About the Authors

James Apgar

Affiliation Agrivida Inc., Medford, Maryland, United States of America

Mary Ross

Affiliation Agrivida Inc., Medford, Maryland, United States of America

Xiao Zuo

Affiliation Agrivida Inc., Medford, Maryland, United States of America

Sarah Dohle

Affiliation Agrivida Inc., Medford, Maryland, United States of America

Derek Sturtevant

Affiliation Agrivida Inc., Medford, Maryland, United States of America

Binzhang Shen

Affiliation Agrivida Inc., Medford, Maryland, United States of America

Humberto de la Vega

Affiliation Agrivida Inc., Medford, Maryland, United States of America

Philip Lessard

Affiliation Agrivida Inc., Medford, Maryland, United States of America

Gabor Lazar

Affiliation Agrivida Inc., Medford, Maryland, United States of America

R. Michael Raab

michael.raab@agrivida.com

Affiliation Agrivida Inc., Medford, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

All authors are employed by Agrivida Inc. 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: JA BS HV PL GL RMR. Performed the experiments: MR XZ SD DS. Analyzed the data: JA BS HV PL GL RMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR XZ SD DS. Wrote the paper: JA GL RMR.