About the Authors

Stephen P. Ficklin

Affiliation Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Frank Alex Feltus

ffeltus@clemson.edu

Affiliations Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPF FAF. Performed the experiments: SPF. Analyzed the data: SPF FAF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPF FAF. Wrote the paper: SPF FAF.