About the Authors

Massimiliano Marvasi

Affiliation Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

George J. Hochmuth

Affiliation Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mihai C. Giurcanu

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Andrée S. George

Affiliation Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jason T. Noel

Affiliation Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Jerry Bartz

Affiliation Plant Pathology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Max Teplitski

maxtep@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT GJH JB. Performed the experiments: MM ASG JTN GJH JB. Analyzed the data: MM MCG GJH JTN JB MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT GJH. Wrote the paper: MT MM MCG.