About the Authors

Denis Beaudet

Affiliation Département de Sciences Biologiques, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Maryam Nadimi

Affiliation Département de Sciences Biologiques, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Bachir Iffis

Affiliation Département de Sciences Biologiques, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Mohamed Hijri

Mohamed.Hijri@Umontreal.ca

Affiliation Département de Sciences Biologiques, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have received funds from Premier Tech (a profite company) in a form of a matching funds along with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The authors are not employed nor consultants in Premier Tech and they are not patenting any of the results presented in this manuscript. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH. Performed the experiments: DB BI. Analyzed the data: DB MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB MH. Wrote the paper: DB MH.