About the Authors

Marcin Rapacz

rrrapacz@cyf-kr.edu.pl

Affiliation Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland

Monika Sasal

Affiliation Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland

Hazem M. Kalaji

Affiliation Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Janusz Kościelniak

Affiliation Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR MHK JK. Performed the experiments: MR MS. Analyzed the data: MR MS MHK JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR MS. Wrote the paper: MR MS. Critically revised the article for important intellectual content: MHK JK. Conceived the project and formulated the manuscript design and statistical treatment: MR. Carried out the statistical analysis: MR JK MHK.