About the Authors

Lewis H. Ziska

l.ziska@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

David R. Gealy

Affiliation Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America

Martha B. Tomecek

Affiliation Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

Aaron K. Jackson

Affiliation Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America

Howard L. Black

Affiliation Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LHZ DRG. Performed the experiments: LHZ DRG MBT AKJ HLB. Analyzed the data: LHZ DRG MBT AKJ HLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LHZ DRG MBT AKJ HLB. Wrote the paper: LHZ DRG.