About the Authors

Amita Mohan

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

William F. Schillinger

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Kulvinder S. Gill

ksgill@wsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSG WFS AM. Performed the experiments: AM KSG WFS. Analyzed the data: AM KSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSG WFS. Wrote the paper: AM KSG WFS.