About the Authors

Donna M. Winham

dwinham@iastate.edu

Affiliation Food Science & Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Traci L. Armstrong Florian

Contributed equally to this work with: Traci L. Armstrong Florian, Sharon V. Thompson

Affiliation Cooperative Extension Maricopa County, University of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Sharon V. Thompson

Contributed equally to this work with: Traci L. Armstrong Florian, Sharon V. Thompson

Affiliation Food Science & Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors confirm that support from the US Dry Bean Council was provided for the research costs. The US Dry Bean Council represents the global trade interests of the US Dry Bean growers. This does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMW SVT TLAF. Performed the experiments: DMW SVT TLAF. Analyzed the data: DMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMW TLAF. Wrote the paper: DMW SVT TLAF.