About the Authors

Anna Crisford

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Crisford, Fernando Calahorro

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Fernando Calahorro

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Crisford, Fernando Calahorro

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Elizabeth Ludlow

Roles Investigation, Methodology

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

Jessica M. C. Marvin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Jennifer K. Hibbard

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Catherine J. Lilley

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

James Kearn

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Current address: Toxicology, Trauma & Medicine, dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

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

Francesca Keefe

Roles Investigation, Methodology

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

Peter Johnson

Roles Investigation, Methodology

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

Rachael Harmer

Roles Investigation, Methodology

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

Peter E. Urwin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Vincent O’Connor

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Lindy Holden-Dye

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

lmhd@soton.ac.uk

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

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Holden-Dye, O’Connor and Urwin are inventors for filed UK Patent Application no. 1710057.9 Reserpine Seed Coating; United States Patent Application No. 16/625,580 Reserpine Seed Coating; European Patent Application No. 187337401.2-1110/3641543 Reserpine Seed Coating.