About the Authors

Brandon Jeffrey

Brandon.d.jeffrey@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

Najeeb Kuzhiyil

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

Natalia de Leon

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America

Thomas Lübberstedt

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interest: funding was provided by The ConocoPhillips Company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJ TL. Performed the experiments: BJ. Analyzed the data: BJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJ NK NdL TL. Wrote the paper: BJ TL.