About the Authors

Hamid Khazaei

hamid.khazaei@helsinki.fi

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Kenneth Street

Affiliation International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Aleppo, Syria

Abdallah Bari

Affiliation International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Aleppo, Syria

Michael Mackay

Affiliation Queensland Alliance for Agricultural and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Frederick L. Stoddard

Affiliation Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK KS FLS. Performed the experiments: HK. Analyzed the data: AB HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK KS AB MM FLS. Wrote the paper: HK KS AB FLS.