About the Authors

Rajandeep S. Sekhon

Current address: Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Plant Biology Graduate Program, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Po-Hao Wang

Affiliation Department of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lyudmila Sidorenko

Affiliation BIO5 Institute and Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Vicki L. Chandler

Affiliation BIO5 Institute and Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Surinder Chopra

sic3@psu.edu

Affiliations Department of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Plant Biology Graduate Program, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSS P-HW SC LS VLC. Performed the experiments: RSS P-HW LS SC. Analyzed the data: RSS P-HW LS SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSS P-HW LS SC VLC. Wrote the paper: RSS P-HW LS SC VLC.