About the Authors

Collin W. Ahrens

Affiliation Agricultural Biotechnology Lab, Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Carol A. Auer

carol.auer@uconn.edu

Affiliation Agricultural Biotechnology Lab, Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWA CAA. Performed the experiments: CWA. Analyzed the data: CWA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWA CAA. Wrote the paper: CWA CAA.