ANOSIM	Analysis of similarities
ASV	amplicon sequence variant
dNTP	deoxynucleoside triphosphate
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
DPF	days post-flowering
FDR	False Discovery Rate
GD	immature (green-peeled) and diseased
GH	immature (green-peeled) and healthy
ITS	internal transcribed spacer
LDA	Linear Discriminant Analysis
LEfSe	Linear Discriminant Analysis Effect Size
NST	normalized stochasticity ratio
PCoA	Principal Coordinates Analysis
PCR	polymerase chain reaction
PERMANOVA	permutational multivariate analysis of variance
RD	mature (red-peeled) and diseased
RH	mature (red-peeled) and healthy
sp.	species
spp.	species pluralis
USD	United States Dollar
vs.	versus