About the Authors

Christopher Navarro

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481, United States of America

Jerott Moore

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481, United States of America

Alina Ott

Current address: Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa—50014–1010, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481, United States of America

Eric Baumert

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481, United States of America

Amita Mohan

Affiliation Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States of America

Kulvinder S. Gill

Affiliation Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States of America

Devinder Sandhu

dsandhu@uwsp.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CN JM AO KSG DS. Performed the experiments: CN JM AO EB AM. Analyzed the data: CN JM AO EB AM DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSG DS. Wrote the paper: CN JM AO EB AM KSG DS.