About the Authors

Mintu Desai

Current address: Tyton BioEnergy Systems, LLC, Danville, VA, United States of America

Affiliation Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Navneet Kaur

Affiliation Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Jianping Hu

huji@msu.edu

Affiliations Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Plant Biology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD NK JH. Performed the experiments: MD NK. Analyzed the data: MD NK JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD NK JH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MD NK JH.