About the Authors

Matthew K. Gilbert

Affiliation Cotton Fiber Bioscience Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

John M. Bland

Affiliation Food Processing and Sensory Quality Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jay M. Shockey

Affiliation Commodity Utilization Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Heping Cao

Affiliation Commodity Utilization Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Doug J. Hinchliffe

Affiliation Cotton Chemistry and Utilization Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

David D. Fang

Affiliation Cotton Fiber Bioscience Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Marina Naoumkina

marina.naoumkina@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Cotton Fiber Bioscience Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN MN MKG. Performed the experiments: MKG JMB JMS HC DJH MN. Analyzed the data: MN MKG JMB DJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DDF DJH. Wrote the manuscript: MN MKG. Read and approved the final manuscript: MKG JMB JMS HC DJH DDF MN.