About the Authors

Jieni Lian

Affiliation Bioeconomy Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Jinlyung Choi

Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Yee Shiean Tan

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Adina Howe

Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Zhiyou Wen

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Laura R. Jarboe

ljarboe@iastate.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL JC AH ZW LJ. Performed the experiments: JL JC YT. Analyzed the data: JL JC LJ AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH ZW LJ. Wrote the paper: JL JC AH ZW LJ.