About the Authors

Sarah L. Hall

sarah_hall@berea.edu

Current address: Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Berea College, CPO 2161, Berea, Kentucky, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Community Research Service, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky, United States of America

Rebecca L. McCulley

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Robert J. Barney

Current address: GRDI Land-Grant Institute, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Community Research Service, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky, United States of America

Timothy D. Phillips

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLH TDP RLM. Performed the experiments: SLH RJB RLM. Analyzed the data: SLH RLM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TDP RJB RLM. Wrote the paper: SLH RLM.