About the Authors

Melissa M. L. Wong

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada

Neha Gujaria-Verma

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada

Larissa Ramsay

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada

Hai Ying Yuan

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada

Carolyn Caron

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada

Marwan Diapari

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada

Albert Vandenberg

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada

Kirstin E. Bett

k.bett@usask.ca

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors would like to acknowledge funding from NSERC, ADF and Saskatchewan Pulse Grower and declare that they have no competing interest which can be influenced by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers or other interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB AV NGV. Performed the experiments: NGV. Analyzed the data: MW LR HY KB MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LR CC. Wrote the paper: MW LR HY KB CC AV NGV MD.