About the Authors

Raghavendra Gunnaiah

Affiliation Plant Science Department, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Ajjamada C. Kushalappa

ajjamada.kushalappa@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Plant Science Department, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Raj Duggavathi

Affiliation Animal Science Department, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada

Stephen Fox

Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Daryl J. Somers

Affiliation Vineland Research and Innovation Center, Vineland, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG AK. Performed the experiments: RG. Analyzed the data: RG AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK RD SF DS. Wrote the paper: RG AK. Edited the manuscript: AK RD SF DS.