About the Authors

Leslie M. Roche

lmroche@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Lea Kromschroeder

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Edward R. Atwill

Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Randy A. Dahlgren

Affiliation Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Kenneth W. Tate

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KWT ERA RAD. Performed the experiments: KWT. Analyzed the data: LMR KWT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KWT RAD. Wrote the paper: LMR LK ERA RAD KWT.