About the Authors

Kun Huang

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Kirk J. Czymmek

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Jeffrey L. Caplan

Affiliation Delaware Biotechnology Institute, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

James A. Sweigard

Affiliation Stine-Haskell Lab, DuPont, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Nicole M. Donofrio

ndonof@udel.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH KJC JLC JAS NMD. Performed the experiments: KH KJC JLC JAS NMD. Analyzed the data: KH KJC JLC JAS NMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH KJC JLC JAS NMD. Wrote the paper: KH KJC JLC JAS NMD.