About the Authors

Jacqueline M. Chaparro

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacqueline M. Chaparro, Dayakar V. Badri, Matthew G. Bakker

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Dayakar V. Badri

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacqueline M. Chaparro, Dayakar V. Badri, Matthew G. Bakker

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Matthew G. Bakker

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacqueline M. Chaparro, Dayakar V. Badri, Matthew G. Bakker

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Akifumi Sugiyama

Affiliation Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

Daniel K. Manter

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Soil-Plant-Nutrient Research Unit, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Jorge M. Vivanco

j.vivanco@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMC DVB MGB JMV. Performed the experiments: JMC AS DVB. Analyzed the data: JMC DVB MGB JMV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMV DKM JMC. Wrote the paper: JMC DVB MGB DKM JMV.