About the Authors

Aritz Royo-Esnal

aritz@hbj.udl.cat

Affiliation Dpt. D’Hortofruticultura, Botànica i Jardineria, Agrotecnio, Universitat de Lleida. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain

Russell W. Gesch

Affiliation USDA-ARS-North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, 803 Iowa Avenue, Morris, Minnestoa, 56267, United States of America

Frank Forcella

Affiliation USDA-ARS-North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, 803 Iowa Avenue, Morris, Minnestoa, 56267, United States of America

Joel Torra

Affiliation Dpt. D’Hortofruticultura, Botànica i Jardineria, Agrotecnio, Universitat de Lleida. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain

Jordi Recasens

Affiliation Dpt. D’Hortofruticultura, Botànica i Jardineria, Agrotecnio, Universitat de Lleida. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain

Jevgenija Necajeva

Affiliation Dpt. Plant Physiology, University of Latvia. Kronvalda bulv. 4, 1586, Riga, Latvia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARE RWG. Performed the experiments: ARE RWG JT JN. Analyzed the data: ARE FF JN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARE FF JR JN. Wrote the paper: ARE RWG FF JT JR JN.