About the Authors

Rebecca F. Mills

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Billy Valdes

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Michael Duke

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Kerry A. Peaston

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Brett Lahner

Affiliation Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Illinois, United States of America

David E. Salt

Affiliation Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Illinois, United States of America

Lorraine E. Williams

lew@soton.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LEW. Performed the experiments: RFM BV MD KAP BL DES LEW. Analyzed the data: RFM LEW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LEW. Wrote the paper: RFM LEW.