About the Authors

Harpinder S. Randhawa

Contributed equally to this work with: Harpinder S. Randhawa, Jasdeep S. Mutti

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Jasdeep S. Mutti

Contributed equally to this work with: Harpinder S. Randhawa, Jasdeep S. Mutti

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Kim Kidwell

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Craig F. Morris

Affiliation USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Xianming Chen

Affiliation USDA-ARS, Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiology, and Disease Research Unit and Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Kulvinder S. Gill

ksgill@wsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSM KSG. Performed the experiments: HSR JSM KK CFM. Analyzed the data: HSR JSM KSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSM KK XC KSG. Wrote the paper: HSR JSM KSG. Revised the manuscript: KK CFM XC.