About the Authors

Naghabushana K. Nayidu

nayidun@agr.gc.ca (NKN); gruberm@agr.gc.ca (MG)

Affiliations Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Canada

Sateesh Kagale

Affiliations Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, National Research Council (NRC), Saskatoon SK, Canada

Ali Taheri

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

Thushan S. Withana-Gamage

Affiliation POS Bio-Sciences, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Isobel A. P. Parkin

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

Andrew G. Sharpe

Affiliation National Research Council (NRC), Saskatoon SK, Canada

Margaret Y. Gruber

nayidun@agr.gc.ca (NKN); gruberm@agr.gc.ca (MG)

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

Competing Interests

TSW-G is employed by POS Bio-Sciences. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NKN. Performed the experiments: NKN. Analyzed the data: NKN SK AT TSW-G. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG IP AS. Wrote the paper: NKN MG.