Code used to create the graphs used in the manuscript E. sensitivity_analysis.html Code used to determine any influential data points and to test for changes in the analysis conclusions without influential data points. Also tests the conclusions when study is treated as a random variable F. workspace.csv This is the data that is read into the R program "data_processing.R," where it is further processed for analysis G. publication_summary.csv This is a summary table of all publications/studies used in the meta-analysis. (Used as Table 2 in the manuscript) H. Rscripts.zip This is the zipped .R files that contain the R codes for analysis and graphing. 2. Relationship between files: The raw data ("workspace.csv") is read into "data_processing.html" program and made ready (and saved) for analysis in "data_analysis.html." The analysis results are read into "result_graphing.html" where figures for the publication are produced. The analysis results and cleaned data are also used in the "sensitivity_analysis.html" and "publication_bias.html" programs.The Rscripts.zip contains all the R codes and they are saved in the .R files. The R codes were written in R-oxygen, which were converted to the .Rmd files then to the html files in this dataset. 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: NA 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No, just this final version used in analysis (which is duplicated here and at https://github.com/aaarchmiller/fungicide_meta_analysis) -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: We identified relevant articles by performing a search of Plant Disease Management Reports, Fungicide and Nematicide Tests, and other related review articles from January 2004 to July 2014. We also included data from unpublished studies. Inclusion criteria required that the articles be primary, replicated studies that used foliar application of fungicide with a minimum of three replications in addition to a control treatment (i.e., no fungicide application). We also limited the time period of studies from 2004 (the initial date of infection discovered in the US) through 2014 and studies were geographically limited to five states in the southeastern US (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi). We recorded data from each study including a unique study ID, study year, study location (state), fungicide trade name, active ingredients, fungicide class, number of applications, the growth stage of the soybean plants at each application, number of experimental replications, disease severity (i.e., SBR, Cercospora blight, and target spot), soybean yield, and 100-seed-weight. 2. Methods for processing the data: First, the full raw data was subset to include only relevant fields needed for analysis. Secondly, moderator categorical variables and names were standardized. When there were less than 5 effect sizes for a particular moderator category, those records were included in the "other" category. After these steps, data was subset into five separate files, including one dataset each for the soybean rust data; the yield data; the 100-seed-weight data; the Cercospora blight data and the target spot data. Disease severity was either reported directly in percentages or on varying scales, so we transformed disease severity scales into percentages for cross-study comparisons. Values on the 0-5 scale represented disease severity as follows: 0 to 1 = 0 to 10%, >1 to 2 = 10 to 25%, >2 to 3 = 25 to 50%, >3 to 4 = 50 to 75%, and >4 to 5 = 75 to 100%. Values on the 0-8 scale represented disease severity as follows: 0 to 1 = 0 to 2.5%, >1 to 2 = 2.5 to 5%, >2 to 3 = 5 to 10%, >3 to 4 = 10-15%, >4 to 5 = 15 to 25%, >5 to 6 = 25 to 35%, >6 to 7 = 35 to 67.5%, and >7 to 8 = 67.5 to 100%. Soybean rust values on the 0-10 scale represented severity as follows: 1 to 3 = 0 to 2.5%, >3 to 4 = 2.5 to 5%, >4 to 5 = 5 to 10%, >5 to 6 = 10-15%, >6 to 7 = 15 to 25%, >7 to 8 = 25 to 35%, >8 to 9 = 35 to 67.5%, >9 to 10 = 67.5 to 100%. We imputed percentages from these scalar values by assuming linear trends over the range in scalar values. Finally, the raw and standardized effect sizes were calculated and the data was saved. All the steps for data processing are in the R program "data_processing.html." 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Program R (Full details of R session information including the packages used are available at the bottom of each output html file) 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Data has been extensively cross-referenced and checked for quality control and assurance. 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: M.A. Delaney recorded the data from the publications used in the meta-analysis; A.A. ArchMiller conducted the data processing, data analysis, and data QA/QC. ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: workspace.csv ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 48 2. Number of cases/rows: 569 3. Missing data codes: NA Data was not available in the corresponding publication for that variable 4. Variable List A. FID: Unique number for each record B. Reference: Short identifier for each reference C. ReferenceNumb: Unique number for each reference (cross-references with ReferenceNumb in publication_summary.csv) D. studyYear: Year in which study was conducted E. State: State in which study was conducted F. location: Specific study location (e.g., research station) NFREC = North Florida Research & Education Center, Quincy, FL GCREC = Gulf Coast Research & Education Center, Wimauma, FL EV Smith or EVS or EVSREC = Auburn University E.V. Smith Research Center, Shorter, AL TVREC or TVRREC = Tennessee Valley Research & Education Center, Tennessee River, AL Noxubee Co = Noxubee County, MS Clay Co = Clay County, MS ARC or ATC = Attapulgus Research and Education Center, Attapulgus, GA bhrs = Ben Hur Research Station, Baton Rouge, LA Brewton = Auburn University Brewton Agricultural Research Unit, Brewton, AL CPES = University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA DLRS = Dean Lee Research Station, Alexandria, AL ifas = Institute of Food and Agriculture as in: University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agriculture Plant Science Research and Education Unit, Citra, FL Lang farm = University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Lang Research Farm, Tifton, GA NRS = Northeast Research Station, Winnsboro, LA SAER = Sunbelt Ag Expo Research Farm, Moultrie, GA SMREC = Sand Mountain Research and Extension Center UGRF = University of Georgia Research Farm, Attapulgus, GA G. soil: Soil type at study location H. planted.date: Date the soybean plants were planted. In the 1900 date system, the first day that is supported is January 1, 1900. When you enter a date, the date is converted into a serial number that represents the number of elapsed days since January 1, 1900. For example, if you enter July 5, 1998, Excel converts the date to the serial number 35981. To convert to R date format in your data frame "df", use: df$newplantdate <- as.Date(df$planted.date, origin="1900-01-01") I. Date.rust.first.appeared: The date that soybean rust was first detected. In the 1900 date system, the first day that is supported is January 1, 1900. When you enter a date, the date is converted into a serial number that represents the number of elapsed days since January 1, 1900. For example, if you enter July 5, 1998, Excel converts the date to the serial number 35981. To convert to R date format in your data frame "df", use: df$newrustdate <- as.Date(df$Date.rust.first.appeared, origin="1900-01-01") J. Growth.stage.applied: The growth stage(s) during which fungicide was applied to the soybean plants: V : Vegetative R1 : Beginning Bloom R2 : Full Bloom R3 : Beginning Pod R4 : Full Pod R5 : Beginning Seed R6 : Full Seed R7 : Beginning Maturity R8 : Full Maturity K. applicationsNumb: The total number of fungicide applications L. trade.name: The specific fungicide name * "fb" means followed by (i.e., more than 1 application) * "+" means mixture M. active.ingredient: The specific fungicide active ingredient(s) * "fb" means followed by (i.e., more than 1 application) * "+" means mixture N. active.ingredient.coded: The coded identifier for each active ingredient * "fb" means followed by (i.e., more than 1 application) * "+" means mixture O. class: The specific fungicide class P. class.code: The specific fungicide class coded/abbreviated Q. amount: The amount of fungicide applied in either fluid oz per acre or pound per acre or volume percent (v/v or %). * "fb" means followed by (i.e., more than 1 application) * "+" or "," means mixture of two quantities * "?" signifies when the amount of fungicide was not provided in the reference. R. stats: Experimental protocol. * In all cases, rcb = Randomized Complete Block S. replications: Number of replications for each treatment T. mean.sep: The significance level and statistical test used to test for mean separation between treatment and control U. rustSeverPerc: The mean percentage of rust severity for treated plants V. rustSeverPercLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for rust severity in percentage W. rustSeverPercCont: The mean percentage of rust severity for control plants X. rustSeverPercContLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for rust severity in percentage Y. rustSever1.8: Rust severity as measured on a scalar (usually from 1-8) for treated plants Z. rustSever1.8LSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for rust severity as a scale AA. rustSever1.8Cont: Rust severity as measured on a scalar (usually from 1-8) for control plants AB. rustSever1.8ContLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for rust severity as a scale AC. Tsincidence: Mean target spot incidence rate for treated plants AD. TSincidenceLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for target spot incidence rate AE. TSincidenceCont: Mean target spot incidence rate for control plants AF. TSincidenceContLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for target spot incidence as a scale AG. Tsseverity: Mean target spot severity for treatment plants AH. TSseverityLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for target spot severity AI. TSseverityCont: Mean target spot severity for control plants AJ. TSseverityContLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for target spot severity AK. CercoSever: Mean Cercospora blight severity for treatment plants AL. CercoSeverLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for Cercospora severity AM. CercoSeverCont: Mean Cercospora blight severity for control plants AN. CercoSeverContLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for Cercospora severity AO. yield: Mean yield (bushels per hectare) of soybeans for treatment plants AP. yieldLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for yield (bushels per hectare) AQ. yieldCont: Mean yield (bushels per hectare) of soybeans for control plants AR. yieldContLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for yield (bushels per hectare) AS. seedWt: Mean 100-seed-weight (g) for soybean from treatment plants AT. seedWtLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for 100-seed-weight (g) AU. seedWtCont: Mean 100-seed-weight (g) for soybean from control plants AV. seedWtContLSD: Fisher's protected least significant difference for 100-seed-weight (g) ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: publication_summary.csv ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 6 2. Number of cases/rows: 61 3. Missing data codes: 4. Variable List A. Reference: Citation for each study used in the meta-analysis B. Type: PDMR Plant Disease Management Report PHP Plant Health Progress Journal FNT Fungicide & Nematicide Tests Unpublished Unpublished studies C. Study Year Year in which the study was conducted D. State State in which the study was conducted E. n Number of experimental treatments (Effect sizes) derived from that study F. ReferenceNumb Unique number for each reference (cross-references with ReferenceNumb in workspace.csv)