About the Authors

Deborah A. Neher

deborah.neher@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Thomas R. Weicht

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Scott T. Bates

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jonathan W. Leff

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Noah Fierer

Affiliations Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAN TRW NF. Performed the experiments: DAN TRW. Analyzed the data: DAN JWL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAN NF STB. Wrote the paper: DAN TRW STB JWF NF.