About the Authors

Lisa R. Meeks

Current address: Edgewater, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Balasubrahmanyam Addepalli

Current address: Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Arthur G. Hunt

aghunt00@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LRM BA AGH. Performed the experiments: LRM BA AGH. Analyzed the data: LRM BA AGH. Wrote the paper: LRM AGH.