About the Authors

Daliya Cyriac

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Daliya.Cyriac@lincolnuni.ac.nz (DC); Rainer.Hofmann@lincoln.ac.nz (RH)

Affiliation Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, Lincoln University, Lincoln, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Rainer W. Hofmann

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Daliya.Cyriac@lincolnuni.ac.nz (DC); Rainer.Hofmann@lincoln.ac.nz (RH)

Affiliation Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, Lincoln University, Lincoln, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Alan Stewart

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation PGG-Wrightson, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

P. Sathish

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Indigenz Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

Christopher S. Winefield

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, Lincoln University, Lincoln, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Derrick J. Moot

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, Lincoln University, Lincoln, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The commercial affiliations (PGG-Wrightson and Indigenz Limited) do not alter our adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.