About the Authors

Christiana Conser

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Lizbeth Seebacher

Affiliation Washington State Department of Ecology, Lacey, Washington, United States of America

David W. Fujino

Affiliation University of California Center for Urban Horticulture, Davis, California, United States of America

Sarah Reichard

Affiliation University of Washington Botanical Gardens, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Joseph M. DiTomaso

jmditomaso@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD CC DF LS. Performed the experiments: CC LS JD. Analyzed the data: CC JD SR. Wrote the paper: CC JD.