No Accession-Specific Effect of Rhizosphere Soil Communities on the Growth and Competition of Arabidopsis thaliana Accessions

Anna G. Aguilera; Adán Colón-Carmona; Rick Kesseli; Jeffrey S. Dukes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027585

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No Accession-Specific Effect of Rhizosphere Soil Communities on the Growth and Competition of Arabidopsis thaliana Accessions

Anna G. Aguilera ,

* E-mail: Anna.Aguilera001@umb.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Adán Colón-Carmona,

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rick Kesseli,

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jeffrey S. Dukes

Affiliations Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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No Accession-Specific Effect of Rhizosphere Soil Communities on the Growth and Competition of Arabidopsis thaliana Accessions

Anna G. Aguilera,
Adán Colón-Carmona,
Rick Kesseli,
Jeffrey S. Dukes

Published: November 15, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027585

About the Authors

Anna G. Aguilera

* E-mail: Anna.Aguilera001@umb.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Adán Colón-Carmona

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rick Kesseli

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jeffrey S. Dukes

Affiliations Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AGA JSD ACC RK. Performed the experiments: AGA. Analyzed the data: AGA JSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AGA ACC RK. Wrote the paper: AGA JSD.

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