About the Authors

Dan Wang

Affiliation Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Mitchell L. Wise

Affiliation USDA, Cereal Crops Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Feng Li

Affiliations Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Moul Dey

moul.dey@sdstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD DW. Performed the experiments: DW MLW. Analyzed the data: DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD FL. Wrote the paper: MD DW. Critical evaluation of the work and manuscript: FL.