About the Authors

Shu-Ting Cho

Affiliation Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsing-Hua Chang

Affiliation Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Dilfuza Egamberdieva

Affiliation Institute for Landscape Biogeochemistry, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalder str. 84, Müncheberg, Germany

Faina Kamilova

Affiliation Koppert Biological Systems, Veilingweg 14, 2651 BE Berkel en Rodenrijs, the Netherlands

Ben Lugtenberg

Affiliation Institute of Biology, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

Chih-Horng Kuo

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.