About the Authors
- John Hamblin
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* E-mail: hamway2@gmail.com
Affiliation Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Katia Stefanova
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Affiliation Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
- Tefera Tolera Angessa
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Affiliation School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Competing Interests
John Hamblin is the first author of this paper, and the operatiing and publishing funding comes from SuperSeed Technologies Pty Ltd (SST). This company is not for profit and is wholly owned by John Hamblin. The total support is about $A2500. SunPalm Australia supplied a 1 kg sample of its slow-release fertilizer, Macrocote Purple, used in some of these experiments. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JH KS TTA. Performed the experiments: JH. Analyzed the data: KS TTA JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH KS. Wrote the paper: JH KS TTA. Sourced seed: JH.