About the Authors

Philippe Chouvarine

pc79@mafes.msstate.edu

Affiliation Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Amanda M. Cooksey

Affiliation Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Fiona M. McCarthy

Affiliations Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

David A. Ray

Affiliations Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Brian S. Baldwin

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Shane C. Burgess

Contributed equally to this work with: Shane C. Burgess, Daniel G. Peterson

Affiliations Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Daniel G. Peterson

Contributed equally to this work with: Shane C. Burgess, Daniel G. Peterson

Affiliations Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCB DGP BSB PC DAR FMM. Performed the experiments: AMC PC. Analyzed the data: PC DAR FMM DGP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BSB. Wrote the paper: PC AMC FMM DAR BSB SCB DGP.