About the Authors

Evgenia Blagodatskaya

janeblag@mail.ru

Affiliations Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Büsgen-Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia, Agricultural Soil Science, Büsgen-Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Sergey Blagodatsky

Affiliations Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia, Institute for Plant Production and Agroecology in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Traute-Heidi Anderson

Affiliation Thünen-Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture (vTI), Braunschweig, Germany

Yakov Kuzyakov

Affiliations Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, Büsgen-Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Agricultural Soil Science, Büsgen-Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EB SB THA YK. Performed the experiments: EB SB. Analyzed the data: EB SB THA YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THA YK. Wrote the paper: EB SB THA YK. Obtained permission for use of soil samples: THA.