About the Authors

Utku Avci

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Sivakumar Pattathil

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Bir Singh

Affiliation Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Virginia L. Brown

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Michael G. Hahn

Affiliations Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Candace H. Haigler

candace_haigler@ncsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHH UA MGH SP BS. Performed the experiments: UA VLB SP BS. Analyzed the data: CHH UA VLB MGH SP BS. Wrote the paper: CHH UA MGH SP.