Joining Ale on the publication were lead author Pradip Adhikari, Ale's former postdoctoral student now at Oklahoma State University,
Stillwater, Oklahoma; Nina Omani, postdoctoral research associate, and Dr. Paul DeLaune,
environmental soil scientist, both with AgriLife Research at Vernon; and collaborators from the Arid Land Agricultural Research
Center in Maricopa, Arizona; Cotton Incorporated in Cary, North Carolina; and the University of Florida in Gainesville.