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About the Authors
- John C. Clifton-Brown
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
- Hannah Senior
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation PBS International, Scarborough, United Kingdom
- Sarah J. Purdy
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Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
- Richard Horsnell
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Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation The John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Bernd Lankamp
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Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation KWS SAAT SE, Einbeck, Germany
- Ann-Katrin Müennekhoff
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation KWS SAAT SE, Einbeck, Germany
- Daljit Virk
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft
Affiliation PBS International, Scarborough, United Kingdom
- Estelle Guillemois
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute Ltd, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Vera Chetty
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute Ltd, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Alan Cookson
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Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
- Sarah Girdwood
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Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
- Gabi Clifton-Brown
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Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
- Mei Lie MC Tan
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation CreaNova Consultancy, Hann-Münden, Germany
- Danny Awty-Carroll
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Roles Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
- Alison R. Bentley
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: alison.bentley@niab.com
Affiliation The John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Commercial partners PBS International, KWS SAAT SE, Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute Ltd were involved in this research, primarily contributing staff time as a matched contribution to InnovateUK funding. CreaNova Consultancy was involved as a subcontracted consultant appointed by PBS International, to support in overseeing the sugar beet trials (in Germany) and translation. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.