About the Authors

Saleh Umair

Contributed equally to this work with: Saleh Umair, Qing Deng

saleh.umair@agresearch.co.nz

Affiliation AgResearch Limited, The Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Qing Deng

Contributed equally to this work with: Saleh Umair, Qing Deng

Affiliation AgResearch Limited, The Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Joanna M. Roberts

Affiliations AgResearch Limited, The Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Current affiliation: Flowjoanna Tapui Limited, No.1 Line, Longburn, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Richard J. Shaw

Affiliation AgResearch Limited, The Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Ian A. Sutherland

Affiliation AgResearch Limited, The Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Anton Pernthaner

Affiliation AgResearch Limited, The Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors wish to declare no competing interests. This study was funded by the New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: IAS AP. Formal analysis: AP SU. Funding acquisition: IAS. Investigation: AP QD SU RJS. Methodology: IAS AP JMR. Software: AP SU. Supervision: IAS AP. Writing – original draft: AP SU. Writing – review & editing: AP SU.