About the Authors
- Dayakar V. Badri
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Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Clelia De-la-Peña
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Current address: Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan, Unidad de Biotecnologia, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Zhentian Lei
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Affiliation The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Plant Biology Division, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Daniel K. Manter
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Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Soil-Plant-Nutrient Research Unit, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Jacqueline M. Chaparro
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Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Rejane L. Guimarães
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Affiliation Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, California, United States of America
- Lloyd W. Sumner
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Affiliation The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Plant Biology Division, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Jorge M. Vivanco
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* E-mail: j.vivanco@colostate.edu
Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors had the following competing interests: co-author Rejane L. Guimarães is employed by Bio-Rad Laboratories. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DVB CDP JMV. Performed the experiments: DVB CDP ZL JMC LWS. Analyzed the data: DVB CDP DKM RLG JMV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZL DKM LWS. Wrote the paper: DVB CDP DKM JMV.