About the Authors
- Shu-Ting Cho
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Affiliation Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Hsing-Hua Chang
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Affiliation Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Dilfuza Egamberdieva
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Affiliation Institute for Landscape Biogeochemistry, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder str. 84, Müncheberg, Germany
- Faina Kamilova
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Affiliation Koppert Biological Systems, Veilingweg 14, 2651 BE Berkel en Rodenrijs, the Netherlands
- Ben Lugtenberg
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Affiliation Institute of Biology, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Chih-Horng Kuo
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* E-mail: chk@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Affiliations Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung Hsing University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
CHK is serving as an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. FK is employed by a commercial company, Koppert Biological Systems, and received support in the form of her salary. These affiliations do not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DE BL CHK. Performed the experiments: STC HHC BL CHK. Analyzed the data: STC HHC DE BL CHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FK BL CHK. Wrote the paper: DE FK BL CHK.