About the Authors

Ran Hovav

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Joshua A Udall

¤ Current address: Department of Plant and Animal Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Bhupendra Chaudhary

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Einat Hovav

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Lex Flagel

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Guanjing Hu

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Jonathan F Wendel

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jfw@mail.adp.iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

RH and JFW conceptualized the experiment. RH managed the bench experiments and the data analysis. EH conducted part of the bench and greenhouse experiments. BC and GH conducted part of the bench experiments. JAU and LF contributed to data analysis. RH, JAU, BC, EH, LF, GH, and JFW all contributed in drafting the manuscript.