About the Authors

Atta Soliman

Affiliations Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tanta, Tanta, El-Gharbia, Egypt

Belay T. Ayele

Affiliation Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Fouad Daayf

Fouad.Daayf@umanitoba.ca

Affiliation Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS FD. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS FD BTA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FD BTA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AS BTA FD.