About the Authors

Irina Malinova

Affiliations Plant Physiology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany, Biopolymers analytics, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany

Hans-Henning Kunz

Affiliations Plant Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Department of Botany II, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Saleh Alseekh

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany

Karoline Herbst

Affiliation Plant Physiology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany

Alisdair R. Fernie

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany

Markus Gierth

Affiliation Department of Botany II, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Joerg Fettke

fettke@uni-potsdam.de

Affiliations Plant Physiology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany, Biopolymers analytics, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, Germany

Competing Interests

Joerg Fettke is still a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IM HHK MG JF. Performed the experiments: IM HHK SA KH JF. Analyzed the data: IM HHK SA KH MG ARF JF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IM HHK SA KH MG ARF JF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: IM HHK MG ARF JF.