About the Authors

Xinpeng Xu

Affiliations Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, 100081, PR China, Institute of Plant Nutrient and Resources, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, PR China

Xiaoyan Liu

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, 100081, PR China

Ping He

phe@ipni.net (PH); zhouwei02@caas.cn (WZ)

Affiliations Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, 100081, PR China, International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) China Program, CAAS-IPNI Joint Lab for Plant Nutrition Innovation Research, Beijing, 100081, PR China

Adrian M. Johnston

Affiliation International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), 102–411 Downey Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N4L8, Canada

Shicheng Zhao

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, 100081, PR China

Shaojun Qiu

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, 100081, PR China

Wei Zhou

phe@ipni.net (PH); zhouwei02@caas.cn (WZ)

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, 100081, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XPX PH WZ AMJ. Performed the experiments: XPX SCZ SJQ. Analyzed the data: XPX XYL PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XPX XYL PH. Wrote the paper: XPX PH WZ.