About the Authors

Daehwan Chung

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, The BioEnergy Science Center, Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Joel Farkas

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, The BioEnergy Science Center, Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Jennifer R. Huddleston

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, The BioEnergy Science Center, Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Estefania Olivar

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, The BioEnergy Science Center, Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Janet Westpheling

janwest@uga.edu

Affiliations Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, The BioEnergy Science Center, Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC JF JW. Performed the experiments: DC JF JRH EO. Analyzed the data: DC JF JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC JF JRH EO. Wrote the paper: DC JF JW.