About the Authors

Scott M. Gibson

Contributed equally to this work with: Scott M. Gibson, Stephen P. Ficklin

Affiliation Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Stephen P. Ficklin

Contributed equally to this work with: Scott M. Gibson, Stephen P. Ficklin

Affiliation Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Sven Isaacson

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, United States of America

Feng Luo

Affiliation School of Computing, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Frank A. Feltus

ffeltus@clemson.edu

Affiliations Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Melissa C. Smith

Affiliation Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAF MCS SMG SPF. Performed the experiments: SMG SPF. Analyzed the data: SMG SPF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMG SI FL. Wrote the paper: SPF FAF SG.