About the Authors

Magdalena A. Tkacz

Contributed equally to this work with: Magdalena A. Tkacz, Kornel Chromiński

magdalena.tkacz@us.edu.pl

Affiliation Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Material and Computer Science, University of Silesia in Katowice, Sosnowiec, Poland

Kornel Chromiński

Contributed equally to this work with: Magdalena A. Tkacz, Kornel Chromiński

Affiliation Institute of Technology and Mechatronics, Faculty of Material and Computer Science, University of Silesia in Katowice, Sosnowiec, Poland

Dominika Idziak-Helmcke

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

Ewa Robaszkiewicz

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

Robert Hasterok

Affiliation Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT KC DIH ER. Performed the experiments: MT KC DIH ER. Analyzed the data: MT KC DIH ER. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT KC DIH ER RH. Wrote the paper: MT KC DIH ER RH.