About the Authors

Katie Leach

kleach01@qub.ac.uk

Affiliation Quercus, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Ruth Kelly

Affiliation Quercus, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Alison Cameron

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS), Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

W. Ian Montgomery

Affiliation Quercus, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Neil Reid

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS), Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KL RK AC WIM NR. Performed the experiments: KL. Analyzed the data: KL. Wrote the paper: KL RK AC WIM NR.