About the Authors

Heping Cao

Heping.Cao@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Kandan Sethumadhavan

Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Casey C. Grimm

Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Abul H. J. Ullah

Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AHJU KS HC. Performed the experiments: KS CCG. Analyzed the data: HC KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC CCG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HC.