About the Authors

James R. Petrie

Affiliation CSIRO Food Futures National Research Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Pushkar Shrestha

Affiliation CSIRO Food Futures National Research Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Xue-Rong Zhou

Affiliation CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Maged P. Mansour

Affiliations CSIRO Food Futures National Research Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Qing Liu

Affiliation CSIRO Food Futures National Research Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Srinivas Belide

Affiliation CSIRO Food Futures National Research Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Peter D. Nichols

Affiliations CSIRO Food Futures National Research Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Surinder P. Singh

Surinder.Singh@csiro.au

Affiliation CSIRO Food Futures National Research Flagship, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

This study was partly funded by Nuseed Pty Ltd and the Australian Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). Some of the data provided in this study may have been included in patent applications. CSIRO is in a commercial arrangement with GRDC and Nuseed to develop DHA land plants, although there is no product name as yet. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP SS. Performed the experiments: JP PS MM QL. Analyzed the data: JP PS XZ SB PN SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PN. Wrote the paper: JP PN SS.