About the Authors

Rachid Lahlali

Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Linda McGregor

Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Tao Song

Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Bruce D. Gossen

Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Kazuhiko Narisawa

Affiliation College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan

Gary Peng

Gary.Peng@agr.gc.ca

Affiliation Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RL GP. Performed the experiments: RL LM GP. Analyzed the data: RL GP LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS BDG KN. Wrote the paper: RL GP BDG.