About the Authors

Maya Ofek

Affiliations Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

Yitzhak Hadar

Affiliation The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

Dror Minz

Minz@agri.gov.il

Affiliation Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MO YH DM. Performed the experiments: MO. Analyzed the data: MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO. Wrote the paper: MO.