About the Authors
- Alexander P. Sukhorukov
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* E-mail: suchor@mail.ru
Affiliation Department of Higher Plants, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Evgeny V. Mavrodiev
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Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Madeleen Struwig
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Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3880, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Maya V. Nilova
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Affiliation Department of Higher Plants, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Khalima Kh. Dzhalilova
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Affiliation Department of Higher Plants, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Sergey A. Balandin
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Affiliation Department of Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Andrey Erst
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Current address: Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
Affiliation Herbarium, Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Anastasiya A. Krinitsyna
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Affiliation Department of Higher Plants, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Competing Interests
The work of one of the authors (SK) in a Commercial company does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are restrictions on sharing of data and/or materials. The authors have added an appropriate sentence about absence of competition interests, and this center does not play a role in the aims of this article. The scientific activity of this center is connected with the new technologies in the production of the natural food, and SK is dealing with diverse scientific efforts like interaction between the plants & insects, investigations of fruits and seeds, seed germination etc.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AS EM. Performed the experiments: AS AK MN EM MS KD. Analyzed the data: AS AK EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN AE SB. Wrote the paper: AS AK.