About the Authors

Ivan Baxter

ivan.baxter@ars.usda.gov

Affiliations Agricultural Research Service Plant Genetics Research Unit, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, United States Department of Agriculture, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Center for Plant Stress Physiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Christian Hermans

Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Genetics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Brett Lahner

Affiliation Center for Plant Stress Physiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Elena Yakubova

Affiliation Center for Plant Stress Physiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Marina Tikhonova

Affiliation Center for Plant Stress Physiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Nathalie Verbruggen

Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Genetics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Dai-yin Chao

Affiliations Center for Plant Stress Physiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

David E. Salt

Affiliations Center for Plant Stress Physiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: Co-author Dr. Baxter is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IB DES CH NV. Performed the experiments: CH BL EY MT DC. Analyzed the data: IB BL DES. Wrote the paper: IB CH NV DES.