About the Authors

Upendra M. Sainju

upendra.sainju@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation USDA-ARS, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, Sidney, MT 59270, United States of America

Competing Interests

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Author Contributions

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