About the Authors

Sravan Kumar Jami

jami@cc.umanitoba.ca

Affiliations Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, National Research Council Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Greg B. Clark

Affiliation Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Belay T. Ayele

Affiliation Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Paula Ashe

Affiliation National Research Council Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Pulugurtha Bharadwaja Kirti

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKJ PBK. Performed the experiments: SKJ PA. Analyzed the data: SKJ GBC BTA PA PBK. Wrote the paper: SKJ.