About the Authors

Gareth J. Norton

Affiliation Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Alex Douglas

Affiliation Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Brett Lahner

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Elena Yakubova

Affiliation Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Mary Lou Guerinot

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Shannon R. M. Pinson

Affiliation USDA ARS, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America

Lee Tarpley

Affiliation Texas A&M University System, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Beaumont, Texas, United States of America

Georgia C. Eizenga

Affiliation USDA ARS, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America

Steve P. McGrath

Affiliation Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Fang-Jie Zhao

Affiliations Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

M. Rafiqul Islam

Affiliation Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Shofiqul Islam

Affiliation Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Guilan Duan

Affiliation Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Yongguan Zhu

Affiliation Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

David E. Salt

Affiliation Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Andrew A. Meharg

Affiliation Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast, David Keir Building, Belfast, United Kingdom

Adam H. Price

a.price@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJN SRMP MLG LT GCE SM FJZ MRI YGZ DES AAM AHP. Performed the experiments: GJN BL EY SRMP LT GCE MRI SI GD. Analyzed the data: GJN AD SRMP LT GCE DES AAM AHP. Wrote the paper: GJN AD SRMP LT GCE DES AAM AHP.