About the Authors

Jordan Baumbach

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wiconsin, 54481, United States of America, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

Ramesh N. Pudake

Current address: Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, UP 201303, India

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

Callie Johnson

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wiconsin, 54481, United States of America

Kaylin Kleinhans

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wiconsin, 54481, United States of America

Alexandrea Ollhoff

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wiconsin, 54481, United States of America

Reid G. Palmer

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

Madan K. Bhattacharyya

devinder.sandhu@ars.usda.gov (DS); mbhattac@iastate.edu (MKB)

Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

Devinder Sandhu

devinder.sandhu@ars.usda.gov (DS); mbhattac@iastate.edu (MKB)

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wiconsin, 54481, United States of America, USDA-ARS Salinity Lab., 450 W. Big Springs Rd., Riverside, California, 92507, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS MKB RGP. Performed the experiments: JB RNP CJ KK AO. Analyzed the data: JB RNP CJ KK AO RGP MKB DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS MKB RGP. Wrote the paper: JB RNP CJ KK AO RGP MKB DS.