About the Authors

Simon C. Groen

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon C. Groen, Sanjie Jiang, Alex M. Murphy, Nik J. Cunniffe, Jack H. Westwood

Current address: Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sanjie Jiang

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon C. Groen, Sanjie Jiang, Alex M. Murphy, Nik J. Cunniffe, Jack H. Westwood

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Alex M. Murphy

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon C. Groen, Sanjie Jiang, Alex M. Murphy, Nik J. Cunniffe, Jack H. Westwood

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nik J. Cunniffe

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon C. Groen, Sanjie Jiang, Alex M. Murphy, Nik J. Cunniffe, Jack H. Westwood

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jack H. Westwood

Contributed equally to this work with: Simon C. Groen, Sanjie Jiang, Alex M. Murphy, Nik J. Cunniffe, Jack H. Westwood

Current address: 2Blades Foundation, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Matthew P. Davey

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Toby J. A. Bruce

Affiliation Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

John C. Caulfield

Affiliation Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Oliver J. Furzer

Current address: The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Alison Reed

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sophie I. Robinson

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Miller

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Christopher N. Davis

Current address: Centre for Complexity Science, Zeeman Building, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

John A. Pickett

Affiliation Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Heather M. Whitney

Affiliation University of Bristol, School of Biological Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom

Beverley J. Glover

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

John P. Carr

jpc1005@hermes.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPC BJG HMW JHW SCG AMM NJC. Performed the experiments: SCG JHW SJ AMM MPD TJAB JCC OJF AR SIR EM. Analyzed the data: JPC NJC CND BJG SCG AMM MPD TJAB JHW JAP SJ. Wrote the paper: JPC SCG NJC BJG JHW AMM TJAB JAP. Carried out mathematical modeling and statistical analyses: NJC CND.