About the Authors

Hugh A. Young

Affiliation Genomics and Gene Discovery Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America

Christina L. Lanzatella

Affiliation Genomics and Gene Discovery Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America

Gautam Sarath

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Central-East Regional Biomass Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Christian M. Tobias

christian.tobias@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Genomics and Gene Discovery Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMT HAY GS. Performed the experiments: CLL HAY GS CMT. Analyzed the data: HAY CLL CMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMT GS. Wrote the paper: HAY CMT.