About the Authors

Jeff Velten

Jeff.Velten@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Cahid Cakir

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Eunseog Youn

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Junping Chen

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Christopher I. Cazzonelli

Affiliation Australian Research Council - Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JV CIC. Performed the experiments: JV CC CIC. Analyzed the data: JV JC EY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EY. Wrote the paper: JV.