About the Authors

Lilia C. Carvalhais

Current address: School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Affiliations Molecular Plant Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Bakteriengenetik, Institut für Biologie, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Paul G. Dennis

Affiliations Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ben Fan

Affiliation Institute of Forest Protection, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China

Dmitri Fedoseyenko

Affiliations Molecular Plant Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Molecular Plant Nutrition, Leibniz-Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany

Kinga Kierul

Affiliation Bakteriengenetik, Institut für Biologie, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Anke Becker

Affiliation Molekulare Genetik, Institut für Biologie III, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany

Nicolaus von Wiren

Affiliations Molecular Plant Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Molecular Plant Nutrition, Leibniz-Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany

Rainer Borriss

rainer.borriss@rz.hu-berlin.de

Affiliations Bakteriengenetik, Institut für Biologie, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ABiTEP GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

RB is an employee of ABITEP GmbH. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCC RB. Performed the experiments: LCC BF DF. Analyzed the data: LCC PGD AB RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DF KK DF AB. Wrote the paper: LCC PGD KK NVW RB. Designing FZB42 microarray: AB. Microarray data deposition: AB.